Satisfying the psychological needs of students with mobility disabilities who are integrated in general education schools.

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the satisfied psychological needs of students with mobility disabilities who are integrated in general education schools, specifically at UNRWA schools. The study sample was almost all students who suffered from mobility disabilities learn in basic elementary grades at Gaza Governate; they counted (n=95) students from 110 populations. The study basically implemented a questionnaire prepared by the researcher, psychometrically, specifically to be used in the current study; it has five needs domains: safety, relatedness, competence, autonomy and participation. The results revealed that level of satisfied psychological needs among students with mobility disabilities was on moderate average. Regarding domains of the questionnaire the study showed that levels of satisfied needs were as follow: need for love and relatedness were the highest weighing 75%, need for safety weighted 73%, need for autonomy got 65.8% weight, need for competence weighted 63%, finally need for participation got 61%. This conclusion reflected continuum from mostly to least satisfied needs. Results lead researcher to arrange the psychological needs of students with mobility disabilities from low level to high level of satisfaction as follow: need for participation, need for competence, need for autonomy, need for safety and need for relatedness. Key words: Psychological Needs – Mobility Disability – Integration and Inclusive Schools