Prevalence of Learning Difficulties among School Students in Kerala

Autor/in	Abdul Gafoor, K.
Titel	Prevalence of Learning Difficulties among School Students in Kerala
Quelle	20 (2015) 1, S.83-92 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Abdul Gafoor, K.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0975-0665
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Incidence; Students with Disabilities; Learning Disabilities; Intellectual Disability; Visual Impairments; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Physical Disabilities; Inclusion; Special Education; Institutional Characteristics; Student Needs; Teacher Attitudes; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Vorkommen; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Intellect; Verstand; Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung; Autismus; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung; Inklusion; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrerverhalten; Indien
Abstract	This study estimates the percentage of incidence of students who are categorised as Learning Disabled in schools of Kerala, along with estimating studying the prevalence of students categorised by schools as mentally Retarded (MR), Visually Impaired (VI), Autism, ADHD and Orthopedically Impaired and investigates perceived difficulties of schools in facilitating the inclusive education of these children. The sample is 31 government and government-aided schools drawn by simple random procedure from Kozhikode (n=14) and Malappuram (n=17) districts, covering 26382 students. There is variation among schools in the prevalence of students with LD and other impairments. In a school of an average size of 850, LD and other categories of SEN have near 40 students. In general, teachers categorise five per cent of students as belonging to SEN categories, half them being learning disabled (2.23%) and half belonging to MR, VI, Autism, ADHD, HI, and OI (2.53%). The incidence of SEN children assessed by this study surely is less than what can be expected in the population, as the study considered a share of the relevant age group who attend the school only. Implications are added. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01