Evaluation of the imagination of visually impairmentstudents in terms of teachers and parents expectation

The aim of this study is to examine imagination of visually impairment students in the framework of parents and tecahers expectations for the program development process as a needs analysis. This study was designed in the framework of qualitative research approach and was realized with "case study" pattern. The study group consists of 27 visually impaired students, 20 school of guidance counselor, 20 classroom of guidance counselor who works with visually impaired students in the level of primary, secondary and high school in Siirt in 2018-2019 academic year and 34 of their parents. An interview form consisting of semi-structured questions developed by the reseachres was used as a data collection tool in this research.The interview forms were prepared in three forms for students, parents and teachers. The data were obtained from making direct interviews with students and from filling by teachers and parents in this study. The data obtained from interview forms were analyzed with determining the code, category and themes in the content analysis. As a result; the expectations of teachers and parents and students' imaginations completed to each other; it was found that small number of teachers and parents thought that these students could not realize their dreams due to the reason of their inadequency, environmental factors and the point of view of society. Key Words: Visually İmpaired Students, İmagination, Parents, Teacher