Objective: The aim of this study was to compare coping styles of mothers of exceptional children with each other and with mothers of normal children. Materials & Methods: The study was a Causal-Comparative research. Sample size of 120 mothers in four groups of mental retardation, low vision, hearing impairment and normal children randomly clustered chosen in the city of Karaj. In this study ...

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between perceived social support and resilience with psychological distress in mothers of exceptional children in Khoram Abad City. Method: The research was the correlation method. The population consisted of all mothers of exceptional children in Khoram Abad City and sample consisted of 204 mothers of exceptional children who...

The present study has been done in order to examine and compare problem solving and dyadic adjustment in exceptional and normal children mothers. This research is a descriptive plan of Causal-comparative type. The study population includes all handicapped and normal children mothers of Mashhad that 63 individuals has been selected among exceptional children mothers and 67 individuals has been s...

The same as other fields of human sciences inevitably is based on some kind of philosophy of life and philosophy of science. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate to find out what are the philosophical characteristics of educational system and exceptional children education system in Iran. This article, that focuses on comprehensive and emancipation approach is based on the "philosophy of s...

Background: Twice exceptional group is consisting of children who are gifted but have behavioral, emotional, social or academic problems. They are the most misjudged, misunderstood, and neglected segment of exceptional groups. Parents, teachers and professionals have problems in detecting giftedness in disabled children so we lose their abilities as intelligent people. Conclusion: Early ident...

Research shown that the presence of exceptional child could reduce parental marital satisfaction. Implementing Logotherapy program based on Islamic-Iranian values, the aimed of the current study was to improve marital satisfaction in parents of exceptional children. We used the quasi-experimental design with pre/post and two months follow up and a control group. The population  included all mot...