Parent Education in Early Intervention, a Call for Renewed Focus
- Författare
- Mahonney, G., Kaiser, A., Girolametto, L., MacDonald, J., Robinson, C., Safford, P., Spiker, D.
- Titel
- Parent Education in Early Intervention, a Call for Renewed Focus
- Utgivningsår
- 1999
- Tidskrift
- Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
- Volym
- 19
- Häfte
- 3
- Sidor
- 147-149
- Sammanfattning
Parent education is the process of providing parents and other primary caregivers with specific knowledge and childrearing skills with the goal of promoting the development and competence of their children. Although almost any activity that parents become involved with in early intervention could be construed as educational, the term parent education typically refers to systematic activities implemented by professionals to assist parents in accomplishing specific goals or outcomes with their children. Our definition of parent education includes the expectation that parents will acquire knowledge and skills that allow them to mediate or extend the intervention with their child. Typical goals of parent education include teaching parents strategies to assist children in attaining developmental skills, helping parents manage children's behavior in the course of daily routines, and enhancing parents' skills in engaging their children in play and social interaction.