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Group programmes for parents of children with various handicaps *
Author(s) -
HORNBY GARRY,
MURRAY RAY
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1983.tb00316.x
Subject(s) - attendance , session (web analytics) , presentation (obstetrics) , psychology , medical education , special education , developmental psychology , pedagogy , medicine , political science , world wide web , computer science , law , radiology
Summary Programmes were conducted with groups of parents of school‐aged, physically handicapped, hearing impaired, and, mildly and moderately mentally handicapped children. In this paper the salient features of the organization of these parent programmes are discussed. Programmes have involved six to eight weekly 2 hour sessions. The format of each session included both lecture presentation and discussion in small groups. Discussions were led by educational psychologists using a combination of reflective and behavioural procedures. Evaluation, by means of post‐programme questionnaires and attendance checks, has shown that parents have found programmes to be valuable. An integral part of the parent programmes has been the training of special education teachers in the attitudes and skills necessary for working with parents of handicapped children. The introduction of group programmes is considered to complement the individual training and counseling services already available to such parents in New Zealand.