Development of a Guidance Programme for Students with Special Educational Needs in Kenya: A Study on Personal Orientation
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Date
2008
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Blackwell Publishing
Abstract
In this article, Franciscah Wamocho, lecturer and
chairperson, Geoffrey Karugu, senior lecturer, both
in the Department of Special Education, and Augustine Nwoye, Associate Professor in the Department
of Psychology, all from Kenyatta University in
Nairobi, argue that people with disabilities are likely
to need the support of counselling services. The
study reported here sought to collect baseline data
that could be used in designing a comprehensive
guidance programme for students with disabilities
in secondary phase special schools and vocational
rehabilitation training centres in Kenya. A personal
orientation inventory was employed to measure
values and behaviours among 229 students with
visual impairments, hearing impairments and physical disabilities. The results reveal that the students
with special educational needs may be non-selfactualising. The trend suggests that students with
special needs may be living in the past or future with
a lot of regrets and negative sentiments. Taking
account of insights derived from Maslow’s theory of
self-actualisation and other related literature, the
findings of this study appear to reinforce the need for
a guidance and counselling programme to be developed for students with special educational needs in
Kenya. This study reveals the direction that such a
programme could take if it is to be of benefit to a
Kenyan clientele with special educational needs
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Wamocho, F. I., Karugu, G. K., & Nwoye, A. (2008). Development of a guidance programme for students with special educational needs in Kenya: A study on personal orientation. [Journal Name, Volume(Issue), page