IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL METHOD IN USING ARTS AND CRAFT A THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION FOR SELECTED HANDICAPPED STUDENTS IN FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (SPECIAL), OYO, OYO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the impact of individual method of using Arts and Craft as therapeutic intervention for handicapped students in Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, OyoState, Nigeria. Observation and single group experimental research design were adopted for the study which focus on forty (40) handicapped each from five (5) different area of special disabilities with twenty non-handicapped students to make it total number of forty (40) respondent for pre-test and post-test. Purposive sampling was used to arrive at FCE (Special), Oyo. Since is the only College for special education in Nigeria. The reliability of instrument was established by using test and retest method. Simple percentages were used to test the demographic of data and nature of disabilities in student. T-test was employed to find out the difference in performance of the handicapped student before and after the use of individual approach method. The finding of the study showed the effect of academic performance of handicapped student and their nature of disabilities determine the effectiveness of handicapped in Arts and Crafts. Findings showed that student with speech impairment perfume higher, those with physical impairment has an average mean while those in mental retardation perform lower than the rest