Attitudes of Parents towards Children with Specific Learning Disabilities

Abstract

Results: The results revealed significant differences related to gender of the children on various domains of the scale. Conclusion:The study highlights the need to educate parents to lower their expectations for children with specific learning disabilities, and to strengthen the social support network of these children's families.

Çocuğu İlkokula Devam Eden Ebeveynlerin Çocuk Yetiştirme Görüş ve Tutumları Arasındaki İlişki

“…Çocuklar, bir çiftin sevgisinin mükemmel bir ifadesi gibidir. Beklentiler, duygusal hazırlık ve bebeğin görüntüsü gibi durumlar, tutum ve davranışların şekillenmesinde etkili olabilir (Chandramuki, Shastry & Vranda, 2012). Anne-babalar, çocuk yetiştirirken kendi ebeveynlerini model alarak, konuyla ilgili eğitim alarak veya çeşitli yayınlardan çocuk yetiştirme davranışlarını öğrenilebilirler.…”

Ideographic Experiences in Raising Dyslexic

“…Denial is of the ways used to cope with unaccepted reality (Jenaabadi, 2014). Similar to a previous study, one of the reasons is high expectation towards children achievement (Chandramuki et al, 2012). Furthermore, some people such as teachers or friends who give incorrect assumptions and opinions without being sensitive to the mothers' feelings may initiate this negative feeling.…”

“…Mothers are often associated with having negative feelings such as denial, frustration, guilt and stress when an aspiration to have a 'perfect' child is unfulfilled (Chandramuki, Venkatakrishnashastry, & Vranda, 2012). The mothers are often disappointed when their children failed to meet their high expectation.…”

The Role of the Family in Socializing the Autistic Children: A Study in Bangladesh

“…The discrepancy between the perfect child of their fantasy and the real child may be the cause for negative attitudes and parenting stress. Often a range of emotions, such as denial, guilt, blame, frustration, anger and despair, sweep through the parents as they are confronted by their children with disability (Bhan, 1995;Chandramuki, 2012). Human beings must learn about culture and their parts in social structure though some process, sociologist call this basic process socialization.…”

“…Children are the perfect extension and expression of a couple's love and caring (Gibran, 1986;Chandramuki, 2012). The emotional preparation for expectant parents is usually shaped by a glamorous image of the baby, a kind of ego ideal.…”