@article{article_339080, title={Investigation of the Parents’ Perceptions towards Children with Special Needs}, journal={Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Journal}, volume={4}, pages={15–30}, year={2017}, DOI={10.21020/husbfd.339080}, author={Toran, Mehmet and Etgüer, Damla and Ünsever, Özge}, keywords={Ebeveyn,ebeveyn tutumları,özel eğitim,özel gereksinimli bireyler}, abstract={<div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"> <b> <span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb">Objectives: </span> </b> <span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"> The purpose of this study is to
examine the awareness and knowledge of parents with normally developed children
regarding children with special needs; how they perceive and how they describe
individuals with special needs to their children. </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"> <b> <span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb">Method: </span> </b> <span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"> In this study, the qualitative
research method was adopted. And the descriptive analysis method was employed
because situation determination and opinions were examined in the analysis of
the data obtained from the study group. Snowball sampling method was used to
form and gather up the study group. 17 parents who have children with normal
development and go on preschool education institution constituted the study
group of the research. The parents were composed the mothers have given
informed consent and voluntarily participated into the study. The interview
method was used as the data method of the research. In order to conduct the
interviews, researchers formed a semi-structured interview form and thus, it
would be possible to conduct in-depth interviews with the parents. After the
interviews, the data was documented and categories and themes were formulated
in the light of descriptive analysis principles. </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"> <b> <span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb">Result and Conclusion: </span> </b> <span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"> When the findings of the study were
examined, it was found out that parents have a genuine awareness concerning
children with special needs in that they emphasize the importance of
interaction between their children with normal development with the children
with special needs by coming together in the same environment, and they also
have an awareness regarding the need of the public spaces’ regulations
according to the children with special needs. </span> </p> <p> </p> </div>}, number={3}, publisher={Hacettepe Üniversitesi}