Method and Procedure
To understand the role of parenting styles regarding the implementation
of special instructions of the expert by the parents of these children
at home and subsequent impact of these instructions on the behaviors of
the special children supervised in a special children care center in a
morning program as students as an outcome were examined in the present
work. A relationship was assumed. 35 children with intellectual
disability falling between the ages of 13 to 19 years of age were
studied (Table-1-0). After informed consent the parents of each child
filled Parental Authority
Questionnaire (PAQ) Baumrind’s (1971) in (Robinson, Mandleco, Olsen &
Hart, 1995). The style of mothers was noted. Later parents were informed
to follow certain instructions by the expert supervising their children
in the institution as supervisor to provide the children support and
care as prescribed by the expert at home that was studied as growth of
the child. This practice was continued for four consecutive weeks and at
the end of each week the parents reported progress. In the light of
progress reported by the parents the analysis with SPSS was conducted to
work out the relationship between parenting style and behavior
development of special children.