EXPLORING THE PARENTAL EXPERIENCES & THEIR ROLE ADDRESSING SOCIO- EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i1.2024.6442Keywords:
Specific Learning Disabilities, Parental Sensitization, Social-Emotional Aspects, Inclusive Education, Socio-Economic Background, School-Home CollaborationAbstract [English]
Children with Specific Learning Disabilities (CwSLD) experience not only academic challenges but also complex socio-emotional difficulties such as anxiety, frustration, low self-esteem, and social exclusion. Such emotional hardships in most Indian families especially those of a socio-economically and educationally disadvantaged background are commonly misunderstood as behavioural problems or ignored altogether on the basis of parental ignorance, illiteracy and the cultural stigma attached to learning disabilities.
The present study investigates how parents perceive, comprehend and react to the socio-emotional requirements of CwSLD.
It requires home-school collaboration and parental training that aims at assuming a stricter stance on the socio-emotional well-being of the SLD children.The inquiry also indicates that a lot of parents cannot perceive the minor behavioural indications or build any productive emotional bond with their children because of time, information, and resources limitations.
The paper also establishes the coping mechanisms used by the families, the psychological and social outcomes that affect the parents and the gaps in home-based socio-emotional support. Results highlight the serious necessity of sensitizing and empowering parents in order to establish emotionally supportive home settings. It examines the patterns of emotional detachment, conflicting parenting, loneliness and the lack of readiness to encounter these unanticipated challenges.
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