TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE ....................................................................................... I

DECLARATION................................................................................. II

DEDICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. III

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . IV

TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................... V

LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................. VIII

LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................. IX

ABSTRACT ...................................................................................... X

CHAPTER ONE : INTRODUCTION ...................................................... 1

1.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION . .. . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . .. 1

1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM.......................................... 2

1.2 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.3 MAJOR OBJECTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.4 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ................................... 3

1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ....................................................... 4

1.6 THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4

1.7 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ............................................. 4

1.8 THEORY OF THE STUDY ...................................................... 5

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITRATURE ........................ 7

2.0 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.1 TYPES OF LEARNERS WITH PHYSICAL HANDICAP .................. 8

2.2.0 RESOURCES USED TO SUPPORT LEARNERS WITH PHYSICAL

HANDIPPED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . .. . . . . . . .. . .. 9

..:.2J METHODS OF SUPPORTING LEARNERS WITH PHYSICAL

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HANDICAP IN REGULAR PRIMARY SCHOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.2.2 MEDICAL INTERVENTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.2.3 PHIOTHERAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 0

2.2.4 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPHY ........................................... 11

2.3 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEARNERS WITH PHYSICAL

HANDICAP AND TEACHERS IN REGULAR PRIMARY SCHOOLS... 12

2.4 FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO LOW ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE ............... ......... ......... .............................. 13

2.5 THE SCHOOLENVIRONMENT AND ITS EFFECTS ON LEARNERS

WITH PHYSICAL HANDICAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY .............. ........ ................................ 14

3.0 INRODUCTION ...... ......... ... .................. ............... ........... 14

3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN ......................................................... 14

3.2 SAMPLING PROCEDURE................................................ 14

3.3 SAMPLE POPULATION................................................... 15

3.4 INSTRUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15

3.5 PROCEDURE.................................................................. 16

3.6 DATA ANALYSIS ............................................................. 17

CHAPTER FOUR: FINDINGS ................................................................. 18

4.0 INRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSION, CONLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS .. 30

5.0 INTODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30

5.1 DISCUSION .................................................................. 30

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5.2 CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33

5.3 RECOMMENDATION...................................................... 34

BIBLOGRAPHY ...... o •• •o• ••••••••••••••••••••••••• o ••• o •o•. •• •• •• • • ••• •• • •• • • ••• •• • •• •• • 36

APPENDIX A : INSTRUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

APPENDIX B: ETHICAL DOCUMENT........................................ 40