Results of competence formation in parents of children with moderate intellectual disabilities.

OBJECTIVE:The aim: To analyze the levels of competence formation in parents of senior preschoolers with moderate ID and to substantiate the obtained indicators for practical use. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Materials and methods: The sample of the study was 162 persons: experimental group (EG) - parents (or persons substituting them) of 53 preschoolers with moderate ID - 96 persons (out of the total number, 12 children are brought up by mothers without fathers); control group (CG) - parents (or persons substituting them) of 41 preschoolers with MID - 66 persons (out of the total number, 16 children are brought up by mothers without fathers). RESULTS:Results: The use of Fisher's φ-criterion allowed to draw the following conclusions: first, at the ascertaining stage of the experiment the characteristics of the EG and CG according to certain indicators of parental competence were homogeneous (α=0.05). At the control stage - significantly different indicators of the experimental group (α=0.01). Secondly, positive changes in the identified characteristics in the EG and absence of such changes in the CG, gives grounds to argue about the effectiveness of implementation of the developed and presented in the experimental model forms, methods and conditions for the development of parental competence. CONCLUSION:Conclusions: Thus, despite almost identical indicators of competence levels in parents of the EG and CG at the ascertaining stage of the experiment, the molding stage testified to the specific advantage of representatives of the experimental group over representatives of the control group on levels of development of motivational-personal, gnostic, communicative-activity criteria of competence of parents of children with moderate ID.