Elements of experiential psychotherapy in the development of the social and emotional skills of the hearing impaired students

This psychological research proposes the design and implementation of a program to educate the emotional intelligence based on the techniques of the experiential psychotherapy tailored to the hearing-impaired student's psychological profile and to identify the effects of the development of this type of intelligence on the personality by using Nonverbal Personality Questionnaire (NPQ). Experimental data processed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, show that our program has a strong effect on the hearing impaired students' interpersonal domain of emotional intelligence and also increases their adaptability to the social environment and encourages them to try new life experiences. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.