Reality on Parents’ Awareness of Vocational Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Vietnam

Abstract

Vocational education for students with intellectual disabilities has been an issue that their parents pay much attention. Vocational education for students with intellectual disabilities is understood as the organization of activities to support students with intellectual disabilities to choose and develop the professional that best suits their abilities, needs and interests, and at the same time satisfy the human needs of the career fields. The data set on parents’ awareness of vocational education for students with intellectual disabilities were collected directly through surveys in four provinces which are representatives of different regions in Vietnam. Parents participating in the survey are selected according to non-random sampling, combining between quota sampling and purposive sampling methods. Questionnaire address the criteria of skills, contents, methods, forms, needs and factors affecting vocational education based on parents’ opinions. The data set has 144 valid records which are input, screened and analyzed. The data results reflect parents’ responsiveness, so it is useful to develop activities of career-oriented guidance that considered the parents’ expectation and opinions for their students with intellectual disabilities in educational institutions.