. Nawal Abdulaziz Mohamed Al Rubaie
Volume 12, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 1-12
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Early intervention programs are supremacy in health, psychological, social,and sports care policies in many developed countries, considering the necessity to identify thecircumstances ...
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BACKGROUND: Early intervention programs are supremacy in health, psychological, social,and sports care policies in many developed countries, considering the necessity to identify thecircumstances and any support required as soon as possible. Consequently, understanding the criticalrole of mothers of children with Down syndrome in meeting the needs of their children is crucial, aswell as developing their capacity to make positive contributions to the psychosocial harmony of theirchildren. Hence, this study aims at determining the real role of early intervention programs in therehabilitation of mothers of children with Down syndrome and identifying the obstacles that preventearly intervention services and programs from achieving their objective and how to treat it.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The descriptive‑analytical approach was used. In order to achievethese objectives, an online questionnaire consisting of (88) phrases, divided into three areas, wasapplied to (20) mothers of children with Down syndrome.RESULTS: The assessment study concluded several results from the mothers’ perspective,indicating that cognitive qualifications were highest at an average of 52.66%, followed by educationalqualifications at an average of 50.73%, social qualification at an average of 48.78%, and religiousqualification at an average of 48.33%. Finally, psychological qualifications were lowest at an averageof 45.22%. The approval rate of all these proposals exceeded 90%.CONCLUSION: Based on these results, a proposal for activating early intervention programs for therehabilitation of mothers of children with Down syndrome, in light of the Saudi Vision 2030, was set.It was also recommended to give continuous and intensive courses to mothers, in order to improvetheir children’s skills and self‑sufficiency.
