Programas de educación parental.
- Martín Quintana, Juan Carlos 1
- Máiquez Chaves, María Luisa 2
- Rodrigo López, María José 2
- Byrne, Sonia 2
- Rodríguez Ruiz, Beatriz 2
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Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España
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Universidad de La Laguna
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ISSN: 1132-0559
Año de publicación: 2009
Volumen: 18
Número: 2
Páginas: 121-134
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Psychosocial Intervention
Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible
Resumen
This paper was aimed at emphasizing the importance of using parenting programs to promote parental competences. There is a need for this support taking into account the complexity of the parenting task in our modern societies. Following the European recommendation on positive parenting, those parenting programs are considered important measures to support parents in their educational role. Forward, several generations of parenting programs at the international context were briefly described and some examples of programs within the national context, as well. This paper provides some reflection on three models of parental education, and shows the results of an experiential parenting programs addressed to parents in psychosocial risk situation in two Spanish communities. A new program “Crecer felices en familia”, still in the implementation phase, was also described. As a conclusion, the paper emphasized the importance of evaluating programs in order to know more about their efficacy and to improve the way of implementation in real settings.