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- Influential Factors on Parental Involvement in Promoting Social Skills of Mentally Challenged Children
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1 Department of Human, Development and Family Studies, College of Rural Home Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad(Karnataka), IN
1 Department of Human, Development and Family Studies, College of Rural Home Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad(Karnataka), IN
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Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 10, No 2 (2015), Pagination: 309-316Abstract
A correlation design used to know the parental involvement in promoting social skills of 53 mentally challenged children from 3 special schools of Hubli and Dharwad city during the year 2008-09. BASIC-MR by Peshawaria and Venkatesan (1992) was administered to assess the social skills of children. Parental involvement was assessed by using self-structured tool. Results revealed that majority of the children (37.73%) had acquired moderate level of social skills followed by 32.08 and 30.19 per cent children who fell under high and low category, respectively. Majority of parents (71.70%) fell in low involvement in developing the skills among children while none of the parents were in high level. Results also illustrated low involvement of parents regarding specific social skills, viz., acquisition of social tasks such as showing sympathy for others, when they are sad (3.8%), apologizing if he or she hurts the feelings of others (7.5%), greeting other children (9.4%) etc. None of the parents were involved in promoting communication tasks. Parents were highly involved in enhancing social activities like responding appropriately when introduced to others (17%) and in community use items viz., recognizing and naming buildings (26.4%), carefully crossing the road (18.9%), making small purchases (17%) etc. Child's age, degree of disability, associated disability, age at admission to special schools and degree of constraint had significant influence on the parental involvement. A significant positive relation between parental involvement and social skills of children indicated that parental involvement was higher in children with higher skills. It may be due to the reciprocity in interactions with more parental involvement, children respond more or vice-versa. Parents gain confidence in promoting social skills in children who are mildly mentally challenged than those who are moderately challenged. This implies the need for parental programmes to empower and enhance their involvement in acquisition of social skills.Keywords
Parental Involvement, Mentally Challenged Children, Social Skills.References
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- Ecotel Concept and Green Practice Followed in Hotel Industry:With Reference to City Bengaluru
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1 Amrapali Group of Institutes, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, IN
2 IHMs Kotdwar, Uttarakhand, IN
3 Ramaiah University of Applied Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, IN
1 Amrapali Group of Institutes, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, IN
2 IHMs Kotdwar, Uttarakhand, IN
3 Ramaiah University of Applied Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, IN
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Avahan: A Journal on Hospitalty and Tourism, Vol 5, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 47-53Abstract
Hospitality industry is one of the leading growth sectors of the global economy bringing in billions of currency annually in developing countries along with an increasing amount of stress on the environment. Emergence of Bengaluru as the IT capital of India necessitated quality accommodation to service the needs of the industry in a big way towards beginning of the new century. The growth of Hospitality Industry in Bengaluru heading for the region representing threat to natural resources and energy. Ecotels are considered to be the best solution to conserve natural resources and energy in the city. The paper aims to find out the green initiatives that govern the effectiveness of the ecotels in areas related to environmental commitment, water conservation and preservation, energy efficiency and solid waste management by various hotels in Bengaluru and to understand the awareness about ecotels among the guests. Primary data was collected by questionnaires through field visits and direct interviews and secondary data was gathered by various magazines, journals and websites. The paper results that only basic measures are implemented by the hotels and suitable measures are not well implemented to protect the environment.Keywords
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