A study of educational problems of children with autism
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2012
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University of Management and Technology
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This study is about the investigation of educational problems of the children with autism. For this purpose the researcher collected data from 13 administrators, 25 teachers and 15 parents of students with autism in the 9 schools of Lahore city through convenient sampling. It was a descriptive study and was conducted with the help of questionnaire and inventories. The questionnaire and inventories were developed by the researcher. The main objectives of the study were to investigate about already provided teaching training and support according to ASD's educational needs, identification of the educational needs of children with autism, identify the social and psychological problems of the children with autism, and identify the problems related to educational accessibilities. The data of questionnaire were tabulated and analyzed by the help of SPSS. The data of inventories were collected through open ended questions. The researcher converted the responses on inventories into description and percentages. The results were concluded that the children with autism have lots of social and psychological problems that effect on their education. The relationship between demographic variables and the educational problems of children with autism was also analyzed. Cronbach's alpha value reflected that the scale was highly correlated. The results show that there is a significant difference in the perceptions of the respondents about the educational problems of the children with autism on the basis of institutions.
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MS Thesis, Educational Problems, Autism