%0 Journal Article %T Effectiveness of Life Skills Education by Empowerment Approach to Social Work on Physically and Motor Handicapped Girls %A Asma Baniasad %A Ghonche Raheb %A Mostafa Eghlima %A Abbas Davarmanesh %J Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences %D 2012 %I Zahedan University of Medical Sciences %X Background: This study determined the effectiveness of life skills training by empowerment approach to social work on personal and social adjustment of physically motor handicapped girls.Materials and Methods: The study was semi-experimental design and used pretest-posttest plan with a control group. The intervention group participated in 8 session's life skills training by empowerment approach to social work, and a control group received no teaching. To gathering information from California questionnaire were used. To examine significances, independent t-test was used.Results: There is significant difference in posttest scores between the intervention and control groups (p<0.05) but neurological syndrome is not only significant change (p>0.05)Conclusion: Life skills education by empowerment approach to Social work is effective way to promote a level¡¯s adjustment of physical motor disabilities girls. %K Life skills %K Empowerment %K Social work %K Adjustment %K Physical motor disabilit %U http://www.zjrms.ir/browse.php?a_id=1735&sid=1&slc_lang=en