In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of master of arts in special needs education
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2006-06
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Addis Ababa Universty
Abstract
Nowaday, communit based rehabilitation (I BR) has been looked up on as a 'olution to
achieving practical and efficient rehabilitation approach. Keeping this in mind this research
work was initiated to inve tigate the effect of CBR on families of children with menLal retardation
(MR),
To meet the objective, Addis Development Vision (ADV) located in Addis Ababa was selected as a
ample organization. Ten parents with MR from 10 familie', four community rehabilitation
worke~ (I RWs), and the program coordinator of the sampled organization were selected as
respondent. The participants were selected based on purposive technique. Semi- structured
interview schedule, focus group discussion guide and review of document, were used as tools in
the main study .Among the ten families of parents, four were reserved for interview, and the
remaining for focus group discu sion. The CRWs and program coordinator have been
interviewed The data obtained were organized, analyzed and interpreted using qualitative
approach.
At the very moment the parent realized that their children were mentally retarded, they have
developed a sense of hopelessness, shame and disbelief and denial of the facL. However, after
joining the CBR, the reactions of parent to their children were improved This was achieved
through parents meeting, individual counseling and social rehabilitation work . Therefore this
study could establish that CBR program has been able to bring about improvement in the living
condition of children with MR and their families.
The families have confirmed that they have received different services from the cenlrelADVI.
However, in spite of their poor living condition and need of immediate intervention to get their
daily bread, skill training and income generating activities were not conducted aiming to benefit
all the families of children with MR.
The major problem identified in this study are low financial status of familie " which made them
concentrate more on earning their daily bread than looking ajier their chddren. The other
problem is related to the quality and quantity of CRWs in the area of rendering services Lo the
children. The last one is the high frequency of changing the school and Kebeles admini tration.
Therefore, it is believed that the CBR center hould be encouraged to trengthen the existing
services to bring considerable change in the life of the children with MR, their familie and the
community as well.
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Special needs education