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SELF- EFFICACY OF MOTHER IN CARING FOR A CHILD WITH SPECIAL

NEEDS AT HOME

The Researchers:

Veladonna Abutin

Mary Joy AlcainMary Joy Balino

Adviser:Ronald C To!"nes# RN MAN MSN

  This study aims to described the caring experiences of mothers with special child. The

 participants of this study came from a different Barangay’s in Bacoor City. The

researchers made a descriptive- correlational quantitative research using a self-made

 survey tool “elf !fficacy of "other in Caring for Child with pecial #eeds at $ome%.The researchers utili&ed descriptive-correlational design using non-random purposive

 sampling procedure' in which the participants were intently chosen based on the

appropriateness of their (nowledge. )t served as an uplifting source for the mothers. )n

other word' the more they sense difficulty' the more they feel to thin( and to pursue on

their goal in providing the special needs of the child. The researchers used a tabular 

illustration to answer the specific problems in chapter *. The research result revealed a

computed score of +,earson Correlation' ./*0 .123 significant value with an

interpretation of “#o ignificant%' therefore recommending to accept the null hypothesis

of no significant difference among the scores of the two variables mentioned. The result 

of the study revealed there is no relationship between the level of (nowledge and level of 

adherence in caring for children with special needs at home in selected Barangay in

 Bacoor' Cavite.

  Based on the findings of the study' the following conclusions were drawn. "ost of the

respondents were over the age of 4 and above with 5.6 total with the second highest 

being that of only . percent which is the age group of 15-7 years old. Because of 

their age they don8t have much information in regards to ta(ing care and (nowing about 

having a special child. 9s for the number of children it shows that /5./6 of the

respondents have between 4 to * children and 1.6 have a between 2 to 3 children. :e

 saw that with an increasing number of children the mother ta(es care the less time and 

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energy she can spare for her child. 9s for the number of married individuals there are in

the group we provided the questionaire to we saw that 376 of them were single. :here

as in educational atainment shows that 276 of them have finished high school' 76

 finished college' and 176 only finished elementary. now in terms of whether or not they

understand the cause of the spcial needs it shows that they do not have enough

(nowledge. Then when loo(ing at the effect the overall weight average mean is 4.5/ 

which is equivalent to not at all. ;or the level of adherence by the mother in the home

management of children with special needs the overall weighted average mean 1.7

which is little. 9s for the testing of the relationship between the level of (nowledge and 

level of adherence it shows that the ,earson8s value is ./* which means not 

 significant.