Investigation of the Effect of Family Education Program on Primary Care Parents/Care Staff of Children

Abstract

It is important to support the families who give primary care to the child, so that the child can gain the expressed skills and moreover, the family can be a healthy family. These supports should be started from a very early period. Under these considerations, in the research, it was aimed to develop a family education program about communication, parental attitudes and developmental needs for parents/caregivers who provide primary care to 36-72 months old children and to give this family education to parents/caregivers who provide primary care to children, as a result of the training provided. In this study, it was aimed to determine the effectiveness of education. The parallel mixed method model, which converges from mixed research methods, was used in the research. In this context, the research was carried out with the members of the City Council of Ankara Keçiören Municipality. After the research, it was seen that they stated that should be careful while communicating, the importance of paying attention to their parental attitudes, and that they developed awareness of how important communication is. In the light of the results obtained from the parents/caregivers at more frequent intervals.

Keywords: family education, communication, parental attitudes, preschool period

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/14-7-04

Publication date:March 31^st 2023