Opinions of Students Receiving Education in Resource Room on In-tegration Practice and Problems They Encounter

The purpose of this study is to determine the opinions of students recei-ving education in resource room services regarding the effectiveness of sup-port education and the problems they encounter. This study was conducted using a case study, one of the qualitative research methods. Data in this study were collected between September 2023 and January 2024. Partici-pants were determined by purposive sampling and a total of 12 students were interviewed. The data were examined through content analysis. The themes that emerged after the analysis of the data were “physical problems, problems in practice, success and socialization”. The students receiving re-source room stated that although they were in advanced classes, many of them did not know how to read and write and generally had communica-tion problems. The students stated that they improved academically after receiving resource room, were able to cooperate with their own teachers, resource room teachers and friends, acquired problem-solving skills in mat-hematics class and began to understand what they read. It was concluded that students who resource room believed that they were valued, began to express themselves more comfortably, participated in classes, social activi-ties and games, and largely escaped peer bullying.