http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-IV).14
10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-IV).14
Published : Dec 2021
Availability of Special Education Related Services and Incentives for Children with Special Needs in Government Special Education Centres in Punjab: A Survey of Parental Perception
Parents' involvement in the rehabilitation process is very important. Parental views about the availability of related services and incentives are the significant indicators of their required particular needs. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the level of available related services and incentives in special education centers and to highlight their specific and suggestions for improvement of these services for students of four disabilities studying in these centers. A survey was conducted from 2019 to 2020 to collect data about demographic characteristics and information about related services and incentives provided to these special students from their parents and also their suggestions to improve these services. The sample consisted of 36 government special education centers at the Tehsil level, from which 479 questionnaires, filled by the parents of students, were received back. The results emphasized the low education and income of the parents, increasing incidence of disability in the families of special children, lack of available services and incentives in these centers, and acknowledged parental suggestions and recommendations. It was concluded from the survey that future planning of provisions of related services and incentives might be more helpful and effective if based on the requirements and preferences conveyed by parents of special students with four disabilities.
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Related Services, Incentives, Four Disabilities, Parental Perception
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(1) Ghazala Yasmeen
Ph.D Scholar, Department of Educational Planning, Policy Studies and Leadership, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
(2) Azhar Mumtaz Saadi
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Planning, Policy Studies and Leadership, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Yasmeen, G., & Saadi, A. M. (2021). Availability of Special Education Related Services and Incentives for Children with Special Needs in Government Special Education Centres in Punjab: A Survey of Parental Perception. Global Educational Studies Review, VI(IV), 129-141. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-IV).14
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CHICAGO : Yasmeen, Ghazala, and Azhar Mumtaz Saadi. 2021. "Availability of Special Education Related Services and Incentives for Children with Special Needs in Government Special Education Centres in Punjab: A Survey of Parental Perception." Global Educational Studies Review, VI (IV): 129-141 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-IV).14
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HARVARD : YASMEEN, G. & SAADI, A. M. 2021. Availability of Special Education Related Services and Incentives for Children with Special Needs in Government Special Education Centres in Punjab: A Survey of Parental Perception. Global Educational Studies Review, VI, 129-141.
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MHRA : Yasmeen, Ghazala, and Azhar Mumtaz Saadi. 2021. "Availability of Special Education Related Services and Incentives for Children with Special Needs in Government Special Education Centres in Punjab: A Survey of Parental Perception." Global Educational Studies Review, VI: 129-141
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MLA : Yasmeen, Ghazala, and Azhar Mumtaz Saadi. "Availability of Special Education Related Services and Incentives for Children with Special Needs in Government Special Education Centres in Punjab: A Survey of Parental Perception." Global Educational Studies Review, VI.IV (2021): 129-141 Print.
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OXFORD : Yasmeen, Ghazala and Saadi, Azhar Mumtaz (2021), "Availability of Special Education Related Services and Incentives for Children with Special Needs in Government Special Education Centres in Punjab: A Survey of Parental Perception", Global Educational Studies Review, VI (IV), 129-141
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TURABIAN : Yasmeen, Ghazala, and Azhar Mumtaz Saadi. "Availability of Special Education Related Services and Incentives for Children with Special Needs in Government Special Education Centres in Punjab: A Survey of Parental Perception." Global Educational Studies Review VI, no. IV (2021): 129-141. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-IV).14