Abstract:
To develop a parent education program providing home-based early intervention for cerebral palsy children. The population were parents living in the North Eastern Region who had children with cerebral palsy at birth-2 years old in the developmental stages of neck control to rolling, and received rehabilitation service from governmental hospitals. The sample who were the cases were 4 parents from 3 families who brought their children to receive rehabilitation service at Srinagarind hospital for the first time selected by using accidental sampling technique. The results of the field experiment were as follows 1) 3 out of 4 parents had the percentage of scores on accurate provision of early intervention lower than 50 percent before the experiment, 2) during and 1 month after the experiment, every parent had the percentage of scores on accurate provision of early intervention higher than before the experiment and higher than the criterion 75 percent. The gained scores varied by each individual parent's scores before the experiment, 3) during and 1 month after the experiment, every parent had the percentage of frequency on providing early intervention higher than the criterion 65 percent. The revised program was designed to provide a supplementary service in addition of regular services of the medical institute. The program consisted of theoretical approach, principles, objectives, target group, content, implementation process : program preparation, teaching, letting parents practice by themselves at home and follow-up, and evaluation. The program materials consisted of a set of 6 program user's manuals, 2 parent's manuals, 9 subsets of practice sheet, a doll made of clothes, toys, a box for keeping materials, a frequency check board and a bag for keeping parent's manuals and practice sheet.