Exploring Continuities between Family Engagement and Well-Being in Aboriginal Head Start Programs in Canada

Autor/inn/en	Gerlach, Alison J.; Gignac, Joan
Titel	Exploring Continuities between Family Engagement and Well-Being in Aboriginal Head Start Programs in Canada
Quelle	In: Infants and Young Children, 32 (2019) 1, S.60-74 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0896-3746
DOI	10.1097/IYC.0000000000000133
Schlagwörter	Family Involvement; Well Being; Indigenous Populations; Foreign Countries; Federal Programs; Early Childhood Education; Parent Participation; Disadvantaged Youth; Preschool Children; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Sinti und Roma; Ausland; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Elternmitwirkung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Kanada
Abstract	Children and families receive maximum benefits from early childhood programs when families are actively engaged. "Parental involvement" is an established feature of Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities (AHSUNC) in Canada, and there is interest in increasing the knowledge on how AHSUNC sites engage with parents and families. This qualitative study generated knowledge and insights into the nature of family engagement in AHSUNC programs. From May to November 2016, semistructured interviews were undertaken with 26 participants in AHSUNC programs across British Columbia. Participants included parents (n = 10); Elders (n = 6), and AHSUNC program coordinators and family workers (n = 10). Findings illustrate a nuanced, relational, and strengths-based approach to family engagement that included AHSUNC program staff being responsive to the influence of broader social and structural factors on families' everyday lives and program engagement. Findings highlight how family engagement practices in AHSUNC are interdependent and continuous with practices aimed at supporting family well-being. The implications of reframing family engagement from a relational perspective are discussed. These findings have relevancy beyond Indigenous contexts to all early childhood and child health programs that are questioning how to engage with families who experience multifaceted forms of social disadvantage and marginalization. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01