The Research of Parents Advocating Self-Determination for Children with Intellectual Disability in Senior-High Special Education Schools

• Main Authors: Cheng Chun-Chih, 鄭淳智
• Other Authors: 林惠芬
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68895513817025572249

碩士 === 國立彰化師範大學 === 特殊教育學系所 === 96 === The purpose of this research was to investigate parents’ attitudes toward advocating self-determination for their children with intellectual disability in senior-high special education schools. A questionnaire was developed by the researcher and 276 parents participated in this study. Date were analyzed through frequency, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and one way analysis of variance. The major findings were as follows: 1. Most of the parents had positive perceptions of advocating self-determination for their children with intellectual disability. Among the four domains of self-determination in the research, the most positive attitude that parents had is the “psychological empowerment”, and the least is “autonomy.” 2. In terms children’s background, variables such as gender, grade level, severity of intellectual disability and numbers of children are the influencing factors for parental attitudes advocating self-determination for their children. As for parental background, the influencing factors are social-economic status, fostering ways, religions, living regions, family supports, and familiarity of self-determination. According to the findings and conclusions, some suggestions were offered for parents, relevant educational institutes, and for future study.