Parents’ Perspective Towards Inclusive Education for Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Indonesia

Abstract

The implementation of inclusive education is a part of the school program which emerged as the realization from the program education for all which gives changes for children with special needs to learn along with the regular students at regular schools. This study aims to understand parents' perception towards inclusive education for children with intellectual disabilities at schools. This study used a mixed method for the research. The validity of the questionnaire instrument tested by using Cronbach's Alpha with the result of 0,801. The respondents sample size consists of 256 parents in total, who have children with intellectual ability differ from each other and all enrolled in school in the academic year 2018-2019. The data was analyzed using ANOVA with statistical SPSS 24 and the qualitative data was processed with Nvivo. The result of the study showed that parents support the implementation of inclusive education since it is believed to have many advantages that can be gained by the children with intellectual disabilities. This study suggested that teachers and parents should not only be connected for general communication but also connected to communicate about school programs related to the development of the children.

Exploring Cognitive Abilities: A Qualitative Inquiry Into the Experiences of Mothers Raising Children With Intellectual Disabilities

“…The findings revealed that mothers recognize that intellectually disabled children need supplementary assistance in their daily life including repeated instructions and teachings and task monitoring. These findings are consistent with findings from previous literature (Ummah et al, 2021). The findings also indicated that children with ID often get frustrated at being unable to comprehend something or completing a basic task i.e., subtheme frustration experienced by the children These research findings resonated with previous research (Ball & Wolbring, 2014).…”