e-fisep

Family Information and Support Education Program (e-fisep)

Family Information and Support Education Program (e-fisep) is an online family information and support education program for parents who have children with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities (ID). e-fisep was developed according to the parent needs by grant project supported by TUBITAK and Anadolu University. It is aimed that the e-fisep for the education of parents with children with intellectual disabilities is meeting various needs of families about their child’s developing and education. According to thee-fisep research study that e-fisep was effected knowledge of the parents, parents’ perceptions quality of life, self-efficacy and social support. The program for parents having children with intellectual disabilities developped of three phases which were: 1) determined family needs, 2) developed online family education program, and 3) the examined of the effectiveness of the program. The results of these studies indicated that the e-fisep includes eight topics: 1) The Nature of The Intellectual Disabilities and The Children With Intellectual Disabilities, 2) Acceptance Period, 3) Personal Development, 4) Social Support Network, 5) Child Health, 6) The Skills to Study With The Children, 7) Preparing for The Future, 8) Legal Regulations.

* This study was developed by a grant from The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and Anadolu University Scientific Research Projects