Social skills and empowerment of parents of preschool children as target public of special education

• Autor(a) principal: Aragon, Carmelina Aparecida
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Costa, Carolina Severino Lopes da, Cia, Fabiana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Educação Especial (UFSM)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/educacaoespecial/article/view/33268
• topic: Special Education; Families; Social skills; Empowerment; Children; Preschool.; Educación Especial; Familias; Habilidades sociales; Empoderamient; . Niños. Preescolar.; Educação Especial. Famílias. Habilidades sociais. Empoderamento. Crianças. Pré-escolar.

The family considered the first social context to which the individual is inserted at birth, is responsible for the transmission of values that influence the development of children. With regard to people with disabilities, parents will play a leading role in the search for professionals and services that will work with these children, so it is extremely important that they have the interpersonal skills to successfully perform these functions. Thus, the present study aimed to characterize the repertoire of social skills and empowerment of preschool family members of the Special Education Target Public (PAEE) and to correlate the variables. Participants included 35 parents of preschool children with different special conditions. They answered the Family Empowerment Scale and the Social Skills Inventory. The results showed that the parents evaluated themselves very positively with regard to empowerment, but there was a great discrepancy of evaluation regarding the repertoire of social skills. In addition, the data indicated a positive correlation between the 'Knowledge' (Empowerment) scale and the 'Self-control of aggressiveness' scale (Social skills). It is suggested that new research be conducted to identify relevant social skills classes that contribute to the empowerment of PAEE children's parents.