Essays about: "parent empowerment"

Found 4 essays containing the words parent empowerment.

  1. 1. Legal consciousness and legal empowerment in low-income Latina parents of children with disabilities attending the ‘TIGER’ parent advocacy program

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Vilhelmina Poppius; [2017]
    Keywords : legal consciousness; empowerment; legal empowerment; parent empowerment; power; economic capital; cultural capital; social capital; symbolic capital; parent advocacy; minority low-income parents; children with disabilities; legal non-profits; special education law in California; IDEA; hegemony of the law; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : It is important to examine parent advocacy programs to understand how they function in a society where there are many structural obstacles to those with little power. These programs can provide an impactful way to level out power imbalances. READ MORE

  3. 2. "With this past, you'll never become free": A qualitative interview study of female ex-combatants in Colombia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Anna Sjölander; [2016]
    Keywords : gender; DDR; reintegration; female ex-combatants; militarization; Colombia;

    Abstract : This thesis explores women's experiences from participation in armed groups, and their subsequent reintegration into civil society within the Colombian context. The study is based on two months of fieldwork, and nine interviews with female ex-combatants from the FARC, the ELN and the AUC currently enrolled in the reintegration process. READ MORE

  4. 3. Family-centered intervention : Auditory Verbal Therapy - empowering caregivers of children with cochlear implants

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för neurovetenskap

    Author : Julie Liliegren; Frida Persson; [2015]
    Keywords : empowerment; Auditory Verbal Therapy AVT ; cochlear implant; lexical-semantic ability; BNT; hearing impairment; family-centered intervention; empowerment; Auditory Verbal Therapy AVT ; cochleaimplantat; lexikal-semantisk förmåga; BNT; hörselnedsättning; familjebaserad intervention;

    Abstract : The aims of this study were to examine a) whether the family-centered intervention method Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT) has had an effect on the levels of empowerment of caregivers of children with CI; and b) whether the parents feeling most empowered have a continual habit of reading frequently with their child and have children who achieve higher scores on lexical-semantic tasks; c) whether the empowerment questionnaire “Att vara förälder” (“Being a parent”) is an appropriate assessment tool to evaluate intervention intending to empower the caregivers of children with hearing impairment. Vocabulary was used as a way to gauge the effectiveness of the method. READ MORE

  5. 4. Parenting: The Challenging Task of Modern World A Critical Review of COPE (Community Parent Education Program)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Sahar Kaleibari Notash; [2013-08-13]
    Keywords : parent education; empowerment; parent views; educator views; cognitive-behavioral education; COPE;

    Abstract : COPE is one of the state-based public parent education programs carried on in Sweden with an aim to prevent the behavioral problems of young children. This study is a qualitative research to examine the strengths and weaknesses of COPE from the point of view of parents and educators. READ MORE