Investigation and Analysis on the Educational Needs of Parents Having School-Aged Children With Cerebral Palsy and Autism
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.201128.003How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- cerebral palsy, autism, school-aged children, parental education, needs
- Abstract
Objective: it is to understand the status and influencing factors of educational needs of parents having school-aged children with cerebral palsy and autism. Method: a questionnaire survey was conducted on the parental education needs of parents of 202 school-aged children with cerebral palsy and autism in Sichuan Province. Results: The total parental education needs of parents having school-aged children with cerebral palsy and autism, the legal and policy needs, the information need of rehabilitation services, children’s needs of physical and mental development and parenting skills, the professional guidance and professional cooperation needs, and parents’ psychological construction and growth needs are respectively scored (4.01 ± 0.52) points, (4.17 ± 0.54) points, (4.01 ± 0.64) points, (4.00 ± 0.64) points, (3.99 ± 0.64) points, and (3.90 ± 0.76) points; children’s living place, other diseases, and annual family income are the factors affecting the score of “the legal and policy needs”; disease diagnosis is the factor affecting the score of “the information need of rehabilitation services” and the score of “parents’ psychological construction and growth needs”; disease diagnosis, mother’s education level and living place are the factors affecting the score of “children’s needs of physical and mental development and parenting skills” and the score of “the total parental education needs of parents having school-aged children with cerebral palsy and autism”; disease diagnosis, having other disease or not and mother’s education level are the factors affecting the score of “the professional guidance and professional cooperation needs” (value P<0.05). Conclusion: the educational needs of parents having school-aged children with cerebral palsy and autism range very wide and are very urgent. Relevant personnel should carry out and strengthen targeted parental education services for parents of school-aged children with cerebral palsy and autism based on the factors affecting parental education needs, in order to promote the rehabilitation of the children and reduces the stress of the parents.
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TY - CONF AU - Jufen Yu AU - Dandan Dai AU - Mingsheng Qing PY - 2020 DA - 2020/11/29 TI - Investigation and Analysis on the Educational Needs of Parents Having School-Aged Children With Cerebral Palsy and Autism BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education Studies: Experience and Innovation (ICESEI 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 14 EP - 21 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201128.003 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201128.003 ID - Yu2020 ER -