Factors influencing parents in selecting school for children with special education needs

Equal access to education is an essential element in achieving community well-being, hence it is crucial that the educational facilities provided to be equally accessible for children with special education needs. In Malaysia, one of the special education programme provided in mainstream public scho...

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Main Authors:	Abdullah, Muhammad Faris, Ahmad Shuhaimi, Ainul Ashiqin, Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Rabe, Noor Suzilawati
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	H65 Schools. Institutes of social sciences NA9053.R4 City planning NA9080 Urban planners
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/62997/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62997/14/62997%20abstract.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/62997/15/62997%20Slides.pdf

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spelling	iium-629972018-10-15T02:45:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/62997/ Factors influencing parents in selecting school for children with special education needs Abdullah, Muhammad Faris Ahmad Shuhaimi, Ainul Ashiqin Mohamed Osman, Mariana Rabe, Noor Suzilawati H65 Schools. Institutes of social sciences NA9053.R4 City planning NA9080 Urban planners Equal access to education is an essential element in achieving community well-being, hence it is crucial that the educational facilities provided to be equally accessible for children with special education needs. In Malaysia, one of the special education programme provided in mainstream public schools is known as the Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi (PPKI), which is an effort towards inclusive education. The objective of this study includes: (i) to analyse the factors influencing the decision of parents in selecting school for their special children, and (ii) to assess the issues and problems faced by parents in selecting schools for their children with special needs. The study determines parents’ criteria in selecting school for their children with SEN among 134 parents of children in PPKI via questionnaire survey. Semi-structured interview was conducted among 12 teachers of PPKI, the findings were used to validate the survey finding. Findings from these two methods were consolidated, result shows that school selection for children with special needs are greatly associated with the school facility. Hopefully, the paper will benefit the local authority in planning for educational facility, as well as benefit special needs children in regards to the educational facility for special education provision in a community. 2017 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62997/14/62997%20abstract.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62997/15/62997%20Slides.pdf Abdullah, Muhammad Faris and Ahmad Shuhaimi, Ainul Ashiqin and Mohamed Osman, Mariana and Rabe, Noor Suzilawati (2017) Factors influencing parents in selecting school for children with special education needs. In: International Conference on Housing, Planning, Environment and Social Sciences, 21 Dec 2017, Hotel Bangi Putrajaya. (Unpublished)
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description	Equal access to education is an essential element in achieving community well-being, hence it is crucial that the educational facilities provided to be equally accessible for children with special education needs. In Malaysia, one of the special education programme provided in mainstream public schools is known as the Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi (PPKI), which is an effort towards inclusive education. The objective of this study includes: (i) to analyse the factors influencing the decision of parents in selecting school for their special children, and (ii) to assess the issues and problems faced by parents in selecting schools for their children with special needs. The study determines parents’ criteria in selecting school for their children with SEN among 134 parents of children in PPKI via questionnaire survey. Semi-structured interview was conducted among 12 teachers of PPKI, the findings were used to validate the survey finding. Findings from these two methods were consolidated, result shows that school selection for children with special needs are greatly associated with the school facility. Hopefully, the paper will benefit the local authority in planning for educational facility, as well as benefit special needs children in regards to the educational facility for special education provision in a community.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdullah, Muhammad Faris Ahmad Shuhaimi, Ainul Ashiqin Mohamed Osman, Mariana Rabe, Noor Suzilawati
author_facet	Abdullah, Muhammad Faris Ahmad Shuhaimi, Ainul Ashiqin Mohamed Osman, Mariana Rabe, Noor Suzilawati
author_sort	Abdullah, Muhammad Faris
title	Factors influencing parents in selecting school for children with special education needs
title_short	Factors influencing parents in selecting school for children with special education needs
title_full	Factors influencing parents in selecting school for children with special education needs
title_fullStr	Factors influencing parents in selecting school for children with special education needs
title_full_unstemmed	Factors influencing parents in selecting school for children with special education needs
title_sort	factors influencing parents in selecting school for children with special education needs
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/62997/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62997/14/62997%20abstract.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/62997/15/62997%20Slides.pdf
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