Abstract:

This study is a qualitative research that aims to reveal teachers' opinions on Individualized Education Program (IEP), social work, school social work and school social workers' participation in this program. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 11 teachers working in the province in Karabük who were determined by snowball sampling method. The analysis of the obtained data was carried out by descriptive and thematic analysis methods. The findings were examined in subheadings called teachers' ability to define IEP and their opinions on IEP; IEP's advantages and disadvantages for students; difficulties experienced during the applying of IEP; factors that facilitate and complicate the applying of IEP, the state of knowledge about social work and school social work, and the contributions that school social workers can make to IEP applications. Afterward, various suggestions were made based on the findings.

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