Parents’ interaction with pedagogues as equal partners is an important and unquestionable factor in a successful process of education. The practice shows that a problem of contact with parents arises. Therefore searching for new co-operation forms, seeking to ground the importance of parents’ pedagogical competences for continuity of preschool age children education and to ascertain the competences education possibilities, a research was made, in which parents’ opinions about pedagogical competences have been analysed, negative factors have been examined and parents opinion about the impact of pedagogical competences on children education continuity, parents and pedagogues co-operation was revealed. 282 respondents took part in the research: i.e. 60 parents of Šiauliai aesthetical education Study “Ko-dėl-čia”, 150 parents from the kindergarten “Kulverstukas”, 72 parents from Kužiai Kindergarten “Vyturėlis”. The following research methods were used in the thesis: scientific literature analysis, questionnaire, interview. Statistical analysis was made. Seeking to ensure the validity of the data received and legitimacy of the conclusions, the following data processing methods were used: relative frequency and percent frequency, correlation analysis (analysing data using Kruskal- Wallis test). The hypothesis of the research has proved out: it was established that the parents lack pedagogical knowledge. The results of the research show that education for parents is necessary... [to full text]

Žinoma, kad kas dešimtas vaikas, turintis klausos negalią, gimsta kurčiųjų šeimoje, kiti devyni gimsta ir auga girdinčiųjų šeimose. Pastarosioms yra labai sudėtinga susitaikyti su šiuo faktu, joms reikalinga visokeriopa pagalba, o ypač psichologinė, kurios Lietuvoje labiausiai trūksta. Dėl nepakankamo žinių lygio apie savo vaiko negalią ir problemas, su kuriomis bus susiduriama, dėl savo psichologinės būklės tėvai daro daug klaidų spręsdami vaikų su klausos negalia ugdymo klausimus. Tik ankstyvojoje vaikystėje tinkamai organizuotas kurčio vaiko ugdymas gali sukurti prielaidas išugdyti pilnavertę asmenybę. Kiek tėvai gali nuspręsti kas jų vaikui geriausia, kiek jie žino apie būtiną ankstyvą klausos pažeidimų diagnostiką, apie savo neįgalaus vaiko ugdymo, protezavimo, įvairias pagalbos formas bei kitas galimybes – tai labai svarbūs kurčio vaiko pozityvios socializacijos veiksniai. / Statistics data shows that one out of ten hearing impaired children is born to a deaf family while nine hearing impaired children are born to a hearing family. Hearing families have great problems to accept the fact of their child‘s deafness and need many-sided support especially psychological help and advice. Because of lack of knowledge about the needs and problems of deaf children as well as their hard psychological state parents make many mistakes regarding decisions on education of their deaf children. Only appropriately organized process of education since early childhood enables to raise a deaf child as a socialized person. Parents’ knowledge of early childhood deafness diagnostics and identification, services, education, technological equipment, communication, various support forms, and other opportunities – these are very important factors for positive socialization of deaf children.