Attitudes of Schools' teachers’towards the integration of students with physical disabilities into regular schools and health services provided to them in schools

Ahmed El-Adham, Nadia; Hassan Hassan Osman, Zeinab

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2024.379364

Attitudes of Schools' teachers’towards the integration of students with physical disabilities into regular schools and health services provided to them in schools

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor of Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damietta University, Egypt.

² Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of nursing Fayoum University.King Salman international university, Egypt.

10.21608/ejhc.2024.379364

Abstract

Background: Teachers play an important role in students’ lives, also it’s a challenging job when working with special needs students. Aim: to determine the attitudes of schools' teachers towards the integration of students with physical disabilities into regular schools and the health services provided to them in schools – Egypt. Method: a descriptive study design of 390 school teachers from 6 governmental private, basic education,and secondary general and special education schools in Mansoura and fayoum cities –Dakahlia and fayoum governorate Tool: A self-administered questionnaire that covering socio-demographic characteristics details of teachers, Attitudes of teachers towards the inclusion of special needs students in general schools it comprises six topical groups.Results: Most of the teachers have a positive attitude towards the integration of special needs students. Related to the type of school, private schools’ teachers have significantly higher-level attitudes than the governmental schools’ teachers. Also, primary school teachers have a lack of support and environment towards the integration of special needs students. Conclusion: Most private school teachers had a positive attitude toward the inclusion of special needs students, and also the primary school sectors lacked facilities, and those teachers had significantly less attitude compared with intermediate and secondary schools. Recommendations: large focus on all the areas is required to know the significant factors regarding the lack of facilities and attitudes in governmental schools, especially in primary schools.

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