The Reality of Mixing Children with Special Needs with Ordinary Counterpart in -Scientific Sections; A Field Study on a Sample of Elementary Schoolchildren in Jilfa

Abstract

The present study seeks to diagnose the reality of de-segregating children with special needs with others. This is through knowing the recognized strategies in this area as well as considering possible facilities.  To fulfill the study objectives, the descriptive analytical methodology was administered. A questionnaire was distributed on tenured staff who supervise de-segregation in Jelfa, i. e., the research population, who were about 40 members belong to different schools and who were strata selected. After data gathering, the study hypothesis was processed using frequencies and percentages estimates.

After doing the field study in the primary schools in Jelfa, we found out that there are strategies adopted to mix children with special needs with others using the measures and programs specified for de-segregation. The most common difficulties that hinder mixing children with special needs with ordinary children are that there were no qualified teachers and there were no programs that are specifically prepared for handicapped children especially those who are mentally feeble and those who are autistic. However, the children who are physically handicapped as well as those who have benefited from shell cultivation have academically achieved as well as their ordinary counterparts. The absence of facilities that enhance achievement in some schools and the lack of them in others is one of the main hindrances to mix handicapped children with their ordinary counterparts.