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Educação parental : um estudo de caso em contexto familiar
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A educação parental, entendida como uma intervenção junto dos pais que visa a
prevenção dos problemas dos seus filhos, tem sido alvo de um interesse crescente,
dirigindo-se sobretudo a famílias com crianças em risco, quer biológico, ambiental ou
estabelecido. Porém, dadas as mudanças sociais a que temos vindo a assistir, as
exigências colocadas aos pais para criarem os seus filhos, mesmo que não se encontrem
em situação de risco, são cada vez maiores, o que faz com que nem sempre encontrem
sozinhos as respostas às contrariedades que vão surgindo. Assim, aquilo que aqui se
apresenta é o resultado de um estudo de caso em que, através da estratégia de
investigação-acção, se interveio no sentido da promoção das competências parentais numa
família pertencente à classe média portuguesa e em que nenhum dos seus elementos
apresentava qualquer patologia ou deficiência. O programa de educação parental descrito
foi individualizado e elaborado à medida que foram sendo conhecidas as necessidades e
competências da família, com o propósito de: analisar a pertinência do recurso à educação
parental no domicílio como estratégia de promoção das competências parentais; delinear as
estratégias a utilizar num programa deste tipo; averiguar o grau de eficácia dessas mesmas
estratégias; e fornecer informação que permita desenvolver este tipo de trabalho com outras
famílias que dele venham a necessitar. Foram conseguidas notórias transformações nas
interacções entre pais e filhos, tendo sido alcançada, e mantida na avaliação follow-up, uma
dinâmica familiar mais positiva e promotora do bem-estar e normal desenvolvimento das
crianças, o que nos fez concluir que se trata de uma estratégia adequada em educação
parental.
Parental education, considered as an intervention focused on parents to prevent future offspring problems, has been an increasingly target of interest, especially directed to families with children at risk, caused by biological, environmental or acquired reasons. However, due to the changes observed in the social and family structure, the parental demands to educate the children are generally increasing, even if they are not in a situation of risk. In consequence, the caregivers often have difficulty in finding the right solutions for the problems they have to face while educating their children. Therefore, what is shown here is the result of a case study in which, through an investigation/action strategy, we intervened in a medium class portuguese family with no pathology or deficiency. The parental education program here described was built according to the needs and competences presented by the family, with the following goals: analysing the relevance of home-visiting parent education in order to promote parental skills; defining the strategies to be used in these sort of programs; investigating the efficiency of these strategies; and giving the necessary information to develop the program in other families that might require it. Notorious transformations were reached in the parents-children interaction, resulting in a more positive family dynamic capable of enhancing the welfare and promoting children’s normal development. These results were maintained in the follow-up assessment. Thus, we concluded that this strategy is appropriate to carry out in parental education programs.
Parental education, considered as an intervention focused on parents to prevent future offspring problems, has been an increasingly target of interest, especially directed to families with children at risk, caused by biological, environmental or acquired reasons. However, due to the changes observed in the social and family structure, the parental demands to educate the children are generally increasing, even if they are not in a situation of risk. In consequence, the caregivers often have difficulty in finding the right solutions for the problems they have to face while educating their children. Therefore, what is shown here is the result of a case study in which, through an investigation/action strategy, we intervened in a medium class portuguese family with no pathology or deficiency. The parental education program here described was built according to the needs and competences presented by the family, with the following goals: analysing the relevance of home-visiting parent education in order to promote parental skills; defining the strategies to be used in these sort of programs; investigating the efficiency of these strategies; and giving the necessary information to develop the program in other families that might require it. Notorious transformations were reached in the parents-children interaction, resulting in a more positive family dynamic capable of enhancing the welfare and promoting children’s normal development. These results were maintained in the follow-up assessment. Thus, we concluded that this strategy is appropriate to carry out in parental education programs.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no Instituto Superior
de Psicologia Aplicada para obtenção de grau
de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia
Educacional conforme despacho da DGES, nº
19673 / 2006 publicado em Diário da
República 2ª série de 26 de Setembro, 2006
Keywords
Educação parental Estudo de caso Contexto familiar Parental education Case study Family context