Characteristics of educable mentally retarded children who attend vocational schools and their parents

Meslek okullarına devam eden eğitilebilir zihinsel engelli öğrencilerin ve ana babalarının özellikleri

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the characteristics of educable mentally retarded (EMR) children who attend vocational schools and their parents and thus to contribute the planing of education. To achieve this purpose, questionalries were sent to the par¬ents of 150 EMR children who attended vocational schools and were between 13-20 years old, and 82 of them responded. Percentage values were used for evaluation. The following results are found in the study; the families mostly come from low socio-economic and cultural levels. Seventy five percent of the parents realized their children's condition when the children were below six years old, but the children almost never re¬ceived any education in preschool period. The parents have stated the problems their children face in daily life as follows; problem of adaptation to sociological environment and making friends, disability to count money, and inadequateness in expressing their ideas andfeelings. The parents reported behaviors as; telling lies, biting nails and enu-resis nocturna in their children and described the children as mostly nervous, impatient and conciliatory. They said that their children mostly liked sports, repairing things and handcrafts.

Özet

Bu arastirmamn amaa, meslek okullanna devam eden egitilebilir zihinsel engelli (EZE) ogrencilerln ve allelerinln dzelllklerini'incelSgerek egitim ve ogretlmln planlanmasina kat-kida bulunmaktir. Bu amagla, meslek okullanna devam eden 13-20 ya§ grubundaki 150 EZE ogrencinin ailesine mektupla anket gonderilip 82 yamt ahnmistir. Verilerin anallzinde yilzdellk degerler kullamlmistir. Ara§tirma sonuglan, allelerln sosyo ekono-mik ve sosyo kiiltiirel duzeylerinin genellikle diisuk oldugunu, %.75'inin gocuklannin du-rumunu 6 yasin altindayken ogrendiklerini ancak egitimin bu donemde ba§latdmadigim gostermektedir. Ana babalar, gocuklannin gunliik yasamda en gok gevreye Uyum sa-glayamama-, arkada§ edinememe, para hesabi bilememe, duygu ve dusuncelerinl ifade etmede yetersizlik gibi soninlarla karsilashklarim, kekemelik, yalan soyleme, tirnak yeme ve gece isemeleri gibi davramslar gosterdiklerini, en gok karanhktan, yilksek ses-ten ve yalniz kalmaktan korktuklanni, spor, miizik, tamir - ato'lye gahsmalanna ve el is-lerine ilgi duyduklanm bildirml§lerdir.