experiences-of-parents-of-children-with-special-needs-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-period 2022 3 This paper provides a qualitative analysis of the experiences of parents of children with special needs during
the Covid 19 pandemic period. The purpose of this study is to answer the research question regarding the
experiences of the parents of children with special needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative
methods for data collection were used in this study and the main instrument was a semi-structured interview.
The sample in the study consists of 12 parents from the cities of Tetovo, Gostivar and Skopje. Parents of
children with special needs had difficulty with their children managing the situation created during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Many mothers said it was indeed a very difficult time as they felt trapped by a
multitude of problems and factors that negatively affected them and made it impossible for the situation to
be managed properly. One such factor was the restriction or inability to move outside their home and to
develop the activities that for those children had become commonplace and a kind of routine in itself.
Based on the discussions and conversations we had with these parents, despite the difficulties during the
quarantine, the parents eventually got used to that type of condition and began to manage it a little better
than at the beginning of the pandemic.

]]> experiences, emotional experiences, covid 19, quarantine restrictions, parents of children with special needs 2022-06-09 https://ijep.ibupress.com/articles/experiences-of-parents-of-children-with-special-needs-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-period 1 62-70 en CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Sara Sadiki University of Tetovo true Fatime Ziberi International Balkan University 2671-3535 2671-3543 Balkan University Press https://ijep.ibupress.com