Investigation of the effectiveness of students with special needs in social preparation activities (KAHE) for inclusive/ integration activities

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of inclusive activities for students with typical development in providing social acceptance of individuals with special needs. In this study; firstly a peer acceptance scale was developed. Then an implementation program was prepared to determine the impact of preparation activities to inclusive education. The study was conducted with third grade students of a primary school in Gaziantep. A total of 60 students, 30 from the experimental group and 30 from the control group, participated in the study. Preparation activities for inclusion prepared by the students and researchers in the experimental group of the research were applied. The application consists of 10 preparation activities for fusing. In the study, pre-test-post-test control group experimental model was used to determine the social acceptance levels of the students with typical development before and after the application of the activities. The data of the study were collected with ran Peer Scale (AKÖ) Acceptance about the Admission of Students with Special Needs to the Inclusion Class, and the data were evaluated with SPSS 22.00 package program. The findings of the study showed that the preparation activities carried out with students with typical development were effective in increasing social acceptance for individuals with special needs.