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The purpose of this study is to study the social support and depression levels perceived by parents with a child with special learning difficulties in terms of some demographic variables and to determine whether the social support perception can undermine the level of depression. As a method in the study, the Relational Scanning Model, the Multi-Dimensional Detected Social Support Scale, the Beck Depression Scale, and the Indicative Information Form created by the applicant, were also used as data collection tools. The parents of children between the ages of 6 and 18 who have been diagnosed with special learning difficulties living within the border of the University of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, the group of research has formed 175 volunteer parents with a child who has been diagnosed with special learning difficulties. According to the findings of the study, there was a significant difference between the levels of social support perceived by parents’ gender, education status, income level and the number of children they have; the level of income and the level of depression perceived by education status. It has been found that there is a negative and meaningful relationship between the social support and depression levels perceived by parents, and that the social support levels have been found to boost the depression levels by 11%.

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