%0 Journal Article
%T Special Education Teachers¡¯ Knowledge and Attitudes toward the Use of Assistive Technology for Disabled Children Management: Impact of an Educational Intervention
%A Amal Ibrahim Khalil
%A Neama Yousef Hantira
%J Creative Education
%P 821-845
%@ 2151-4771
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ce.2022.133054
%X The<b> </b>study aimed to investigate the
effectiveness of an educational intervention on improving teachers¡¯ knowledge
and attitudes toward the use of assistive technology devices. <b>Methods:</b> A
quasi-experimental research design was applied with 68 purposive samples of
teachers selected conveniently from four settings located at Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia. Three tools were used including participants<span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">¡¯ </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">demographic and personal data, knowledge scale and
attitudes questionnaire.<b> Results</b>: A highly significant difference was
reported between pre and post-test among studied teachers according to their
total knowledge in pre-assessment (66.1 ¡À 11.4) compared with (72.9 ¡À 12.0) in
post-test and attitude in pre (77.9 ¡À 11.2) compared with post total score
(86.4 ¡À 11.2) at <i>p</i>-value &lt; .05. <b>Conclusion</b>:
The program is effective in developing the knowledge and attitudes of the
participants with a highly statistically significant difference between the pre
and post interventions. Therefore, a well-planned and structured educational
program should be undertaken to improve the level of awareness of special
education teachers.</span>
%K Teachers
%K Disability
%K Children
%K Technology
%K Educational Intervention
%K Knowledge
%K Attitude
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=116055