Supporting parents through video interaction guidance

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Supporting parents through video interaction
guidance

• Léna Szilvási
• Hungarian Videotraining Association
• ELTE University
• EECERA conference, Prague, 2007

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Levels of support / intervention

• Family change in the interactive behaviour of
  parents short film
• Family and services - enhancing reflection
  through images
• Policy level developments in early education
  programs in Hungary

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Improvement of interactive behaviour

• Mothers question
• How can I better handle my child?
• Victor, a hyperactive child, age 6
• 5 recordings and 5 feedback discussions

• Results
• Negative cycle changes into positive
• interaction
• Mother more self-confident
• Deeper emotional-expressive dialogue

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Crossing social borders through VIG building
support network Better interaction
between services
between parents, teachers,
social workers
in the family
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Enhancing reflection through images
Feedback pointing on successful elements of
interaction
Playing with marbles Discussing rules,
colors Who has initiative
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• Playing together, cooperation
• Giving space for the child

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Talking about playing together cooperation
relationship with helpers being understood and
misunderstood
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Stepping into the role of the father
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Discussing family roles. The pictures make the
new father to speak about himself, his past
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Building support network around the family
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Plans on policy level - for the development of
early education programs in Hungary
Visiting (health) nurses (0-2)
Sure Start like programs (2-5)
Preschools and kindergartens (3-7)
Nurseries (0,5 3)

• Planned new developments
• Sure Start programs in underdeveloped regions
  (no child care
• facilities, high poverty rate)
• Integrated programs for children 0,5 to 7 years
  old
• Supporting parents (by VIG, Step by Step and
  other programs)
• Increase quality of educational programs (Step
  by Step, VIG and
• others)
• Partnership on local level (parents, teachers,
  social workers, citizen)
• Improve cooperation on departmental level