Abstract

The study aimed to identify the counseling needs of the parents of the mentally handicapped and their relationship to their social compatibility. The researcher used the descriptive approach. The study sample size reached (237) parents and the study tools were the indicative needs scale for Mozamban Zabirah and the social consensus scale of Abdullah Yusuf Sakran and he used a number of statistical equations. Including the T-test for one sample, the Mann-Winnie test, the Pearson coefficient of correlation coefficient and the Fakronbach equation, and the results of the study were the counseling needs of parents of the mentally handicapped are high, the social compatibility among parents of mentally handicapped persons is high, there are statistically significant differences in the counseling needs of parents of the disabled Mentally attributable to the gender variable, there are no statistically significant differences in the counseling needs of the parents of the mentally handicapped due to the kinship variable, there are statistically significant differences in the counseling needs of the parents of the mentally handicapped due to the educational level variable, there are no statistically significant differences in social consensus Among the parents of the mentally handicapped due to the gender variable, there are significant differences There are no statistically significant differences in the social compatibility of the parents of the mentally handicapped due to the educational level variable, there is no correlation between the counseling needs and the social compatibility of the parents of the mentally handicapped, and the researcher concluded To recommendations, the most important of which are: Expanding the establishment of counseling centers specialized in dealing with the problems of the mentally handicapped, providing the disabled brothers with mechanisms for proper dealing with their disabled brothers, and educating parents about the potential effects of disability on the brothers of the disabled.

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