TY - JOUR TT - THEIMPACTOFINCLUSIONPREPARATIONACTIVITIESONINCREASINGSOCIALACCEPTANCEOFCHILDRENWITHDISABILITIES AU - Özkubat, Ufuk AU - Sanır, Hanifi AU - Töret, Gökhan AU - Babacan, Arif PY - 2016 DA - September JF - Gazi Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi JO - GJES PB - Parantez Teknoloji WT - DergiPark SN - 2149-4932 SP - 211 EP - 232 VL - 2 IS - 3 KW - Kaynaştırma KW -  Sosyal kabul KW -  Yetersizlikten etkilenmiş çocuklar N2 - The general purpose of this study is to assess the level of social acceptance of normallydevelopingpeerstowardschildrenwithdisabilitiesalongwiththeinclusionpreparationactivitiesand monitor permanence of social acceptance level. This study is a pre‐posttest control groupexperimental research aiming to identify the impact of inclusion preparation activities onincreasingsocialacceptanceofchildrenwithdisabilities.Thestudygroupiscomposedof823rdgrade normally developing children getting education at an official Primary School attached toMinistry of National Education for 2015‐2016 academic year in Ankara Province. FriendshipActivityScalehasbeenusedasatooltocollectresearchdata.Whiletheresearchresultsshowthat the level of social acceptance of participants in experimental and control groups towardschildren with disabilities are quite similar before the implementation of inclusion preparationactivities, following the implementation the social acceptance level of the participants inexperimental group towards children with disabilities has been increased significantly. Inaddition, monitoring data were collected and it has been discovered that the implementedinclusionpreparationactivitiesenduredtheireffectaftertheimplementation.Researchfindingswerediscussedandsuggestionsweremaderegardingtheimplementation. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/gebd/issue//390663 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/419783 ER -