Adaptive Behaviour Skills

Dental caries is a common chronic infectious resulting from tooth-adherent cariogenic bacteria, primarily Streptococcus Mutans, which metabolize sugars to produce acid, demineralizing the tooth structure over time. Dental caries is one of the commonest childhood disease. In general, the prevalence of caries in preschool children seems to be on the decline or the trend has reached a plateau in most of the developed countries, but may be increasing in some developed and several developing countries. A considerable proportion of preschoolers thus are still affected by dental caries. A sample size of 100 caregivers of pre-school children of the University of Benin Staff school were used. A stratified questionnaire focusing on the knowledge and attitude to Dental Caries risk factors was filled by all respondents with 51.7% knowing the meaning of Dental Caries and 48.3% not knowing the meaning of Dental Caries An understanding of caries risk factors in preschoolers is essential in controlling the prevalence of dental caries in this age group. This is the main objective of our research.

The study investigated Factors affecting the acquisition of adaptive behaviour skills among learners with intellectual disability in Oredo local government of Edo state. Specifically, the study aimed at investigating the curriculum used for learners with intellectual disabilities in these special schools, as well as exploring the teaching/leaning resources used for learners with intellectual, while also identifying teacher factors and teaching strategies for enhancing acquisition of adaptive behavior skills among learners with intellectual disabilities and the possible factors that affects the acquisition of necessary skills. To guide the study, four research questions were raised. The study population constituted of all teachers teaching learners with intellectual disabilities and study sample was drawn from two junior secondary schools in Oredo local government of Edo stateIhogbe college and Charilove with total sample of 18 teachers. A survey design which entails the use of structured questionnaire in obtaining data on the subject matter was adopted in sampling the opinions of the respondents. A total of 18 copies of the questionnaire was sent out to the respondents, retrieved and used for analysis. The study employed descriptive mean, in analyzing the data. Findings obtained from the study established that teachers and learners have been struggling with inadequate resources for teaching learners with intellectual disabilities. In fact, all the respondents admitted that resources were inadequate for running school activities. Based on the study findings, the study recommended that government should provide regularly the equipment/resources needed in public special schools to teach children with intellectual disability in other to increase their adaptive skill