Coping Strategies Of Parents With Physically And Mentally Challenged Children In Enugu Urban Southeast Nigeria

  ABSTRACTThe Purpose of this study was to examine the coping strategies utilized by parents who have physically or mentally challenged children in Enugu Urban. The study surveyed 154 consenting parents who have children enrolled in Therapeutic Day Care Center Enugu and Government School for the Deaf and Dumb Ogbete Coal Camp, Enugu using descriptive survey research design. Purposive sampling was used for this study to select 2 schools out of the 3 special schools in Enugu Urban, while convenience sampling was then used to reach the respondents. Parents coping strategy questionnaire (PCSQ…