The Role Of Family Support In Parental Acceptance Of Children With Special Needs

Abstract

Children with Special Needs (ABK) are children who have different conditions from children in general. Parents who have children with special needs sometimes lack support from their families. The importance of parental acceptance is able to help the development of children with special needs. This study aims to empirically examine the effect of family support on parental acceptance of parents who have children with special needs. This study analyzed the data obtained from as many as 25 people. The measuring instrument used is the family support scale and parental acceptance scale. The statistical analysis method used is simple linear regression analysis. The results of the partial test resulted in tcount = 4.325 more than ttable = 2.068 with a significance (p) = 0.003 less than 0.05 which means that there is a significant effect of family support on the acceptance of parents who have children with special needs in UPT SD Negeri 13 Gresik Gresik Regency with the effect of family support for parental acceptance is 44.9%.