Parenting support in ECEC services: the views of practitioners implementing a model in the Irish context about parents' engagement and associated outcomes.

IF 2.2 Q2 SOCIOLOGY

Frontiers in Sociology Pub Date : 2025-04-25 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.3389/fsoc.2025.1489477

Catarina Leitão, Jefrey Shumba

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Introduction: Providing parenting support in combination with Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) can positively impact children's and families' wellbeing. This study aimed to explore factors potentially affecting parents' engagement in a parenting support model in ECEC services and associated outcomes. This model involves a professional role dedicated to working with parents, the Parent Carer Facilitator (PCF).

Methods: Eight PCFs and seven managers of ECEC services in Ireland implementing this model were interviewed. Data were analysed through thematic analysis.

Results: Four themes were generated: factors related to parents' engagement, approaches to promoting engagement and responsiveness to families' needs, implementation drivers and relevance of the model.

Discussion: Findings indicated that a professional role dedicated to supporting parents within ECEC services, focusing on establishing trusting relationships and tailoring support according to families' needs, can foster parents' engagement in the support offered and positive outcomes regarding parenting and parents-ECEC service relationship.

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ECEC服务中的育儿支持：实践者在爱尔兰背景下实施关于父母参与和相关结果的模型的观点。

介绍：提供父母支持与幼儿教育和护理（ECEC）相结合可以对儿童和家庭的福祉产生积极影响。本研究旨在探讨在ECEC服务中父母支持模式及其相关结果中可能影响父母参与的因素。这种模式涉及到一个专门与父母合作的专业角色，即父母照顾促进者（PCF）。方法：对爱尔兰实施该模式的8家pcf和7名ECEC服务管理人员进行访谈。通过专题分析对数据进行分析。结果：产生了四个主题：与家长参与相关的因素，促进参与和响应家庭需求的方法，实施驱动因素和模型的相关性。讨论：研究结果表明，在ECEC服务中，专注于支持父母的专业角色，重点是建立信任关系和根据家庭需求定制支持，可以促进父母参与所提供的支持，并在养育子女和父母-ECEC服务关系方面取得积极成果。

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