Effectiveness of parent management training program on participation of mothers of children with intellectual disabilities

Abstract

Abstract Introduction and purpose: Parental involvement is positively related to behavioral and cognitive involvement, which in turn has an impact on the competence and academic progress of children with intellectual disabilities. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of the parent management training program on the participation of mothers of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Method: This research was quasi-experimental in terms of data collection method. The statistical population included all mothers with children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Among them, 30 people were included in the study using the available sampling method and were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups (each group contains 15 people). The research tool included Anekargan's parent participation questionnaire (2002). The experimental group received parent management training for 10 90-minute sessions, and the control group did not receive any intervention. The research data was analyzed by univariate analysis of covariance and SPSS26 software. Findings: The results showed that the intended intervention had a positive and significant effect on the participation of mothers with intellectual and developmental disabilities (α=0.05). Conclusion: Therefore, the research results emphasized that parent management training can be a suitable intervention to increase the participation of mothers with intellectual and developmental disabilities.