مستوى المهارات الاجتماعية لذوات الإعاقة الفكرية في ضوء أنشطة اللعب من وجهة نظر معلماتهن في منطقة القصيم
The study aimed to identify the level of social skills among female students with intellectual disabilities in light of play activities from their teachers’ perspectives. The study sample consisted of (112) female teachers in Al-Qassim region. The descriptive approach was used and the questionnaire was used as a tool for collecting information. The results showed that the physical play activity is the most play activity that female teachers practice with their students with intellectual disabilities, then comes the imaginative play activity, after that, the dramatic play activity, and finally the constructive play activity. Also, it showed that the level of social skills is highly achieved by play activities from female teachers’ perspectives and that the assessment of social skills level among female students with intellectual disabilities in light of play activities from the teachers’ perspectives increases with years of experience. Moreover, there is an impact of the educational environment on female teachers’ assessment of the social skills level among female students in light of play activities due to the differences in the educational environment which benefits female teachers in the integration schools. (Published abstract)