Parents Subjectivity in a Family with Disabled Children and Choice of Education Model

Valeria Sizikova, Olga Anikeeva

Parents Subjectivity in a Family with Disabled Children and Choice of Education Model

Číslo: 4/2020
Periodikum: Sociální práce

Klíčová slova: disabled child, family with a disabled child, parenthood, parents’ subjectivity, parenting models, patterns of behaviour, parenting process, professional social assistance

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Anotace: OBJECTIVES: The article is based on the authors’ study of parental views in a family with a

disabled child, the study of the parent`s subjectivity (awareness of their role in raising a child) and
their choice of a behavioural model in the upbringing process. THEORETICAL BASE: Includes
concepts of social views (Moscovici, 1973; 2000), subjectivity of individual personality (Leontyev,
1975), the concept of social design based on social perceptions (Lahlou, 2015), and the social
concept of disability, socialization, and social adaptation of a child with disabilities. OUTCOMES:
The research studies parent`s self-esteem, gives an assessment of their readiness to fulfil parental
responsibilities in raising a disabled child, and identifies patterns of parent behaviour in the child
raising process. METHODS: the study the formation of professional support views and programmes,
the support for changi used a pilot questionnaire (n56), a semi-structured indepth
interview method (n12), an expert survey of specialists and leaders of social organizations
providing social and pedagogical support (n12), as well as modelling method. SOCIAL WORK
IMPLICATIONS: The identified assessments and models of parental behaviours are important
components for further developingng problematic parental approaches and shortcomings, and the formation
of meaningful social partnership between the family with a disabled child and specialists who
provide professional assistance.