ATTITUDE OF PARENTS TOWARDS INCLUSION OF THEIR CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL UNDER NAVI MUMBAI

The study is based on descriptive research design by using Survey method. The sample for the present study consists of 60 parents of intellectual disability whose children are studying in an inclusive school under Navi Mumbai. The purposive sampling technique was adopted for the selection of the ample. The age group of the children is between (6-12) years. The investigator has developed the Questionnaire on attitude of parents towards inclusion of their children with intellectual disability to find out, the extent of attitude of parents towards inclusion of their children with intellectual disability in primary school. The questionnaire contains six domains such as attitude towards rights, Admission Process, Inclusive Education Training, Barrier Free Environment, Schemes and Benefits, and Peer Group Support. The scoring were one for agree and zero for disagree. The maximum score was 42 and minimum was zero. The results revealed that, most parents of children with intellectual disability have positive attitudes toward inclusion in primary school under, Navi Mumbai.? An examination of the responses to the domain wise expressing benefits showed that the null hypothesis, there is no significant difference in the attitude of parents towards inclusion of their children with Intellectual disability with respect to parents age is accepted at 0.05 level of significance.