Habilidades sociales con mayor déficit en personas que tienen discapacidad intelectual (20 usuarios hombres y mujeres de edad comprendida entre 20 a 51 años): investigación realizada con el apoyo de profesionales psicólogos que laboran dentro de una institución especializada ubicada en la ciudad de Quito

Abstract

Social skills are being developed through learning, they are used for development in the social context, however due importance has not been taken in working with people who have intellectual disabilities. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) raises Skills for life that directly influence the behavior of the person, these skills are taken as a reference for the development of this work, in consideration the questionnaire of social skills of Goldstein that covers most of the categories raised by PAHO. On the other hand, a structured interview based on the David Fuller scale was used to know the cognitive functioning of each person, in order to identify the users who will be part of the research on social skills. The data collection was carried out through the professional psychologists who work in the institution. The stages of development proposed by Erikson present specific characteristics; in the research, early and middle adulthood has been taken into account to make a comparison between age ranges and thus make visible the deficit in each category of social skills according to the stage the person goes through. People with intellectual disabilities have deficits in social skills, especially those related to emotional identification and control. Interventions for the development of social skills are mentioned, evidencing that the most widely used methodology is based on a cognitive-behavioral approach for comprehensive work with the person with intellectual disability