VİEWS ON THE DİFFICULTİES EXPERİENCED BY PARENTS WİTH SPECİAL NEEDS

Abstract

The education of individuals with special needs and the difficulties experienced by their families is a vital issue for them to live independently. Therefore, it was aimed to determine the opinions of parents with special needs individuals about the difficulties their experience in this study. The participants of the study are the parents of 13 special needs individuals. The research was designed with qualitative research method and semi-structured interview technique was used to collect data.The findings of the study shows that the support and education which the parents participated received before and after the diagnosis are neither sufficient not efficient; the difficulties they experienced at home and outside; the education at schools and rehabilitation centers are not planned properly; the educational expectations of the parents from the state and the solutions about deficiencies.