Needs assessment of teachers working in exceptional education in the city of Tabriz to appropriate education and evaluation of its effects in implementation

The present study aimed to evaluate the educational requirements with appropriate training for teachers working in exceptional education in the city of Tabriz and evaluation of its effects in the implementation. The research method was experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The study population included teachers working in exceptional education in Tabriz. Using random sampling of multi-stage clusters, 20 teachers were selected and placed in two experimental and control groups. The tools for collecting information were the requirements Assessment Questionnaire of Yemeni et al. (2011) and the Behrangi Teaching Research Assessment Questionnaire (2015). Data analysis using pairwise t-method showed that the educational management model has an effect on the reduction of educational requirements of developmental, supplementary and problem solving of exceptional school teachers (P <0.05). The educational management model effects on teachers' attitudes (P <0.05). Therefore, it is better to include an educational management model in the curriculum of the exceptional school teacher training course to make teachers more familiar with it.