PROMOTING AND ENHANCING PARENTING

Promoting and Enhancing Parenting

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Parenting Population1

Specific and General Needs2

Problems Faced4

Parenting Programmes4

References6

Promoting and Enhancing Parenting

Introduction

This assignment aims to highlight the various needs of our chosen population of parents about additional support needs required by their children. The discussion is followed by identifying the diverse needs of the children along with the different problems faced by the parents. Also, the different programmes that the parents can seek for timely support are too discussed.

Parenting Population

Morris & Wates (2006) define families who have children with additional support needs as a larger group of parents out of the general population, who require support needs that are more or less than those required by disabled parents. However, disabled parents in this context are those who are physically unable to nurture their offspring's. In addition, Morris & Wates (2006) also outline the characteristics of the children who belong to such group of families, with certain overlapping features. Morris & Wates (2006) refer these characteristics as defined in the legal policy framework when describing children with needs.

These forms of needs are; if the child is unable to remain or stay healthy on their own, or is not the recipient of care from the local health authorities. In addition, the health history of the child being very poor since birth or the child is physically or mentally disabled. Similarly, the second feature termed, describes those children who face any form of physical threat and may require legal protection. Conversely, the third feature mentions about those children who voluntarily or involuntarily become 'carers', and provide such level of care to another needy individual which would normally be expected off an adult. The last characteristic mentioned by Morris & Wates (2006) of the children who require essential support needs are the handicapped children. The previous classification composes of all those children who are emotionally, physically and mentally challenged that entitle them to additional support by the authorities.

Specific and General Needs

The Falkirk Council (2005) official website defines the additional support needs required by children, to be the support that is provided, in addition, to the regular amount of services by the state. Moreover, it states that these additional support needs could be required for a short or longer period of times. The reasons mentioned on the Falkirk Council (2005) website that makes children eligible for additional support are the various problems that children might face at their homes. This could be because of lack of proper attention by their parents. Other reasons include situations where the child is extraordinarily gifted and may require extra resources to cultivate the talent that they may possess. Similarly, any form of physical disability or emotional complications that a child may be facing is another reason that a child may require additional support. Also, social problems that a child may confront, such as bullying at school, frequently moving houses, becoming a young parent or a carer, or failure to communicate generally or having English as a second language, are the reasons ...