Program Importance:
The importance of establishing a postgraduate program in special education, the path of transitional services for people with disabilities, can be summarized as follows: • The urgent need for services related to the transition of individuals with disabilities from the secondary school stage to the university stage or the work environment, as it is evident that their presence in the labor market is low compared to their ordinary peers, through what was indicated by the General Authority for Statistics for the year 2016 AD that 53024 citizens with disabilities are from Those who only contribute to the labor market out of 512,686 citizens with disabilities in general. • Focusing the program on an age group (adults) with disabilities, for which special education services have not been adequately provided.
The lack of qualified specialists in transitional programs in the Kingdom at the present time, to support the process of transitioning individuals with disabilities to post-secondary level. The lack of such a specialization in the master's programs currently offered at the level of universities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Arab universities, noting that this specialization is offered at the level of prestigious universities in Western countries, such as the University of Kansas and George Washington University. The availability of a cadre of faculty members who are currently present, and there are also a large number of scholarship students, most of whom are about to graduate, which confirms the ability to develop a distinguished master’s program at the level of the Arab world.
The College of Education in Al-Kharj is keen to play its role in serving the community in an integrated manner, by providing distinguished cadres in the qualitative disciplines that the community needs in the field of special education in the Kingdom. Saudi universities are directed to accept students with disabilities in special programs for them at the diploma and bachelor levels, such as the deaf programs in both King Saud University and the Arab Open University, which confirms the universities' need for such specialization. The ministry and universities are directing to reduce the number of graduate students in a bachelor's degree in special education and to increase the number of admissions to postgraduate programs.
Program Goals:
1- Preparing distinguished cadres in the field of providing transitional services for individuals with disabilities who have knowledge of its principles, theories, and methods of providing it.
2- Preparing specialized cadres with the necessary skills to design and provide distinct transitional services programs for individuals with disabilities
3- Qualifying specialists with the necessary research skills to produce specialized scientific and procedural research in the field of transitional services.
4- Enriching scientific research in the field of transitional services through research and studies produced by students and members of the program.
5- Contribute to the development of transitional services provided to people with disabilities in community institutions.
