4. THE RESEARCH ENTITLED “THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF
PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS” IS FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING THE
EXPERIENCES, DAILY STRUGGLES, COPING MECHANISMS,
AND THE SOCIETY’S IMPRESSION TOWARDS PARENTING OR
GUARDIANING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
6. THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO
UNDERSTAND AND TO GIVE BETTER
VIEWS TO PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF
CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
BECAUSE…
7. PARENTING OR GUARDIANING CHILDREN
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ARE HARD
BECAUSE MORE EFFORTS ARE REQUIRED
(Ha, Greenberg & Seltzer, 2011)
8. PARENTS OR GUARDIANS EXPERIENCE CHANGES
IN THEIR LIFE ASPECTS AS THIS CAN AFFECT
THEM PHYSICALLY, SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY,
MENTALLY, AND EVEN FINANCIALLY.
(Gomez, 2013)
17. PHENOMENOLOGY IS USED IN ORDER TO
GIVE A DEEPER MEANING AND
UNDERSTANDING TO THE LIVED
EXPERIENCES OF PARENTS OR GUARDIANS
OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
18. AS IT CAN PROVIDE RICH AND DETAILED
MEANING OF THESE EXPERIENCES FROM
THE PARTICIPANTS’ NARRATIVES
20. UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS WERE USED IN
ORDER TO GATHER RELEVANT DATA FROM
TRANSCRIPTS OF CONVERSATIONS AND
AUDIO TAPES OF THE INTERVIEWER AND THE
SUBJECTS.
21. INTERVIEW QUESTIONS TRANSLATED IN
FILIPINO WERE UTILIZED IN THE INTERVIEW
PROPER. TEN QUESTIONS ARE PROVIDED IN
ORDER TO ANSWER THE QUERIES OF THE
STUDY:
22. OBSERVATION WAS USED TO IDENTIFY
AND TO EXAMINE THE ENVIRONMENT,
SURROUNDINGS, AND WAYS OF THE
PARTICIPANTS.
24. NON - PROBABILITY PURPOSIVE
SAMPLING TECHNIQUE WAS USED TO
SELECT RESPONDENTS.
25. TEN RESPONDENTS FROM DULONG ILOG,
CANDABA, PAMPANGA WERE CHOSEN AS
SUBJECTS IN THIS STUDY WITH ROLES AS
PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS.
30. THEMATIC ANALYSIS WAS USED IN
ORDER TO EXAMINE THE DATA
GATHERED. SIX THEMES HAVE EMERGED
FROM THE INFORMATION GIVEN BY THE
PARTICIPANTS.
31. (1) SHARED REWARDING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHILD; (2)
DAY TO DAY STRUGGLES; (3) HARDEST EXPERIENCE
ENCOUNTERED; (4) COPING STRATEGIES USED AND THEIR
EFFECTS; (5) CONCERNS ABOUT SOCIETY’S IMPRESSION; AND
(6) IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR
SITUATION AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF
CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
33. THE INFORMATION GATHERED ARE
INTERPRETED IN NARRATIVE FORM, WITH
QUOTATIONS AND VERBATIM FROM THE
TRANSCRIPTS OF CONVERSATIONS IN THE
INTERVIEW PROPER.
35. The characteristics, values, and behaviors that
the children with special needs present helps
the parents in taking care of them making their
parenting skills easier and more rewarding.
36. Taking care of a child with a special need required
a lot of demanding efforts and sacrifices, however
some parents tend to find relief towards the
situation because of the values their child shows.
37. Parenting a child with special needs presents
different difficulties in all kinds of aspects.
38. There are various strategies a parent or
guardian may use, however they usually prefer
therapy as their first choice solution.
39. The strategies the parents or guardians has
eased their situation but it is undeniable that
those solutions are not forever.
40. Majority of the participants claimed that the
society has a negative perception towards their
situation.
41. Comments of the society gives different effects
to the parents or guardians of children with
special needs, nonetheless the negative
comments are used as a strength and revoked.
42. A parent or guardian of a child with a special
need must be considerate enough in order to
surpass their situation.
45. 1.To make them realize that children with special needs are not responsibilities
and they can handle themselves with proper guidance and treatment.
2. To make them understand that these children need them the most as they
are the ones who can really proffer them care, love, and acceptance, providing
which can give these children hope that the society can accept them likewise.
47. 1. To help them be publicly known and accepted as
disabled and not hopeless.
2. To help them be guided and treated equally by other
parents or guardians who cannot seek the proper way in
dealing with these children.
49. 1. For them to be informed, especially to teachers of special
education, that these children can be treated as normal.
2. To help them understand that these parents or guardians
enrolled their children in their institution to help them supply
their children with simple knowledge and abilities for life.
51. 1. To make them realize that these parents or guardians, and
their children as well, that they should be properly treated as
normal members of the community.
2. To equip them with proper knowledge and treatment to these
members of their community so that public acceptance can
become evident.
53. 1. To guide them with the recent knowledge this
phenomenological study can give.
2. To make this research as their ground in order to
develop more understanding and more ideas to help
the parents or guardians of children with special needs.
56. ONLINE DOCUMENT
Bashir, A., et.al. (2014) Awareness and Problems of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Retrieved February 8,
2018, from https://
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Spectrum%20Disorders-244.pdf&act=book
Gomez, I. N. and Gomez, M. G. (2013). Quality of Life of Parents of Filipino Children with Special Needs.
Retrieved February 04, 2018 from https://www.researchgate.net/
publication/259761916_Quality_of_Life_of_Parents_of_Filipino_Children_with_Special_Needs
Hoogsteen, L. (2010). The Lived Experiences of Parenting a Child with Autism in a Rural Area: Making the
Invisible, Visible. Retrieved February 8, 2018, from
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Jackson, J. B. (2004). Parental Coping Methods for Managing Stresses Experienced Following Out-Of-
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58. ONLINE JOURNAL
Ambikile, J. S. and Outwater, A. (2012). Challenges of Caring for Children with Mental Disorders:
Experiences and Views of Caregivers Attending the Outpatient Clinic at Muhimbili National Hospital,
Dar es Salaam - Tanzania. Retrieved February 06, 2018 from
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Smith, MA, BA, S. L. (2002). Parenting Children with Learning Disabilities, ADHD, and Related Disorders.
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60. WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHILD? (Ano ang
kaugnayan mo sa bata?)
WHAT IS THE SPECIAL NEED OF THE NURSLING YOU ARE
CARING FOR?(Ano ang espesyal na pangangailanagan ng batang
inaalagaan mo?)
61. WHAT ARE THE REWARDING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHILD YOU
ARE CARING FOR? (Ano-ano ang magandang karakter ng batang
inaalagaan mo?)
WHAT ARE THE DAY TO DAY STRUGGLES THAT YOU ENCOUNTER IN
NURSING THE CHILD? (Ano ang mga nararanasan mo sa pang-araw-araw
na pag-aalaga sa bata?)
62. WHAT IS THE HARDEST THING YOU HAVE UNDERGONE WHILE CARING
FOR THE CHILD? (Ano ang naging pinakamahirap na karansan mo sa pag-
aalaga?)
WHAT ARE THE COPING STRATEGIES YOU UTILIZED TO GET
THROUGH HIS OR HER SITUATION? (Ano ang mga paraang ginagamit mo
para mapagaan o malampasan ang mga mahirap na sitwasyon?)
63. HOW DID THE COPING STRATEGIES PROVIDE YOU WITH EASE IN
DEALING WITH SUCH OCCASIONS? (Paano nakatulong ang mga paraang
iyon sa pag-aalaga?)
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE PERCEPTION AND IDEA OF THE SOCIETY
REGARDING YOUR CHILD’S CONDITION? (Para sa iyo, ano ang pananaw
ng lipunan sa iyo at sa batang inaalagaan mo?)
64. HOW DOES THE IMPRESSION OF THE SOCIETY AFFECT YOU AND THE SITUATION
YOU ARE IN? (Ano ang epekto ng pananaw ng lipunan sa iyo at sa iong sitwasyon?)
WHAT SUGGESTIONS CAN YOU GIVE TO MAKE THE SOCIETY UNDERSTAND YOUR
LIVED EXPERIENCES IN CARING FOR A CHILD WITH A SPECIAL NEED AND TO
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF CHILDREN SPECIAL NEEDS? (Ano-ano ang
maaari mong ibahagi upang maintindihan ng lipunan ang iyong mga karanasan at upang
mas mabigyan ng magandang buhat ang mga batang may espesyal na
pangangailangan?)
65. MEMORANDUM
To: Parents and Guardians of Children with Special Needs
From: Ma. Sophia Ericka SP. Burgos, Maria Immalaine A. Mariano, Maria Daniela V. Sagum, Maria Therese C. Sagum, Charie Mae C. Samaniego, students of 11-Archimedes (STEM)
Date: February 26, 2018
Subject: Interview for Research
The Grade 11 students of STEM - Archimedes are conducting a phenomenological, qualitative study about “The Lived Experiences of Parents or Guardians of Children with Special
Needs,” a requirement in Practical Research 1, second semester of school year 2017 - 2018.
The study will be needing data from narratives of the experiences of parents or guardians of children with special needs. With this, we would like to ask for your consent to participate
in our interview for our study.
Ma. Sophia Ericka SP. Burgos Maria Therese C. Sagum
Maria Immalaine A. Mariano Charie Mae C. Samaniego
Maria Daniela V. Sagum
Cylve T. Baggay
Practical Research 1 Adviser
