An Intellectual Impairment In A Nutshell –

Background: Learning starts from cradle and ends in tomb. Intellectual impairment is an umbrella term, which encompasses arrange of learning problems, characterized by academic underachievement in reading, writing expressions, mathematics or overall intellectual ability of the child. To adopt learning skills special measures have to be taken. When disorder leads to disability or impairment in children the psychological reactions in parents like grief, depression, anxieties, panic attacks etc. occurs. In social conditions withdrawal, stigma, isolation, loss of networking and lack of social support etc emerges. Aim: The aim of the study to know the psychosocial problems of parents with learning impairment children in a special school. Methodology: In a descriptive study involving 50 parents of learning impairment children through simple random sampling. Researcher had done his investigation in a special school at Chennai. The pilot study was conduct to check the exibility of the study. A semi-structured interview schedule was compiled. Pre-test was done with 10 respondents to check the relevance of interview schedule. Results: The result of the careful investigation leads to 84 % had psychological support and 16 % were not supported. 36 % feel that their child is neglected from society and 64 % doesn't feel such experience. 88 % experience stress in managing child and work and 12 % do not experience. 28 % able to concentrate on job and 79 % doesn't able to contrite on work, 34 % experience conict in families due to child and 66 % doesn't undergo conict, 62 % prone get angry and beat the child and 38 % were not prone to anger and banging their child, 54 % enjoy in social gathering and 46 % doesn't enjoy due to their childre