Authors: Thaira Sabbah, Yahya Al-Sarafandi, Ablah Ibrahim

This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a counseling program based on multimodal therapy in enhancing positive thinking among deaf students at the university level. The study approached the literature as a multi-dimensional phenomenon, which addressed both theoretical and applied research. This recent study is the first, which dealt with this theme, to the authors’ knowledge, which in turn encourages other researchers to work on further research on this important topic. The study used the experimental approach, in a cross-sectional study, using the sampling survey method. The Positive Thinking Scale is appropriate for the exploratory nature of the research. Ten deaf students from Al-Quds Open University, at Ramallah and Al-Bireh Branch were purposively selected, who obtained the lowest scores on the Positive Thinking Scale. The findings of the study revealed statistically significant differences in the mean scores of the experimental group on the post-test measure of positive thinking. Implications of the findings and directions for future empirical research are briefly discussed.

Keywords: Multimodal therapy, Positive thinking scale, University deaf students.

Thaira Sabbah, Assistant Professor, Special Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Al- Quds Open University, Ramallah, Palestine. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Yahya Al-Sarafandi, Assistant Professor of Educational and Psychological Counseling, University College of Educational Sciences, Ramallah, Palestine. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ablah Ibrahim, Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Special Education, Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Birzeit Directorate of Education, Ramallah, Palestine. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.