| Revista INFAD 2012 |
ISSN EDICIÓN EN PAPEL: 0214-9877 |
| Nº1, Vol. 4, pp. 355-363 | doi: en trámite |
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Importância do fortalecimento das redes informais de apoio: projecto oficinas de pais.
Júlia Serpa Pimentel / Sandra Dias. pp. 355-363
Abstract
The project “Oficinas de Pais/Bolsas de Pais” designed within a partnership between ISPA –Instituto Universitário and Associação Pais-em-Rede, aims to support and strengthen parents of dis-abled children and youth, creating a family-centered support network that enables the development of their parental competencies, as proposed by Dunst, Trivette e Deal (1988, 1994).
The Project provides three different levels of participation: (1) Emotional support groups (GAE);(2) Enabling and Empowerment groups (COR); (3) Parents as Caregivers.
In the first level, the main objective is to enable parents to view the importance of their social network. According to Cochran and Niego (1995, cit. Brandão & Craveirinha, 2011), Seligman and Darling (2007) and Serrano (2003), the development of formal and informal net works is determi-nant in what concerns parental role in families with disabled children.
In this paper we present the results of the Support functions Scale and Social Support Scale (adapted from Dunst, Trivette & Deal, 1988), from 115 parents from Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Santarem and Setubal counties.
Keywords: emotional support; Parental Empowerment; social network
