5. Discussion
intellectual disabilities, mental retardation, illness, various intellectual disabilities
In 2019, a study on the thinking and behavior of children with intellectual disabilities was conducted in the Netherlands. The emphasis was placed on the assumption of the flexibility of behavior and personality factors. A randomized trial was conducted. The results showed that children with intellectual disabilities have more fixed thinking in terms of emotions and behavior. This suggests that teaching positive attitudes towards the development of the emotional sphere can be used to correct behavior and improve mental state [The results obtained can be explained in terms of the fact that cognitive therapy is a learning factor. During the sessions, people work out new patterns of behavior reinforcing them by repetition. As people with various intellectual disabilities are able to learn the expression of various emotions and their manifestation in different situations, we can talk about an increase in acquired social skills.The results described in this study are also randomized and cannot claim absolute accuracy; therefore, additional research is required in this area. During the comparison of this work with other articles, no fully similar methodology was found. It follows that this strategy may be a unique development.The application of the knowledge gained gives us the understanding of the effectiveness of cognitive therapy in the development of a culture of interpersonal relationships in people with intellectual disabilities. This strategy can be used in the context of learning and developing social skills. This provides a prospect for new discoveries in the field of interpersonal relationships, as well as changing and improving the cognitive techniques aimed at people with a narrower specificity of intellectual disabilities.However, it must be kept in mind that the degree of mental retardation was not taken into account; all children were treated equally in the experiment. Because of the varying degrees of mental retardation, the therapy may not affect the participants in the same way. The illness that led to mental retardation and its specifics were also not taken into account. Children with different pathologies participated in the experiment. This is a fully randomized study that aims to determine the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on the socialization of children with intellectual disabilities and their learning of social skills. It should also be noted that the study was not carried out after the experiment had ended. It is therefore not possible to say with certainty that the result remains at a static level.