期刊名称:Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry
电子版ISSN:1309-6591
出版年度:2012
卷号:3
期号:4
出版社:Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry (TOJQI)
摘要:The purpose of the study was to define families’ of children with intellectual disabilities, needs on education and support services. Descriptive survey model was used in the study. Data was collected via semi-structured interviews. The study was conducted in 9 Training Application Schools (Eğitim Uygulama Okulu) that were formal special education school, governed by Ministry of Education. The schools were in Eskişehir, Ankara, İzmir, İstanbul, Denizli and Muğla. 18 administrators and teachers and 38 volunteer parents of children with intellectual disabilities participated in the study. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The themes defined from the interviews were: social support social support networks, personal development, skills on working with children, adjustment process, information about special education programs and school’s practices, child’s health. Although, there were some differences between the percentage of needs’ area of administrators-teachers and parents, the needs’ areas of administrators and teachers were parallel with parents’. It is thought that the results of this study can be a source for designing programs and developing present programs on the basis of the needs of families of children with intellectual disabilities.
关键词:Parent needs; family needs; children with intellectual disabilities.