Kourosh Amrai - Ph. D Candidate
Shahrzad Elahi Motlagh - Mastery of science
Edris Fathi - Mastery of science

The main purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of social skills training program to mothers on reducing behavioral problems of cochlear implant children. In this experimental study, 8 mothers voluntarily participated in the study. First social skills rating scale (SSRS) Gresham & Elliott (1999) was utilized as pre-test and after training social skills related to children to mothers for 10 sessions SSRS was performed again as post-test and finally data was analyzed by means paired T-Test . Results show there is a significant difference between pre-test and post-test in internalizing problems (F= -10/33, p<0/01), externalizing problems (F= 30/83, p<0/01) and hyperactivity (F= 19/41, p<0/01). So, the social skills training program effective on behavioral problems. The results were discussed in terms of the literature.

Social Skills, Deaf, Mothers, Cochlear Implant