장애대학생의 대학생활 적응프로그램 개발 및 효과

Abstract

This study with a one-group pretest-posttest design analyzed the disabled university students’ needs related to university life, applied a university life adaptation program, and examined its effect. The research subjects were 30 disabled college students enrolled at a disable student support center of a university. This study analyzed the disabled university students’ needs related to higher education and applied a university life adaptation program about college entrance, support for the access to campus facilities, and teaching-learning support and then analyzed the disabled students’ adaptation and satisfaction about university life. The research tools used in this study include Kim(2011) tood for Disabled University Students’ Higher Education Needs Questionnaire; the translated and adapted version (Son, 2003) of the Student Adjustment to College Questionnaire, developed by Baker et al. (1984); the revised and supplemented edition (Kim, 2011) of the University Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, developed by Han (2008). The results of this study showed that the disabled university students have difficulty using sanitation facilities such as a dormitory and a restroom among school facilities and that in terms of access to obtain information, they have difficulty in such categories as book material provision, disability aids, and personnel support. In addition, the inconvenience related to school facilities was caused by insufficient elevators and automatic sliding doors. This study also found that after the adaptation program was applied for a year, the disabled students’ adaptation ability and satisfaction in university life increased on a statistically significant level. Based on these results, this study suggests that it is necessary to establish a proper higher education environment for the disabled university students to help them develop expertise in their professions and improve the quality of their personal life.