2. Literature Review
affective and comorbid disorders, intellectual disabilities, impaired social interaction skills, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Scientists from Sydney (Australia) conducted research on impaired social interaction skills among children with intellectual disabilities. They concluded that the main problem lies in the impairment of the neuropsychological profile as such children often have affective and comorbid disorders. This leads to impaired memory, learning, and expression of one's own thoughts and emotions. In most cases, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder occurs. Due to this, communication becomes difficult. It was also concluded that there are very few methods for helping such children and the best choice is cognitive behavioral therapy. However, the data on the effectiveness of the influence turned out to be rather controversial [