Parents of Exceptional Children.
Parents of children, how balanced and coordinated development of children As soon as special children are mentioned, first of all their parents are mentioned, who are such parents, what is their economic and social status, | So that they can have a balanced and coordinated development of such children. For some time now, it is being emphasized that there should be cooperation between teachers and parents for the development of children. One proof of this is the parent-teacher movement. The areas of collaboration between parents and teachers have increased. Therefore, now such facilities have increased, due to which home and school can come closer. Now this cooperation has increased to such an extent that there are some such programs through which parents are educated. In the US, the National School for the Deaf and the Blind in Illinois holds a one- or two-week summer school to educate parents. Its purpose is to help the parents to understand the problems of their disabled child and to make them well-supported in the education of the children. In 1945 a book was published by the Minnesota State Department of Social Defense in which suggestions were given to parents on educating those with low learning. In 1943, in New Jersey, a plan was made to train the parents of mentally retarded children. Its purpose was to train the parents in such a way that they can educate their child in such a way that he creates minimum problems in school. Now this scheme has taken a wide form of education of parents. The National Association of Disabled Children and Youth in America has always considered parental education as an integral part of its services. The organization is also a suggestion service and publishes the book The Crippled Child and sends it to the parents of handicapped children. The John Tracy Clinic in Los Angeles, which is for deaf children, educates parents in three ways.
(1) by a small, practical school for deaf children and their parents. Here the parents and the child enter together. The parents watch the teacher teaching. Help him in the playground and clinic.
(2) The parents of all deaf children are invited to organize classes for deaf children, irrespective of their age.
(3) By correspondence course. It is one year old. In this, training is given in the area of reading the lips of the parents, understanding the sensations and preparing the children to speak. A new philosophy appears in the teaching of this most distinguished child.
According to this philosophy, any child, whether special or general, has four groups of teachers-
(i) home teacher,
(ii) Sports teacher,
(iii) school teachers,
(iv) Social teacher. According to psychologists, the home teacher is the most prominent among these four types of teachers. The teacher of the home is responsible for what children think about themselves and what they think of others. Their behavior towards others is also seen by the parents. It has been felt by the school teachers that those children who are read by their parents before coming to school are more eager to learn. The same is the case with special children. Therefore, for the education of the children, there should be a match between the teachers of the home, school and society. For this they should understand each other and should be familiar with the general aims and methods of teaching. Teachers and school officials etc. can help the parents of unique and special children to understand their children. Parents get frustrated with their disabled children. Its result is not good. Only if they are more excited and hopeful can they help their children. Parents of special children should try to improve their children from the very beginning. Those working for the education of special children must understand the difficulty of the parents. And they should be helped. The biggest problem of parents of special children is to accept these children emotionally. Children find themselves secure in the love of their parents. Parents should not show pity towards disabled children nor should they be seen with disgrace and contempt. Nor should they express the grief of being such a child. They should really love the people. Not only should love be given, but measures should also be taken to improve them. The child should be given the impression that he is a dear member of the family. Everyone wants that. In short, parents should emotionally accept their particular child. can be done ?
