COPING MECHANISM OF DISABLED CHILDREN
CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM AND IT'S SCOPE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
According to the centers for disease control and prevention (CDC 2015) approximately 1 in every 33
babies is born with a birth defect, and about 1 in 6 children is born with development, disability, birth
defects are structural changes present at birth that can affect almost any part of parts of the body ( e,g
heart, Brian, foot) these defects any affect how the body looks, works, or both. Birth affect can vary
from mild to severe the well-being of each child affected with a birth defect depend ls mostly on which
organ or body part is involved and to what extent it is affected ( By Noelle A. Carda. Lauder June 2017).
Parenting and raising children with special needs is stressful that normal parenting. Parenting refers
to the process of raising a child by providing a safe secure and nurturing environment. The birth of a
child with special needs brings changes in the life of the parent for which they might not be prepared
and will have bigger challenge to overcome in the future. The child may require special care, medication,
support and services throughout thier life ( By Sushmita Borah November 27, 2021).
The aim of this article is to determine whether theme are differences in the coping strategies of parent
children's with disabilities ( autism spectrum disorder of other disabilities) and children without
disabilities in references to the most stressful situation. They have experience with thier child in the last
year ( By Francisco J. Andre's, Garcia and Miguel A. Maldonado July 14 2022).
The child birth is generally associated with feedings of joy, but parents who have children with special
needs ( SNS) face mally challenge in bringing up their children. They face stress in managing the
behaviour and needs of their children and the overall family life changes while dealing with different
needs of children with SNS. Long term burden means stress often spreads across every aspect of life and
may even lead the person to show non. Function responses ²-³ studies ¹-⁴ emphasis the need to
understand the belief of parents about thier child disabilities as thier belief system guides them to take
necessary action about the management of such children ( By Amna Arif, Asia Nusrat and Farfana Ashraf
May 2021).
This study explores the coping mechanism of mother caring for adolescents children with cevebral palsy.
This study attempted to address a gap in the literature pertaining to understanding negative and
positive ways of coping related to mothers and the specific problem they have to deal with when coping
for adolescent with cerebral palsy. The qualitative study focuses on experience and feelings directly
obtained from mothers and it looked at what coping mechanism benefit mothers whilst they are caring
for their Adolescent child with cerebral palsy ( By Sharon Draper February 2009)
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT
Part |. Demographic profile of the
respondent
Experience of the 10-15 1.1Sex The Coping mechanism of
children of selected by disabled children. An
Barangay Tongsinah, Bongao, 1.2 Age
exploratory study.
Tawi-Tawi
1.3 Tribe
1.4 Religion, and
1.5 Civil Status
Part ||. What is the Coping
mechanism of disabled children.
2.1Does an disabled person have an
equal treat with undisabled person?
2.3 What is your own understanding
when it's comes to the word coping
mechanism of disabled children?
Figure 1 Conceptual framework of the study
This above figure shows the conceptual framework identifying the study. The main objective of this
study is to determine the coping mechanism of disabled children specifically on the children. As shown
in the figure, the underlying determine includes the experience of the children regarding the disabled
children. Using questioning as a process cab help to identify the disabled among children.
L
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The study aims to know" Coping mechanism of disabled children "
An exploration study. If sought to answer the following questions.
1. What is the demographic profile of the respondent in terms of.
1. 1 Sex;
1. 2 Age;
1. 3 Tribe;
1. 4 Religion;
1. 5 Civil Status?
2. Does an disabled person have an equal treat with undisabled person?
3. What is your own understanding when it's comes to the word coping mechanism of disabled children?
NULL HYPOTHESIS
The null hypothesis of this study. Disabled person have an equal treat with undisabled.
SCOPE AND THE DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The target respondent of the study were the children of selected Barangay in Tongsinah and was limited
respondent 10-15 residences. The main focus of the investigation was to determined the coping
mechanism of disabled children.
SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY
This study provides valuable input and insights on the coping mechanism of disabled children of selected
Barangay Tongsinah, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi.
DEFINITION OF TERM
DISABLED- A process on how to give learning experience among the children with disabilities.
CHILDREN- A person agen 17 below.
