ERIC Number: ED583677
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Social Empowerment of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
Al-Zoubi, Suhail Mahmoud; Bani Abdel Rahman, Majdoleen Sultan
Online Submission, European Journal of Education Studies v3 n9 p177-193 2017
The aim of this study is to investigate the contribution of services and programs of special education centers (SECs) to the social empowerment of individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID). The social empowerment survey was prepared and distributed to 94 administrators and employees at SECs in the northern region of Jordan. Results indicated that there are a moderate contribution of Jordanian SECs services and programs to the social empowerment of individuals with ID according to the perspectives of administrators and employees in the northern region of Jordan. [This research project was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research in Najran University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, under the grant number (NU/SHED15/087).]
Descriptors: Surveys, Administrators, Employees, Special Schools, Special Education, Student Empowerment, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Social Development, Children, Adolescents, Young Adults, Vocational Education, Mild Intellectual Disability, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Likert Scales, Social Justice, Gender Differences
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Jordan
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