발달장애 청소년 어머니의 자녀 직업준비경험에 관한 연구

Employment Preparation Experience of Mothers having Adolescents With Developmental Disability

Objective: The purpose of this study provides employment preparation experience of mothers having children with developmental disability. Methods: Eight mothers having children with developmental disabilities living in Seoul and Gyeonggido were selected for an in-depth interview. Data were collected from October to November, 2020. This research utilized Colaizzi's phenomenological method. Results: The participants provided 14 themes of experience and 5 cluster themes. The final 14 themes were the connection of social, other psychological-emotional domains, helping in social ability development, having presence, difficulty of moving, deficiency of communication, high anxiety, self-management and daily life training, lifetime education, career support system with a focusing school, excellent ability to explain, human rights sensitivity, good temper, federation members and child’s school. Conclusions: The study acknowledges the importance of the job, tunnel with fog, needing self-reliance, achieving worthwhile results and depending on persons with the same situation to achieve employment preparation for mothers having children with developmental disabilities.