International Clinical and Medical Case Reports Journal (ISSN: 2832-5788) | Volume 2, Issue 18 | Short Communication | Open Access DOI
Anita Paul Samanta*
Anita Paul Samanta1*, Sasmita Das2, Saswati Nath3, Surjeet Sahoo4, Prasanta Roy5
1PhD Nursing Scholar, SUM Nursing College , Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan DTU, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2Associate Dean, SUM Nursing College, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan DTU, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
3Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, R.G.Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
4Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Psychiatry, IMS & SUM Hospital, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan DTU, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
5Head of the Department, Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry-COE, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
*Correspondence to: Anita Paul Samanta
Fulltext PDFA pretesting of a life skill intervention was conducted through workshop among caregivers of children with behavioural disorders as a part of an experimental study with the aim to introduce the selected domains of life skill training intervention and to test the understanding and acceptability. After obtaining ethical clearance and recommendation from the respective authority and formal permission of the head of the institution and consent from the respondent a two days workshop conducted in April 2022. A developed , translated and validated self administered questionnaire on i) awareness to behavioural disorders ( except autism), b) communication ,c) problem solving and c) stress management skills were introduced before and after the session among conveniently selected 16 caregivers. LST domains were conceptualized based on Life skill training module for adolescence and caregivers’ skill training module by WHO. The contents were introduced in several teaching learning sessions using lecture, discussion, experience sharing, warm up, participant’s activity, home work and doubt clearance. Feedback obtained from the participants to evaluate their perception, satisfaction and opinion. The findings depicted that majority (75%) of them were parent and majority of them were females, mean age of the participants were 28 years. Cent percentages of them had no life skill training prior. There is a statistically significant mean difference in knowledge questionnaire. More that ninety five (95.39%) percentage of them completely agreed to learn this specific LST intervention. Cent percentage of them satisfied with the training sessions. Cent percentage of them completely agreed to suggest others to participate in this type of sessions. Mean post test PSS score were reduced indicating the intervention’s impact on stress perception of the caregivers. The outcome of this workshop was submitted to the experts, suggestions were accepted, required modification ascertained and implemented in pilot study conducted at The Calcutta Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal.
Life skill training intervention, Caregivers, Behavioural disorders, Communication skill, Problem solving skill
Anita Paul Samanta, Sasmita Das, Saswati Nath, Surjeet Sahoo, Prasanta Roy.Introduction of Life Skill Training among Caregivers of Behavioural Disordered Children: A Short Communication. Int Clinc Med Case Rep Jour. 2023;2(18):1-8.