Study of the Caregivers’Strategies Used to Meet Educational Needs and Expectations for Children with Developmental Delays.

• Main Authors: Ya Ching Li, 李雅靜
• Other Authors: Ya Jung Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08027408754586791799

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 早期療育研究所 === 98 === This study aims to examine the participation of“caregivers of children with special needs”in the course of pre-school education,and how the caregivers generate the expectations and needs of education through parent-child interactions and participation in the process of the children's learning;to understand the caregivers’ interactions with nursery school teachers or other caregivers of children with special needs,as well as the caregivers'strategies used in order to meet their expectations for the children with special needs. In this paper, Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological System Theory is used as the research framework. The qualitative data was collected by in-depth interview. Ten caregivers of children with special needs participated in this study, and based on the analysis result of the interview content, the research findings are: 1.The educational needs of the caregivers are: the need of pre-school teacher’s professional, the need of peer interaction to improve language abilities and the need of early special education in class designed for disabled student. 2.The educational expectations of the caregivers are: keeping up with the general progress of the children, increasing the current capacity of the children and feeling confused about the future. 3.The strategies of parents -teachers interaction to meet the needs and expectations for children with special needs are teachers as dominate and parents as subordimente,the education expectations are depend on the preschool teacherand the caregivers depend on special educational teachers’ professional. 4.The strategies of the Caregivers’interactions to meet the need and expectations for the children with special needs are keeping polite to the other caregivers, caregivers as resources, and defencing other caregivers. Finally, based on the conclusions, suggestions are given to the community, education agencies, nursery schools/early intervention institutions, families of children with special needs, and so on.