Problems of Parents of Students with Learning Disabilities and Ordinary Students: A Comparative Study

Abstract

The study aimed at comparing the problems of parents with learning disabilities to the problems of parents of ordinary students, as well as studying the differences in the level of problems of parents of students with learning disabilities according to the variables of; student class, type of school, nature of the parents' relationship with the student, academic level of parent, monthly family income, number of family members. The study sample consisted of (140) parents of students with learning disabilities and (140) parents of ordinary students. Results indicated that the problems of the parents of students with learning disabilities are more statistically significant than the problems of parents of ordinary students in all dimensions and problems as a whole. The results also revealed that the problems related to the social aspect and the problems related to the school system and the problems as a whole among the parents of students with learning disabilities whose children study in public schools are statistically higher than the problems of parents who study in private schools. The results also indicate that the problems of parents of students with learning disabilities with lower monthly family income are statistically higher than the problems of parents with the highest monthly income within all dimensions and problems as a whole. Finally, the results showed that the problems related to the school system among the parents of students with learning disabilities with the largest family members were significantly higher than among parents with fewer family members.