A study on the perceptions of guidance and research centers? principals about special education departments? problems

The purpose of the study was to determine the problems of Guidance and Research Centers? Special Education department and than examining the problems in relation to administrator based variables.The participants of this study were 190 administrators, from the Guidance and Research Centers furnish services all over the country. A total of 198 administrators of Guidance and Research Centers were asked to fill out a questionnaire developed by the researcher. The 93-item questionnaire, consisted of two parts, was sent via internet to the official web sites of the Guidance and Research Centers. 110 administrators (12 females, 98 males) completed and returned the questionnaires.The collected data related to the problems of the Guidance and Research Centers were analyzed by using descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations. In order to determine whether gender, age, graduated program, teaching practice, employment period of administration, being a permanent or nominee staff, academic background, and having or not having in-service education have an effect on their perceptions about the problems, t test and ANOVA were used.The findings indicated that there is not significant differences among the administrators perceptions about the problems related to sub-categories?general features of the Guidance and Research Center, in orientation of individuals, in medical diagnose, in educational evaluation and diagnose, in orientation, accommodation and monitoring in Individualized Education Program (IEP), and in mainstreaming? according to gender, age, graduated program, teaching practice, employment period of administration, being a permanent or nominee staff, academic background, and having or not having in-service education any in-service education.