Browsing by Subject "Downin syndrooma"

The aim of this study is to examine parents' experiences of day-care practices in the home of a child who has Down syndrome. The study focuses on co-operation between parents and day-care before the start of day-care and parental experiences about the need for these practices. Related research material is very scarce, so the test is very theory-oriented. The study used both qualitative and the quantitative research features in parallel. The study was carried out with an online questionnaire for parents whose child is in day-care, and that has been diagnosed with Down syndrome. Respondents were a total of 34, of which 18 ended up in the examination answer. The survey had open and structured questions to measure parents' opinions and experiences. The results have been analyzed by themeing open answers and classifying structured answers. The results show that the initial practices of day-care for special children come true in versatile manner. Primary nursing has been adopted well in day care and educational partnership is a familiar term to all the parents. Parents had plenty of time to explore both the day care staff, the practices of the group. Multi-professional educational team was mostly present in the childs matters from the beginning. The study showed that the most important thing for parents in day care is a knowledgeable and professional staff. In addition, questions arose as an important warm attitude towards the special child, who must be a natural part of the everyday life of the group to integrate on a normal day-care group.