Problems of Integrating autistic children into public primary schools in the city of Benghazi from the point of view of a sample of teachers and specialists

Abstract

The study aimed to Identify the problems of integrating autistic children into general (basic) education schools in the city of Benghazi from the point of view of a sample of teachers and specialists. The study population consisted of (40) individuals، consisting of (20) teachers and (20) specialists. It was approved due to its small size.  To achieve the objectives of the study، the researcher applied a questionnaire about the problems of integrating autistic children، which was prepared by the researcher (Aya Mahmoud Muhammad Hassan). The questionnaire consists of 45 items distributed over four axes، which are: problems specific to the autistic child، problems specific to the teacher and the school curriculum، and problems specific to the school.  And problems specific to society. The validity and reliability of the tool used to verify the psychometric properties were calculated and high scores were obtained، allowing the researcher to actually apply the study.

The results showed that problems occurred with a degree of agreement and a high arithmetic average for all questionnaire axes، as they were:

• Problems related to the teacher and the school curriculum ranked first، with the arithmetic mean reaching (61.72) and the degree of agreement (91%).
• Followed by problems related to autistic children in second place، where the arithmetic mean reached (49.4) and the degree of agreement reached (89%).
• School-related problems came in third place، with the arithmetic mean reaching (47.52) and the degree of agreement (86%).
• Then the problems related to society came In last place، with the arithmetic mean reaching 37.675 and the degree of agreement (76%).