The education of mentally challenged childern: Role of parents and community

As for any other group, education is critical to expanding the life prospects of people with disabilities. The socialization of children with disabilities (CWD) through education assumes an unusually important role in societies such as India where social exclusion of PWD is significant. The parents are the first and most important teachers for children, as they play the role of teaching during interaction with children. The family has an important influence upon children as they stay at home much longer than at school as well as more in-family interaction than schooling. In recent decades, many scholars’ research findings show that parent and community involvement can help improve the performance of students, foster their positive attitudes and behavior, promote their involvement and learning motivation So keeping in view the importance of parents and community in the rehabilitation of mentally challenged children an effort has been made to explore the role of parents and community in education of mentally challenged children.