Rural, Urban, and Small Town/Suburban Parents’ Satisfaction Toward Special Education Services for Young Children with Disabilities in Northwest Ohio
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-toledo14933260251913832021-08-03T07:02:08Z Rural, Urban, and Small Town/Suburban Parents’ Satisfaction Toward Special Education Services for Young Children with Disabilities in Northwest Ohio Alotaibi, Bander Mohaya Special Education Education The purpose of this study is to investigate the parental satisfaction toward special education services by identifying differences in parental satisfaction among rural, urban, and small town/suburban parents, and describing those differences toward special education services their children receive. In addition, this study attempted to find relationships between parental satisfaction of the following specific factors: parental satisfaction toward environment, toward communication between parents and special education professionals, and toward aspects of special education service processes with family characteristics.Participants in this study consisted of parents and caregivers of young preschooler children with disabilities, ages 3 through 5, who were enrolled in public school system within Lucas, Wood, Paulding, and Fulton counties were recruited to participate in the study. Four hundred and fifteen parents were recruited to participate in this study. Result of this study shows that 91.8% of parents reported that they are satisfied toward the special education services. Additionally, the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) showed significant differences in the location groups toward the parental satisfaction toward the communication and environment elements of special education. The satisfaction average scores of Small-town/suburban parents were statistically lower than the average satisfaction scores of rural and urban parents. The average satisfaction score of Small-town/suburban group suggested lower levels of satisfaction than the average satisfaction scores of rural and urban groups toward the communication aspects of special education. In addition, Spearman correlation test showed a weak negative relationship between parental satisfaction toward the environment of special education with number of children with disabilities per family variable. This correlation implies that parents with more than one child have a lower level of satisfaction toward the environment of special education. In other words, parents with one child have a higher level of satisfaction toward the environment of special education comparing to those who have more than one child. No significant result was found when testing other demographic variables. 2017-09-28 English text University of Toledo / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1493326025191383 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1493326025191383 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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Rural, Urban, and Small Town/Suburban Parents’ Satisfaction Toward Special Education Services for Young Children with Disabilities in Northwest Ohio |
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Rural, Urban, and Small Town/Suburban Parents’ Satisfaction Toward Special Education Services for Young Children with Disabilities in Northwest Ohio |
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Rural, Urban, and Small Town/Suburban Parents’ Satisfaction Toward Special Education Services for Young Children with Disabilities in Northwest Ohio |
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Rural, Urban, and Small Town/Suburban Parents’ Satisfaction Toward Special Education Services for Young Children with Disabilities in Northwest Ohio |
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rural, urban, and small town/suburban parents’ satisfaction toward special education services for young children with disabilities in northwest ohio |
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