Clinical trial NCT06163521: The Effect of Education Programme on School Age Children's Attitudes Towards Children With Special Needs
Official title: The Effect of Awareness Training Programme on School Age Children's Attitudes Towards Children With Special Needs: A Mixed Method Research
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Attitude
Keywords: Special needs
Attitude
School age children
Lead sponsor: Mersin University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-12-11
Enrollment: 36
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 9
Maximum age (years): 10
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Pre-experimental, nested design in mixed methodology
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: As individuals with special needs take more roles in social life and become more visible, the importance of social acceptance of individuals with special needs has increased.Especially being accepted by their peers with normal development and developing as a part of the society will reduce the burden of care in the society and enable children with special needs to lead a life worthy of human dignity.With this study, it is aimed to support children with normal development to form positive attitudes with awareness training. Qualitative and quantitative data will be used together and the attitude before and after the training will be examined descriptively.

Detailed description: Attitudes of normally developing children towards special children may be hurtful and affect their development negatively. For this reason, by conducting an educational process in which they can develop positive attitudes, social acceptance of children with special needs can be increased, their development and psychosocial support systems can be established. Within the scope of the advocacy and health promotion role of paediatric nursing, it has the responsibility to create an environment that supports the development of children with special needs and to carry out social awareness studies. In this context, children in the school period, where attitudes, behaviour patterns and habits begin to take shape, should be supported in developing positive attitudes.In this planned study, an eight-week training process will be carried out. It is planned to reveal more comprehensive results by using qualitative and quantitative data collection methods together in the evaluation of attitude changes before and after the training.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Without any disability
* Parents and siblings do not have a disability
* Have the ability to read and write in Turkish
* No child with a disability in their class
* Children aged 9-10 years attending primary school in Mersin province

Exclusion Criteria:

* With any disability
* Parents and siblings have a disability
* No ability to read and write in Turkish
* A child with a disability in their class Written, verbal consent is not obtained

Primary outcomes:
measure: Attitudes of school children towards children with special needs ( We will use Chedoke- McMaster Attitude Scale towards Children with Disabilities.)
timeFrame: Before the intervention, Immediately after the intervention and one month after completion of the study.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Mersin
country: Turkey
facility: Sümeyye Kaya Kocagil
Study officials:
affiliation: Mersin University
name: Rana Yiğit, Proffessor
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Cicek Gumus E, Oncel S. Validity and Reliability of The Chedoke-McMaster Attitudes Towards Children with Handicaps Scale in Turkey: A Methodological Study. Florence Nightingale J Nurs. 2020 Mar 6;28(1):1-12. doi: 10.5152/FNJN.2020.426719. eCollection 2020 Feb.
citation: Alnahdi GH, Schwab S, Elahdi A, Alnahdi AH. The Positive Impact of Joint Activities on Students Attitudes Toward Peers With Disabilities. Front Psychol. 2021 Sep 8;12:690546. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.690546. eCollection 2021.