Date of Publication

9-28-2004

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Education Major in Special Education

Subject Categories

Special Education and Teaching

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Educational Leadership and Management

Thesis Adviser

Lilia S. Bautista

Defense Panel Chair

Marikita T. Evangelista

Defense Panel Member

Perlita Jamoralin
Myra Gigantone

Abstract/Summary

This paper presented parents' reasons for choosing a special school considering child characteristics, family characteristics and school characteristics, their perception on parents' communication in their child's schooling and satisfaction in terms of achievement of their child, the present school and teachers. A descriptive-correlational research design was employed. Total number of respondents is 54 parents of children with mild mental retardation from age 9 to 15 and had enrolled their child in a private special school for at least one year. This study is confined to four private special schools in Quezon City, namely P. M. Calamba Learning Center, Integrative School of Quezon City, Bridges Foundation, Inc. and Center for Developmental Intervention Foundation, Inc. A self-structured questionnaire was administered to the respondents. Correlational statistics were used to find out if parents' perception on their communication in their child's schooling is related to satisfaction from achievement of their child, the present school and school teachers. The results showed that parents of children with mild mental retardation who have chosen private special schools considering child characteristics, family characteristics and school characteristics perceived a positive relationship between parents' perception on their communication in their child's schooling and satisfaction in terms of their child's achievement, the present school and teachers (r 0.70). The overall mean score of (x 3.25) was obtained which indicates that respondents agree that parents should communicate in their child's schooling and were satisfied (x 3.25) with the achievement of their child, the present school where their child is enrolled and with the teachers

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Electronic

Accession Number

CDTG003858

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

1 computer optical disc, 4 3/4 in.

Keywords

Special education teachers—Philippines—Quezon City; Children with mental disabilities—Education—Philippines—Quezon City

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