EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF REMOTE LEARNING ON PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS DURING THE PANDEMIC, FOCUSING ON THEIR EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES - International Scientific Journal Monte (ISJM)

Arbana ZhapajUniversity i^1*, Adriana Qafa² Suela Patoshi³
¹Ismail Qemali- Education Departament
²“Barleti” University

“Fiqiri Kurti” school³

ABSTRACT

The closure of public spaces during the pandemic posed significant challenges for society as a whole. Among these challenges, education faced a particularly daunting task, as remote learning was a novel approach for many families and students. This was especially pronounced for families with children with special needs, who encountered a spectrum of experiences during remote learning, encompassing not only academic challenges but also behavioral adjustments in their children.

This study aims to explore the experiences of parents with special needs children during remote learning, focusing on aspects such as technological accessibility, pedagogical support, assessment of learning outcomes, academic progress, and the array of changes, successes, and failures experienced by parents during this period. By delving into the parental perspective during the pandemic, the study seeks to inform institutional interventions, aiming to enhance cooperation through sustainable and timely adapted strategies.

Key words: remote learning, challenges, parents, children with special needs, experience, pandemic

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INTRODUCTION

Parents who have children with special needs in their family are often faced with a lack of information to fight with reality, contempt and ignorance. Although the difficulties encountered along the way, they succeeded to return hope, revealing to these people the desire for their future through what seemed like a huge obstacle. Doing that, they proved to everyone the great effort of being a human. If someone would create the opportunity to give advice and hope for the special needs, these people and their families would not find it so difficult to face these problems or experience this pain threshold. For years families have been waiting something about this problem, but so far little has been done. All research shows that people with disabilities and their families need advice and support, but few make the decision to look into the problem.An even bigger challenge for these parents is the education and the learning process of their children, especially in the period of remote learning which became even more difficult. For this reason the study consists of:The purpose of the study is to recognize the experiences of families who have a child with special needs during remote learning.

Volume 9, No.2 (2024): April

ISSN 2661-2666 (Online) International Scientific Journal Monte (ISJM)
ISSN 2661-264X (Print)

DOI : 10.33807/monte.20243125

DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.33807/monte.20243125