Open AccessParental Outcomes in Early Intervention for Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Author(s) -
Rawhi Abdat,
Mohamed Safi,
Abdelaziz Sartawi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of early childhood special education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.144
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 1308-5581
DOI - 10.9756/int-jecse/v14i1.221105
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , descriptive statistics , psychology , test (biology) , special education , special needs , developmental psychology , rehabilitation , service (business) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , pedagogy , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , economy , neuroscience , economics , biology
Parents’ outcomes in early intervention for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have not received close study in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In pursuit of this goal, a quantitative method used to collect quantitative data and investigate parents’ outcomes. Therefore, the family outcomes survey (FOS) was utilised to collect data from parents whose children were served in four rehabilitation centres across the UAE. Descriptive statistics, the independent t-test, and one-way ANOVA were used to address the main research question and examine the study hypotheses. The results of the study indicated high parent outcomes in two areas: understanding the child’s needs and providing support; meanwhile, other outcomes did not achieve the cut-off score. Additionally, statistical differences were found among outcomes in relation to the family services programme, type of disability (in favour of parents of children with developmental delay and Down syndrome), and according to service duration (in favour of parents of children receiving services for 13 months or more). Accordingly, this study results were discussed in light of the previous literature and provided recommendations to enhance parents’ outcomes in early childhood intervention programmes.