Abstract
Positive and negative parental attitude towards
children with special needs not only cause related emotional states in these
children, their parents and other family members, but also can affect, both
directly and indirectly, the process of tracking and receiving the educational,
counseling, and rehabilitation services. Hence, assessment of parental attitude
towards children with special needs and also presentation of a program for
improvement of the attitude are of great importance. The present research aims
to study the validation and revision of parental attitude towards children with
special needs. This was a survey research with a descriptive method. The
statistical population included all the parents with children with special
needs, who had enrolled their exceptional children in rehabilitation centers
and exceptional elementary schools in the educational year 2011-2012. Using
cluster sampling method, 400 subjects were selected. The data were analyzed the
methods of descriptive statistics (including mean, standard deviation, and frequency
percentile) as well as inferential methods (including Pearson’s correlation,
and confirmatory factor analysis via SPSS and LISREL software). The results
showed that the scale of parental attitude towards children with special needs
was a reliable and valid scale. Therefore, applying this scale can help
specialists and researchers in the area of education and rehabilitation to
evaluate the parental attitude towards children with special needs
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