The effect of using a group counseling program based on cognitive behavioral theory in improving the degree of social adaptation and reducing negative perfectionism among gifted students with special needs in the Emirate of Abu Dhab.

Abstract

Gifted and outstanding students need educational care and distinguished services from the traditional programs and services available in regular schools and centers. The researcher believes that gifted and disabled students need care, and need guidance and counseling to reduce negative perfectionism. Hence, specialists should provide guidance programs that contribute to improving the social adaptation of the gifted, and education sectors should pay attention to providing special programs for them in order to enrich the creative aspect.  What is the effect of the guidance program in improving social adaptation and reducing negative perfectionism for gifted and disabled students?

The current study aims to improve social adaptation and reduce negative perfectionism for the gifted by building a program based on cognitive behavioral theory, as well as aiming to help members of the guidance group to increase the enrichment of their abilities and potentials so that they reflect on them and the society in which they live. The study sample included (40) male and female students from Mubarak bin Mohammed School in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The sample was selected intentionally and the researchers used a group guidance program and a social adaptation scale and built a scale to reduce negative perfectionism. The most important conclusions are: - The success of the guidance program in reducing the impact of negative perfectionism and also the diversity of strategies used to reduce and mitigate its negative impact on the gifted, the absence of differences until males and females were exposed to the same guidance program and the same guidance strategies and time period, so there were no statistically significant differences attributable to gender.