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Name: Mahmoud Rabei Ismail Al-Shahawi A visual impairment teacher The Faculty of Science for People with Special Needs

Master Title

The effectiveness of a counseling program in developing some social skills to alleviate social anxiety in children

Master Abstract

Social anxiety is one of the common psychological disorders which face individuals in the late childhood. Moreover, it is considered one of the most common disorders in psychiatry as it is designated in the third level of psychological disorders preceded by depression and drugs addiction. -Noticeably, social anxiety is a type of anxiety that had a considerable interest in the field of mental health due to its relationship to several emotional and psychological problems. -This disorder is characterized by an extreme and consistent fear when countering certain social situations that require a performance in public e.g. public speeches, eating and writing in the presence of others or attending social meetings. Some people seek hardly to avoid such situations in order not to behave improperly which in turns causes them confusion. -Those who have this disorder(as showed in DSM-IV) tend to take a lot of time to overcome their fears felt during different social situations. They find a relative difficulty while interacting or talking to strangers. In addition, they suffer from the lack of educational, work and social abilities which results in losing the opportunity to get proper choices in life.

PHD Title

An integrated counseling program to develop a feeling of happiness in some blind teenagers

PHD Abstract

Seeks rights since the beginning of creation to obtain true happiness, and stay away from everything that causes him trouble and mischief, but through his quest to reach the psychological and emotional stability he encounters many problems and obstacles, which vary from one individual to another and from one stage age to another and from one community to another. Visually impaired teenager faces many social and psychological problems imposed by adolescence in addition to the problems resulting from visual impairment, where blind teenager feel in that stage the extent of severe visual disability, and the consequent individual's sense of helplessness which make him feel frustrated and disappointed in achieving his objectives, and makes him aimless and meaningless therefore, he loses his enthusiasm and motivation in life (Fathy Abdel -Rahman Adabee, 2006: 2). The concept of happiness of the most fundamental concepts in positive psychology because it has many positive impacts which help to achieve the mental health of the individual, and perhaps this is due to linking happiness to moderately mood , self Tranquility , self-fulfillment, sense of joy, hence we all seek (King ,L. & Napa ,C. 1998 : 157). [[[ Remember Iman Lotfy Ibrahim (2010: 221) that the blind class of people lost their sense of sight, but God gives them insight, and understanding, They see with their hearts, read with their feelings and speak with their minds, and they desperately need a caring hand extends to them, plant hope in their hearts and renew their lives with tender and thrive their moments with tenderness. So we should attention to the positive aspects of the blind and identify the strengths of these individuals to invest them to in order face the difficulties caused by their disability, and hence the ability to reach happiness without a sense of inferiority and helplessness.