Parents’ perception regarding inclusion of children with Special Educational Needs in mainstream education

• Autor(a) principal: Freitas, Elisabete Matos
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Arroja, Luísa Novais, Ribeiro, Paula Magalhães, Dias, Paulo César
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Educação Especial (UFSM)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/educacaoespecial/article/view/15273
• topic: Inclusion; Parents; Perceptions; Special Education.; Inclusão; Pais; Perceção; Educação Especial.

The parents’ role in the inclusion of children with special needs process is critical, both in family support, but also discussing myths and creating an environment conducive to the experience and proximity among all children. The objective of this work is thus to know more about the parents perceptions regarding inclusion as well as the factors influencing them. For this, a survey of 300 parents with and without children with special educational needs was applied. The results allowed perceive generally positive attitudes, no differences regarding gender and the fact that they are parents of children with special educational needs. However the variables age, education and proximity/contact appear to influence the perception regarding the inclusion of SEN children. Thus, parents with more inclusive attitudes tend to be younger, with higher qualifications and proximity/contact with SEN children. Results are discussed in terms of literature.