The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable instrument to measure the counseling and educational needs of Arab families with handicapped children. One hundred and forty-three parents participated in this study to establish the construct, content and discriminant validity of the scale, together with its internal consistency and the contribution of each item to the total score.
The purpose of the study was to test a structural model which involves training variables and work environment variables in the U nited Arab Emirates andJordan. Two instrum ents were used to collect data from people with a disability (n 5 113) about their views of the training program and work environm ent. The Structural Equation M odel (SEM ) analysis revealed the following results: the factor representing psychological support and suitability of training environment in¯uenced positively the disabled workers' view of their work; the factor representing job selection, trainers, and ef® cacy of program had a negative effect on the view of the people with disability on their work environment; while job selection had a direct negative effect on how others perceive the disabled person.
Objectives. The purpose of the study was to explore Emirati teachers’ perceptions of voice handicap and to analyze their acoustic characteristics to determine whether acoustic measures of teachers’ voice would verify their perceptions of voice handicap.
Methods. 66 Emirati school teachers (33 males and 33 females, with different years of teaching experience and age) and 100 control participants (50 males and 50 females) underwent vocal assessment that included the Voice Handicap Index (VHI-Arab) and acoustic measures (F0, Jitter%, Shimmer%, SNR).
Results. Significant differences between the teachers’ group scores and the control group scores on the following subscales of VHI-Arab: physical (p = 0.006), emotional (p = 0.004)) and in the total score of the test (p = 0.002) were tested. No significant differences were found among teachers in the three VHI subscales, and the total score regarding gender (functional p = 0.307; physical p = 0.341; emotional p = 0.126; and total p = 0.184), age (functional p = 0.972; physical p = 0.525; emotional p = 0.772; and total p = 0.848), and years of teaching experience (functional p = 0.319; physical p = 0.619; emotional p = 0.926; and total p = 0.638). Significant differences between the teacher’s group and the control group in terms of three acoustic measures: F0= (p= 0.000), Shimmer% (p= 0.000), and SNR (p=0.000) were investigated. Significant differences were found among female and male teachers in F0 (p = 0.00) and SNR (p = 0.007). As for teachers’ age, significant differences were found in SNR (p = 0.028). Teachers’ years of experience did not show significant differences in any of the acoustic measures.
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