Social support, psychological well-being and resilience among school going children with disabilities.

Abstract

Psychological Well-being is a balanced way for a disabled child to interact with himself and others and feel comfortable and happy in the activities of his daily life. It also indicates the safety of the mentally disabled child, and that he is free from mental disorders and diseases. This achieves high levels of compatibility, and adaptability to his life quality. Therefore, this study is aimed to reveal the level of socio support psychological well-being and resilience of children with disabilities from the point of view of their parents. Also, it attempts to show any statistical differences in them according to the variables of the disabled child's gender, the type of disability, and the severity of the disability. The descriptive survey method will be used. The questionnaire will be used as a tool for collecting data. It is supposed to be applied to a purposive sample of 295 parents of children aged 6-18years with disabilities in Kampala Metropolitan area, The finding will also reveal statistical significant differences in the level of socio psychological well-being and resilience among school on going children with disabilities due to the gender of the disabled child in favor of males, the type of disability in favor of learning disabilities, and the severity of disability in favor of the simple disability.