The very core of this study is to know the challenges and struggles of parents having a child with special needs and how to help them. This phenomenological study targets the problem in every household having difficulty with their exceptional child and has the solution to the challenges each parent experiences. The researcher aims to understand the familys feelings and most profound thoughts about having a child with special needs through interviews, observation, and immersion in the schools intended to have the respondents. Ten parents who have a child with special needs from Don Julian Rodriguez Sr. Elementary School and Davao City Special School were interviewed and allowed to be engaged in the said study. The researcher wanted to identify different struggles that they are facing every day, their coping mechanisms, and their insights that will be able to help other parents who suffer the emotional struggles of having a child with special needs. With the data gathered, most parents have emotional struggles because they need an idea of how and where to start helping their children with special needs. The researcher recommended empowerment, training, and workshops for parents with a child with special needs and building connections with a community that advocates and highlights helping and educating parents on how to educate their child with special needs.

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Phenomenological Study

Coping mechanisms

Workshop

empowerment

INSIGHTS

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