Author/Authors :
Sajedi Firouzeh نويسنده Child Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social welfare and Rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran Sajedi Firouzeh , Koohi Rogayeh نويسنده Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Movallali Gita نويسنده Department of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Pediatric Neuro-rehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences,Tehran, Iran. Movallali Gita , Dann Marilyn نويسنده Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Dann Marilyn , Soltani Poria نويسنده Department of Biostatistics, University of social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Soltani Poria
Abstract :
Objectives: The parent-child relationship is one of the strongest predictors of a child’s adjustment during adulthood. Many hearing-impaired children have normal hearing families, and this issue adversely affects the parent-child relationship; however, studies on interventions have focused on high-risk clinical specimens.
Methods: The effect of the Faranak parent-child program (Persian version of parent-child Mother Goose program) on the quality of mother-child relationship has been evaluated in this study, which involved families having preschool, hearing-impaired children. A group of 14 mothers with hearing-impaired children participated in this 12-week program. The control group received no training. Both groups were asked to complete the Gerrard parent-child questionnaire before and after the intervention program to assess their relationship with their children before and after the program.
Results: The mothers who were part of the experiment group reported many positive changes in their relationship with the child during the program.
Discussion: The Frank parent-child Mother Goose program could help families with hearing-impaired children in this 12-week community-based program, wherein parents learned skills that affect the relationship between mother and child.
