نشریه تعلیم و تربیت استثنایی
سال سیزدهم شماره 117 (تیر 1392)

The purpose of this research is to analyze the work life quality of exceptional schools’ teachers. For this purpose, a sample of 160 teachers using the classified random sampling method across the Bushehr exceptional schools teachers in the academic year 2010-2011 was selected. To collect the data, work life quality questionnaire was used and its admissibility and reliability was calculated and confirmed. The results of the analysis of data indicated that, generally, work life quality of exceptional schools teachers in the province of Bushehr is desirable. Meanwhile, the highest quality rate belongs to the component of constitutionalism in the work organization and the lowest quality belongs to the component of immediate opportunities for development and using human capabilities. Also, as far as the fair and adequate compensation safe and healthy working environment and the social cohesiveness in the professional organization are concerned, there is a significant difference in the work life quality of male and female teachers in exceptional schools. However, there was not any significant difference between the components of work life quality of teachers in exceptional schools, having various service backgrounds. Additionally, the data showed that there is a significant difference between the work life quality of exceptional school teachers with various academic degrees as far as the component of safe and healthy work environment and constitutionalism in the professional organization are concerned.

The purpose of this research is compare self-esteem and social skills in deaf and blind students at the intermediate level in the city of Karaj during 2009-2010 academic years. For this purpose, 36 deaf and 36 blind students were selected using the simple random sampling method. The data were collected using Cooper Smith’s self-esteem questionnaire and the positive and negative social skills’ test or Inderbitzen and Foster’s list of social skills with the help of the blind and the deaf assistants. Then, the findings by using the skills of descriptive and inferential statistics and the SPSS software were analyzed. The results indicated that self-esteem in the groups of deaf and blind students were not different. The second theory of the research indicating the existence of a difference in the blind students’ social skills and the deaf ones were not substantiated. Also, as the social skill’s positive behavior is increased, self-esteem is increased as well and on the contrary, it indicates the existence of a positive significant correlation between the positive social skill’s behavior and self-esteem.

Physical fitness is an important aspect of life which can generally be achieved by exercise, appropriate nutrition and enough rest and it has a lot advantages. Proper physical fitness will reduce the risks of having vascular diseases, early death and obesity. It will also improve the bones and the muscular skeleton structure and it will affect the psychological variables such as depression, anxiety, stress and self-confidence (Khalaji, 2009). It has also been indicated that physical fitness is more important for mentally-retarded people than the normal ones. Taking into account this fact, there is an attempt in this article to study the previous researches by analyzing the quality of different physical fitness factors in mentally-retarded individuals.

Hyperactivity disorder has been described as impulsivity and the lack of paying attention which usually starts at the age of 7. Researches, usually, use the teachers’ reports to diagnose this disorder. Since most parents and teachers are not familiar with these students’ behavioral, emotional and educational problems, they, usually, face multiple problems interacting with these students. In this research, the goal is to present strategies for the proper interaction between parents and hyperactive children at home and the teachers in the classrooms in connection with the student’s peculiar academic needs, the role of play in the reduction of hyperactivity disorder and suitable classes for children and teaching them anger management. The results of the research indicated that despite the presence of biological and medical progress, parents and teachers having interaction with hyperactive children are still maintaining their special place and status in creating focus, the reduction of impulse without attaching any labels to the child and the control of this disorder. We hope that the outcome of this research will be a guide to parents and teachers in their interaction with hyperactive children so that our children can develop their talents through having the proper feedback as a result of interaction with the atmosphere and the informed people around them and use their capabilities and enjoy their existence.

Justice is one of the top properties all over the world. It seems that one of the most basic strategies for accessing multilateral justice to be the facilitating of access to Inclusive education as a transition in the educational system. The purpose of establishing Inclusive education is the search for and understanding academic needs for all the students. However, the focus of this transitional system is on the students who are vulnerable against rejection and deprivation or need special education. Educational experts believe that the conditions ruling over the educational system can not accommodate the social, emotional and educational needs of the students with special needs under the current conditions. They believe that an educational system based on the separation of individuals according to their ability and disability will naturally end in pushing this group into isolation. The gap created as a result of this kind of educational system not only leads to the separation of students with special needs from mainstream students, but also misunderstanding them. The creation of a suitable environment in the in the society capable of admitting students with special needs is a vital issue. Therefore, paying attention to Inclusive education and planning for carrying it out is an inevitable necessity. It is, also, obvious that such a program should take place as soon as possible so that these students can be more tolerant living in a normal society. Meanwhile, a big portion of the problems related to this transitional approach, is related to the knowledge of these teachers and educators about the way this educational system works. This article deals with the fundamental views in the education of students having special needs, the philosophy of transitional education, fundamental values and beliefs, the analysis of opportunities, the current problems and recommendations for the transitional education.

Teachers and parents are often perplexed when an intelligent student performs poorly in mathematics. Research tells us that this is often due to math disability, otherwise known as dyscalculia. The authors define dyscalculia and describe its major subtypes. Also, the authors describe characteristics of dyscalculia and explain why dyscalculia is difficult to assess and identify. In addition, the authors explore language difficulties, math anxiety, and other factors that may cause poor mathematical performance. They also discuss quantitative and qualitative mathematical learning styles and their effects on math performance. Last, the authors explain proven successful intervention strategies that teachers can use to help students with dyscalculia to succeed in mathematics.