Autoconcepto de los niños con necesidades educativas especiales y niños regulares

Abstract

This research work titled “self-concept of children with special educational needs and regular children” The main objective is to analyze the self-concept differences between children with special education needs and the regular classmates in fourth grade to eighth year of general basic education.

This is an exploratory and analyzes the perceptions in self-concept differences between children with special educational needs and the regular classmates. Aside, it explains and details the factors that determine self-concept development of self-concept, through the application of Self-Concept Test Form 5.

For information processing have been applied statistical methods. The most significant research findings show that children with special educational needs have a low self-concept compared to the self-concept of regular children, especially in physical, academic and emotional terms. This finding coincides with other researches and theoretical postulates about this topic.