Parenting Training Effect on Quality of Life and Parenting in Parents Who Have Children With Intellectual Disabilities

The group received approximately three hours of parenting training once a week for 5 weeks that focused on understanding children with ID in the first week, practical parenting skills in the second week, and how to provide emotional support and regulate parental emotions in the third week. Knowledge and skills were reinforced in the fourth and fifth weeks. The intervention group received training in small groups, each consisting of only 10 participants. The training involved experts in mental health counseling, pediatric nurses, special school teachers, and a motivator.