Education and Support for Biological Families With Children: Modern Experience of the Czech Republic and Ukraine

Abstract

The scientific article emphasizes the importance of teaching and supporting biological families with children to ensure the well-being of the child and the family. A description of the best experiences and innovations of learning and parental capacity building in the Czech Republic and Ukraine is provided. Various special training programs in the Czech Republic aimed at supporting vulnerable families with children are described, and the project activities of the family and community center in Ostrava are highlighted. It was found that the education of families with children, their support is aimed at strengthening family values and intergenerational relationships, strengthening parental role in society, promoting legal protection of the family, motherhood and equal opportunities for all, promoting a healthy lifestyle of each family member in a healthy environment, ensuring harmony between work and family life, supporting modern multicultural environment, encouraging participation in public events for families in the region and the whole the country. The essence and peculiarities of the introduction of the social service "School of Parental Competence" in Ukraine have been revealed. Emphasis is placed on the importance of using an interdisciplinary approach for this. The authors describe the purpose, tasks and features of the implementation of the social service "School of Parental Competence" as well as the main directions of its provision (training sessions for parents and creating a self-help group; therapeutic and developmental classes for children; individual consultations for parents). The stages of preparation of specialists for the implementation of such a service (educational, practical) are determined. The article uses materials developed within the project commissioned by the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine and financial support of the World Bank "Reforming Institutions of Institutional Care and Upbringing of Children in Ternopil Region", 2020-2021, as well as materials collected during the scientific and pedagogical internship in the Czech Republic in 2022 under the Erasmus + academic mobility program.