Investigation of the family function levels, attitudes towards mainstreaming and life satisfaction of mainstream children's opinion at junior high school

The aim of this study is to determine family function levels and the attitudes of students to integration on life satisfaction of students with special needs. The participants of the study consist of students with mental, hearing, physical disability and learning difficulties and their families. 176 students participated in the study. 55 students with mental retardation, 42 physical disability, 46 hearing disabilities and 33 learning disabilities are 91 female and 85 male students. The Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale, Family Assessment Scale and Survey Form of Special Needs Students' Opinion on Mainstreaming were used. After application; while applying appropriate statistical analyzes, each data from the demographic information form's related of the students' life satisfaction, family function levels and attitudes towards inclusion were determined. In addition, the correlation between the data obtained from all scales was determined. At the end of the study, it was found that the students with high life satisfaction had high family functioning levels and their attitudes towards mainstreaming were positive.