The specifics of a family-centered approach to families with issues of the early preschool age of children in emergency situations

Abstract

The author addresses the new problem of the specifics of using a family-centered approach to families with issues of the early preschool age children in emergency situations. The theoretical aspects of using a family-centered approach, which recognizes the child’s family as the best environment for him to live and develop, education, upbringing are considered. The essence of the introduction of a family-centered approach to families in matters of early child development is revealed. The concepts of family-centered approach, family, early age of children and emergency situation are considered. Dramatic changes in the characteristics of families in Ukraine under the influence of extraordinary events over the past few decades have influenced the evolution of family-oriented services. For example, there are many family configurations in Ukraine today, including, but not limited to, teenage parents, elderly parents, single-parent families, families with adopted children, families with foster children, grandmothers and grandparents or other relatives raising children, two parents of the same sex, mixed families, dysfunctional families, etc. Raising a child in a family environment is distinguished by certain features, namely: the emotional richness of the relationship between parents and the child, the presence of closeness and warmth; the constancy and duration of communication, the child's participation in the plans of the father and mother, other family members; the individual focus of pedagogical influences on the child with a flexible daily routine; the possibility of communication with relatives of different age groups; children of different generations.