The Effect of Education Programme on School Age Children's Attitudes Towards Children With Special Needs (Attitudes)

April 6, 2024 updated by: SÜMEYYE KAYA KOCAGİL, Mersin University

The Effect of Awareness Training Programme on School Age Children's Attitudes Towards Children With Special Needs: A Mixed Method Research

As individuals with special needs take more roles in social life and become more visible, the importance of social acceptance of individuals with special needs has increased.Especially being accepted by their peers with normal development and developing as a part of the society will reduce the burden of care in the society and enable children with special needs to lead a life worthy of human dignity.With this study, it is aimed to support children with normal development to form positive attitudes with awareness training. Qualitative and quantitative data will be used together and the attitude before and after the training will be examined descriptively.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Attitudes of normally developing children towards special children may be hurtful and affect their development negatively. For this reason, by conducting an educational process in which they can develop positive attitudes, social acceptance of children with special needs can be increased, their development and psychosocial support systems can be established. Within the scope of the advocacy and health promotion role of paediatric nursing, it has the responsibility to create an environment that supports the development of children with special needs and to carry out social awareness studies. In this context, children in the school period, where attitudes, behaviour patterns and habits begin to take shape, should be supported in developing positive attitudes.In this planned study, an eight-week training process will be carried out. It is planned to reveal more comprehensive results by using qualitative and quantitative data collection methods together in the evaluation of attitude changes before and after the training.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

36

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Mersin, Turkey
        • Sümeyye Kaya Kocagil

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Without any disability
  • Parents and siblings do not have a disability
  • Have the ability to read and write in Turkish
  • No child with a disability in their class
  • Children aged 9-10 years attending primary school in Mersin province

Exclusion Criteria:

  • With any disability
  • Parents and siblings have a disability
  • No ability to read and write in Turkish
  • A child with a disability in their class Written, verbal consent is not obtained

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Education
Other: Education
A training consisting of 8 sessions of 40 minutes each will be applied to the children. One session will be done every week. The training will consist of activities including information, discussion and role-playing about children with special needs. The training topics consist of; Children with Special Needs Empathy Differences, Respect for Differences Contact Activity Awareness Benevolence Social Acceptance and Behaviour What can we do?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Attitudes of school children towards children with special needs ( We will use Chedoke- McMaster Attitude Scale towards Children with Disabilities.)
Time Frame: Before the intervention, Immediately after the intervention and one month after completion of the study.
The scale is a Likert-type scale consisting of 31 items and is based on children's self-reports. The answers are 0 (strongly disagree), 1 (disagree), 2 (not sure), 3 (agree), 4 (strongly agree). A minimum score of 0 and a maximum score of 124 is obtained from the scale. Scores ranging from 0 to 124 points are obtained in the scale (Chedoke- McMaster Attitude Scale towards Children with Disabilities). As the score increases, children's attitudes change positively.
Before the intervention, Immediately after the intervention and one month after completion of the study.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Mersin University

Investigators

  • Study Director: Rana Yiğit, Proffessor, Mersin University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 1, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 5, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 25, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 7, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

December 11, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 9, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 6, 2024

Last Verified

April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SKaya_001

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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