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Lock down is an emergency situation imposed by Government authorities where people are temporarily prevented from entering or leaving a restricted area. Generally the condition is imposed by the Government during the outbreak of epidemic diseases in which people are required to stay in their homes and limit their entry from homes. But an individual employed in various occupational fields such as health care, public works, law and enforcement , food supply are continue to work outside the home during lockdown. This situation is faced by the whole world for a period of 2 months. Lockdown is a difficult period for children with special needs as most of them cannot communicate even with their parents, leading to conflict within the family. The lockdown is a tricky time for parents of children with special needs as they are with various responsibilities while working from home. The parents should use emotional intelligence skills to understand and manage their children. They should try to involve their kids in various daily tasks which are easy to do and kids can easily understand them through visual prompts, like dusting, vegetable washing, filling water bottles, vegetable segregation, and various small role-playing games. Doctors said that Parents should ensure that children with special needs should avoid excessive use of the phone and television as it is associated with a decrease in a neurotransmitter which leads to abnormal behaviour. Sometimes the Parents can use video calls with children for short consultations with their special educators and therapists. So the present paper attempt to analyse the difficulties faced by the children with special needs during the lock down and to find out the emotional intelligence skills used by the parents to engage them.