A Study on Problems, Needs and Collaborative Model of Parents and Special Education Teachers

Abstract

The objectives of this research are 1) to study the current conditions and problems of collaboration between parents and special education teachers 2) to study the needs of parents, children with special needs in learning in schools in work with special education teachers 3) study the forms of collaboration between parents of children with special needs and Special Education teachers. The target group of this study are parents of 6 special needs children, consisting of parents from the Special Education Center, parents from the school attended Primary school, parents from the school attended Secondary level, parents from Vocational Education, parents from the Vocational Training Center and parents from the University. Methods used in the study are the focus group questions by studying relevant documents and research, asking the Special Education experts, Special Education teachers and parents of children with special needs. Data analysis by content analysis. The findings were: 1. Current problems: few special education teachers, poor coordination between special education teachers and teachers in normal classes for development of children with special needs, poor communication between parents and Special Education teachers and also teachers in normal classes. 2. Parents of special needs children have their own need in working with special education teachers. They can be broken down into 4 main needs (PEER) including 1) Personnel (P) 2) Education (E) 3) Environment (E) 4) The relationship between school and parents (R) 3. An effective collaboration model for Special Education teachers and parents of children with special needs are included Special Education teachers are components that will lead to success in developing students with special needs.