The Impact of Inclusion Setting on Social Interaction and Psychological Adjustment of Students with Disabilities.

Authors

  • Ahmed Elhassan Haimd Hassan  Department of Special Education, University of Jazan, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Araiba
  • Essa Ali Adhabi  Department of Special Education, University of Jazan, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Araiba
  • Lauren Wright Jones   Department of Special Education, University of Jazan, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Araiba

Keywords:

Inclusion, Social Interaction, Psychological Adjustment, Disabilities

Abstract

The study aims to identify the impact of inclusion setting on social interaction and psychological adjustment of students with disabilities. Researcher used descriptive statistic methods. Group of study formed from special education teacher in Abu Areech Province in Saudi Arabia about 86 distributed in 15 schools. The researchers selected the sample randomly from study group, 40 special education teacher filled out the questionnaire. To collect the data researchers designed questionnaire to measure the impact of inclusion setting on social interaction and psychological adjustment. The data was analyzed by using SPSS program. The most important results are the roles of inclusive in social interaction are: increases social interaction between students with and without disabilities, empowers students with disabilities to feel efficient and capable, decreases the individual differences among students with and without disabilities. The roles of inclusive in psychological process are: Including students with disabilities into the general education classrooms help meet their academic and social needs; including students with disabilities into general education classrooms enables them to gain new skills.

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2017-06-30

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Volume 3, Issue 4, May-June-2017

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Ahmed Elhassan Haimd Hassan, Essa Ali Adhabi, Lauren Wright Jones , " The Impact of Inclusion Setting on Social Interaction and Psychological Adjustment of Students with Disabilities., International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 3, Issue 4, pp.121-128, May-June-2017.