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Family support programs: Neighbourhood programs helping families

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Durant les deux dernières décades, il y a eu une tendance croissante changement de a augmenter les programmes d’aide aux familles avec de jeunes enfants tant au Canada que dans d’autres pays. Ces programmes sont variés et vont des interactions sociales informelles à la participation à des programme structurés. Cet article décrit les caracteristiques générales de ces programmes, resume ont leur logique presentent les centres de soutien aux familles comme un exemple de programmes.d’aide aux familles, et soulique six facteurs — clés pour la planification de ces programmes. Ces facteurs sont les suivants: (a) la reconnaissance de la diversité des familles d’aujourd’hui, (b) l’évaluation initiale des besoins des familles, (c) la necessité d’avoir des programmes variés d) la pertinence du programme dans le contexte culturel, (e) le besoin de ressources financières, et (f) l’importance de la documentation et de l’évaluation.

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Desde los dos últimos decenios se ha notado un cambio de dirección en los programas de apoyo à las familías con noños en Canadá y otreos países. Estos programas son diversos y variados y incluy en tan las interacciones sociales informales para la participación estructurada. Este artículo describe las características generales de estos programas, resume el rational, habla sobre los centros de recursos para las familias por ejemplo los programas de apoyo a las familías, y delinea los seis factores principales para la planificación de estos programas. Estos factores son: a) el reconocimiento de la diversidad en las familías de hoy, b) la determinación de las necesidades de las familías, c) la necesidad de programas diferentes, d) la pertinencia del programa en el contexto cultural, e) la necesidad de suporte financiero, y f) la importancia y valor de la documentación y evaluación.

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    M. I. Mayfield Ph.D. (Professor of Early Childhood Education)

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Mayfield, M.I. Family support programs: Neighbourhood programs helping families. IJEC 25, 45–50 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03185616

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