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52 Pages : 415-420

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).52      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).52      Published : Sep 2019

Autism Spectrum in Classroom and Special Educationist: A Panorama of Challenges in Facilitating Teaching-Learning Process

    Autism spectrum disorders are lifelong developmental disabilities that can impact how students understand, what they see, hear and otherwise sense. This can result in difficulties with learning, communication, and behavior in their classroom. To execute this phenomenological research study in private schools of autism, the researchers were keen to dig out and try to listen to the perspectives of the special educationists regarding challenges in facilitating the teaching-learning process. Through semi-structured interviews, data were collected from twenty (20) special educationists working with children diagnosed on the spectrum of autism disorder. The majority of the special educationists reported that during teaching, they must execute various intervention strategies by incorporating different tools provided by the school. Their one major issue was time management because they have to handle every kind of issues arouse by the child and environment, alone during teaching. It was reported that the general education curriculum is also difficult to teach alone because they have not received any kind of specialized curriculum for such kids.

    Key Words: Perspective, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Applied Behavior Analyst, Individual Education Plan, Training
    (1) Asmaa Azeem
    Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Almas Shoaib
    Phd Scholar, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Fauzia Naheed
    Professor, Department of Education, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

06 Pages : 59-67

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-IV).06      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-IV).06      Published : Dec 2021

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Hanif's Red Birds

    The present study endeavors to analyze the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Muhammad Hanif’s Red Birds, focusing on the depiction of PTSD felt by major characters in then ovel. The psychological approach along with a descriptive qualitative method, has been used for evaluating the signs of PTSD in the backdrop of Raymond Benedict Flannery's theory. The significance of this study is to appraise the individuals about the hazardous outcomes of trauma. If trauma shows the symptoms of arousal, intrusive, and avoidance, the result is a post-traumatic stress disorder. Using this mechanism, the novel has been analyzed, and then the relevant data has been categorized according to the tenets of the theory. The study discovers the required symptoms of PTSD,i.e., intrusive, avoidance, and arousal, experienced by the characters. Mother Dear develops more intrusive symptoms as compared to arousal and avoidance symptoms, whereas arousal symptoms are more influenced by Momo.

    Stress, Disorder, Arousal, Intrusive, Avoidance
    (1) Muhammad Ejaz Khan
    Research Scholar, Northern University Nowshera, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Aamir Shehzad
    Assistant Professor, University of Okara, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Shamaila Roohi
    Lecturer, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.

05 Pages : 44-49

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).05      10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).05      Published : Sep 2024

Psychological Wellbeing and Coping Strategies of ADHD Child Caregivers

    Psychological Well-being was discovered as a dynamic that included the subjective, Psychological, and social dimensions and health-related behaviors. A caregiver burden is the type of stress that caregivers experience because of the hurdles and challenges of caregiving.  To assess the burden of caregivers of children with ADHD and examine the psychological well-being with coping strategies.  Correlational research design with purposive sampling technique among psychological wellbeing burden and coping among caregivers of children with ADHD. Demographics are (Age, gender, education level, and marital status) with measurement of psychological well-being scale. The data were collected from Government hospitals in Lahore. Results showed that the alpha coefficient for this scale is a=.96, the caregiver Burden scale is a= .98, and the coping scale a= Burden has a negative correlation with both psychological well-being and coping. Coping has a positive correlation with psychological well-being and has negative correlation with burden.

    Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Psychological Well-being, Care Giver Burden, Coping Strategies, Challenges, Behavior Problem
    (1) Ambreen Anjum
    Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Virtual University, Pakistan.
    (2) Shahbaz Sharif
    Lecturer, Department of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Jehlum Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Rashid
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Jehlum Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.

06 Pages : 50-62

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).06      10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).06      Published : Sep 2024

Malady of the Mind: Mapping Dimensions of Mental Disorder through Narratological Lens in Jonathan Rosen’s The Best Minds

    This paper proffers mapping Mental Disorders by employing a narratological lens in Jonathan Rosen's The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions focusing on the volatility of emotions, malady of mental disorder through the spectrum of narratology and positing conundrum to the mind. It emphasizes how the mechanism of storytelling mirrors the intricacies of mental disorders in myriad ways. The study involves interdisciplinary techniques combining the psychological theories of Marsha Linehan and Otto Kernberg with relation to literary analysis embodying narratological elements. A narratology is an imperative tool in Literature for shaping psychological representations. It analyzes how the mental disorder is intertwined into the narrative depicting the thematic undertones, structure of plot development, and shaping the identities of the characters. The research encompasses a broader discourse to bridge the gap between the psychological underpinnings of mental disorders and their literary insights.

    Narratology, Mental Disorders, Storytelling, Paranoia, Narrative Techniques
    (1) Nida Amjad Chuhan
    MPhil, English Literature, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, GIFT (Gujranwala Institute of Future Technologies) University, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Sidra Nasir Qureshi
    Lecturer, Faculty of Psychology, University of Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Abdul Bari Khan
    Faculty of Education, Language and Communication, University Malaysia Sarawak.