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VOL. 6, ISSUE 1 (2024)
Counselling teachers for the education of people with special needs in Rivers state
Authors
Patrick Ikechukwu Echebe, Charity Tex Imabibo
Abstract
Special needs are those people with one
disability or the other from birth, body malfunction or accident. The main
purpose of this study specifically was to establish their needs empirically and
proffer counselling strategies through their teachers who have access to them.
Two research questions and two hypotheses answered and tested the study
respectively. There was no sample due to few number of teachers to the entire
population of 72 special education teachers in Rivers State, Nigeria were used.
The researchers designed the questionnaire for the study and it was properly
validated by three experts in measurement and evaluation, special education and
guidance and counselling respectively from the University of Port Harcourt,
Rivers State. Data were analyzed using mean for the research questions and
t-test for the hypotheses. The research findings reveal that all the
counselling strategies for education of the people with special needs such as
being ready to help them at the point of their need, caring for their personal
needs through encouragement and reinforcing their desirable behavior were
relevant as agreed by the teachers. Recommendations among others include that
their teachers should be exposed to more training to enable them serve the
people with special needs such as being ready to help them at the point of
their need, caring for their personal needs through encouragement and reinforcing
their desirable behaviours were relevant agreed by the teachers.
Recommendations among others include that their teachers should be exposed to
more training to enable them serve the people with special needs better.
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Pages:77-80
How to cite this article:
Patrick Ikechukwu Echebe, Charity Tex Imabibo "Counselling teachers for the education of people with special needs in Rivers state". International Journal of Educational Research and Development, Vol 6, Issue 1, 2024, Pages 77-80
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