Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a multi-disorder which disturbs ability of child to move, sustain posture and balance. Quality of life is increasingly recognized as a major factor in determining a child's health and well-being. There are many ways to enhance the quality of life for children with (CP), such as empowering the caregivers. Aim: to evaluate the effect of empowerment program for caregivers on quality life of children with cerebral palsy. Design: A quasi-experimental research design (one group pre/posttest) was conducted at neurology out-patient clinic of Children Hospital at Ain shams University Hospital. Sample: A purposive sample consisted of 75 children and their caregivers at the previously mentioned setting. Tools: Four tools were used as children and their caregivers' demographic characteristics, activity of daily living, child quality of life inventory and family empowerment scale. Results: revealed that 74.7% of the studied children were partially dependent at total activities, while 50.7% of them were independent at post program, detected through p value <0.01. Also, revealed that there was slight significant difference related to physical, emotional and social function at pre and post program at p value <0.05. But, there was no significant difference between mean score at pre and post program related school function at p value >0.05. Conclusion: There was high significant difference between mean scores at pre and post empowerment program for caregivers of children with cerebral palsy at p value <0.01. Empowerment program for caregivers had positive effect on quality life of their children. Recommendation: Preparing continuous empowerment program for caregivers of children suffered from cerebral palsy.

Socialization of a child is something that is typically a natural phenomenon, but for children with disabilities, it can be difficult and especially challenging. Aim: This study aimed to explore the habits and socialization among primary school children having visual, hearing, and intellectual disabilities. Design: Cross-sectional descriptive research design was used in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at special needs schools in Assiut city; includes El-Fekria school for mentally retarded children, El-Nour for blind children and El-Amal school for deaf and dumb. Sample: A convenient sample included parents of 588 disabled children. Tools: A structured interview questionnaire was used. It includes characteristics of the child and their parents, family history and consanguinity, medical history of the child disability, as well as parents' knowledge about disability. Results: The majority of children were males, from rural areas, have illiterate fathers and mothers, they had positive history of disability and consanguinity, & the majority of parent had unsatisfactory level of knowledge. Conclusion: disabled children are more likely to have socialization problems. Their parents' knowledge about disability is very low. Recommendation: The current study recommended that provide support and education programs for parents to improve the care provided to children with disabilities.