Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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MA in Education and Psychology of Exceptional Children, Department of Psychology, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
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Associate Professor, Departman of Psychology, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
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Associate Professor, Department of Educational sciences and counseling, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the current research was to identify the types of involvement of mothers of intellectual disabled children in their children's education
Methods: In this research, the qualitative method and thematic coding were used to analyze and analyze the research data. The statistical population was the mothers of intellectual disabled children in the school for exceptional children in Rasht city in the academic year 1401-1402. Participants were selected using purposive sampling method. Considering the theoretical saturation criterion to determine the sample size, the interviews continued until saturation was reached and at the end the number of participants reached 20 people.
Findings: After extraction, the results of the interviews were classified into 5 main categories and 12 sub-categories. The main themes, about the types of involvement of mothers, including referring to school, mothers who consider school as a key element of education; Clinging to private institutions, mothers who consider education to be somewhere other than school,The magical performance of holy things, mothers who put the transcendental matters on the table; Delegative religious confrontations, mothers who leave the responsibility of their children to the affairs of their religious beliefs, and passivity, mothers who are desperate for any action to improve their child, each of these themes, through the analysis and combination of several sub-themes. have been achieved
Conclusion: The findings of this research can provide many practical implications for special education agents, educational specialists, teachers and consultants, including the appropriate use of parents' involvement in order to improve the education of intellectual disabled children.
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