Parental Attitudes Toward the Inclusion of Children With Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities in General Primary Education in the Netherlands

Despite the growing introduction of inclusive education, children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) are barely included. Because an underlying factor here may be the attitudes of those directly involved, the present study focuses on the attitude of parents and relating vari...

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Published inThe Journal of special education Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 179 - 187
Main Authors de Boer, Anke A., Munde, Vera S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.11.2015
SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Attitudes
Children
Children with disabilities
Correlation
Demography
Elementary Education
Elementary School Students
Elementary schools
Experience
Foreign Countries
Inclusion
Inclusive education
Intellectual disabilities
Intervention
Measures (Individuals)
Multiple Disabilities
Multiply disabled people
Netherlands
Parent Attitudes
Parent Surveys
Parents
Parents & parenting
People with disabilities
Positive thought
Predictor Variables
Questionnaires
Self report
Severe Mental Retardation
Netherlands
inclusive education
parents attitude
children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities
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Summary:Despite the growing introduction of inclusive education, children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) are barely included. Because an underlying factor here may be the attitudes of those directly involved, the present study focuses on the attitude of parents and relating variables concerning experience with individuals with disabilities. A self-report questionnaire was completed by 190 parents of children attending general primary schools in the north of the Netherlands. Although parents showed an overall positive attitude, they were most negative about the inclusion of children with PIMD. In addition, no “experience with individuals with disabilities” was slightly negatively associated with the parents’ attitudes. To overcome barriers of the inclusion of children with PIMD, such as negative parental attitudes, the outcomes of the present study are discussed in the light of possible interventions.
ISSN:0022-4669
1538-4764
DOI:10.1177/0022466914554297