Individualized Education Program and Academic Adaptation of Disabled Learners in Ikutha District Kitui County Kenya

ABSTRACT This study is a result of an academic research entitled “individualized education program and academic adaption of disabled learners in Ikutha district Kitui County, Kenya.” The purpose was to test the null hypothesis and if there is significant relationship between individualized education program and academic adaptation of disabled learners. The objectives of this study were to: establish the profile of the teachers in terms of: age, gender, marital status and working experience; determine the level of implementation of TEP approach in teaching; determine the level of academic adaptation of JEP in schools under study; and determine if there is significant effect of IEP on academic adaptation on learners with disabilities. The researcher used questionnaire to collect the data. The question had two parts. Part A collected information for the IV, individualized educational program and part B collected information for the DV, academic adaptation of disabled learners. The study findings revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between the level of individualized education program and the extent of academic adaption of disabled learners in Ikutha, district kitui county Kenya. For example, level of individualized education program is significantly correlated with the extent of academic adaption of disabled learners. The results further suggested that individualized education program directly affect academic adaption of disabled learners Ikutha, district kitui county Kenya. These findings thus showed that many teachers agreed that IEP is good and needs to be strongly applied in the teaching of children with disabilities since they cannot be taught the way they teach the other children. The adoption of IEP in schools will therefore help to improve the performance of children with disabilities in schools. The study that implementation of I.E.P approach in teaching disabled learners is not done by many teachers because they have no skills. The researcher environment for trainng of more SNE teachers, curriculum be adapted to suit the divert needs of disabled learners. The teachers who are not SNE compliant should be taken for refresher course on SNE.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preliminaries

Declaration A

Declaration B ii

Approval sheet iii

Dedication iv

Acknowledgment v

Table of contents vi

Acronyms used viii

Abstract ix

Chapter One Page

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE

1.1 Background of the Study 1

1.1.1 Historical background 1

1.1.2 Theoretical perspective 2

1.1.3 Conceptual perspective 2

1.1.4 Contextual perspective 3

1.2 Statement of the Problem 3

1.3 Purpose of the Study 4

1.4 Specific Objectives 5

1.5 Research Questions 5

1.6 Hypotheses 6

1.7 Scope 6

1.8 Significance of the Study 7

Two REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.0 Introduction 9

2.1 Theoretical perspective 9

2.2 Conceptual framework 11

2.3 Related Studies 12

Three METHODOLOGY

30. Introduction 16

3.1 Research Design 16

3.2 Research Population 16

3.3 Sample Size 17

3.4 Sampling procedure 17

3.5 Research Instruments 17

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3.6 Validity and Reliability of the Instrument i~

3.7 Data Gathering Procedures 19

3.8 Data Analysis 20

3.9 Ethical Considerations 21

3.10 Limitations of the Study 22

Four PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

Introduction 23

I Variance in the targeted and actual respondents 23

II Demographic 23

Five FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS

Findings 34

Conclusions 38

Recommendations 40

Areas for further research 41

References 42

Appendices

APPENDIX 1: TRANSMITTAL LETTER 44

APPENDIX 11: CLEARANCE FROM ETHICS COMMITTEE 45

APPENDIX III: INFORMED CONSENT 46

APPENDIX IV: RESEARCH INSTRUMENT 47

APPENDIX V: PROPOSED DATA PRESENTATION THROUGH 53

TABLES

APPENDIX VI: PROPOSED BUDGET 54

APPENDIX VII: TIME FRAME 55

Appendix VIII: Researcher’s curriculum vita 56