مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Effect of Parent and Sibling Education Program on Attitudes and Behaviours towards Children with Disabilities

Abstract :

This research was carried out in order to examine the effect of The Parent Education Program (PEP) and The Sibling Education Program (SEP) which is given to siblings without disabilities and their parents on the attitudes and behaviours of 10-14 year old siblings without disabilities towards their siblings with disabilities. The Multi subject-multi factor experimental pattern, which is one of experimental models, was applied in this research. The pre-test post-test control group pattern was conducted in this context. The study group consisted of 30 primary school students (experiment-1, experiment-2, and experiment 3) from the central counties of Konya who were 10-14 years old and had a sibling with disabilities and 10 parents (parents of children in experiment-2). The data collecting tools for normal children were: “The Attitude towards Disabled Sibling Scale”, “The Schaffer Sibling Behaviour Rating Scale- Sibling Form”, and data about mothers was collected through, “The Schaffer Sibling Behaviour Rating Scale-Mother Form”. Mann Whitney U-Test, Kruskal Wallis Test (H test) and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test were used to determine. According to the result, the siblings in the experimental groups display a high increase at their attitudes and behaviours. Children and parents evaluate the general behaviour levels of typically developing children participating in PEP in a similar way.