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Parental Satisfaction with the Quality of Care in an Early Intervention Service for Children with Visual Impairment:
Tiziana Battistin1,2,3, Elena Mercuriali2,3, Carlotta Borghini4
1Department of Neurosciences and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Insights
Parents highly value the Robert Hollman Foundation's early intervention program for visually impaired children. The individualized, nurturing support significantly enhances parent-infant interactions and overall family well-being.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Ophthalmology
- Family Support Services
Background:
- Vision is crucial for child development.
- Early intersubjectivity and parent-infant interactions are vital for support.
- The Robert Hollman Foundation offers holistic early intervention for visually impaired children.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess parental perceptions of the Robert Hollman Foundation's early intervention program.
- To evaluate the quality of care from the parents' perspective.
- To understand the impact of individualized nurturing relational support.
Main Methods:
- An eleven-year retrospective study.
- Surveying 1086 parents using a specifically designed 4-point scale questionnaire.
- Calculating annual longitudinal trends in parental perceptions.
Main Results:
- Parents reported very high satisfaction (Mean > 3.7/4) in 21 out of 23 questions.
- Highest satisfaction scores were for professionals' human and soft skills.
- A statistically significant positive trend (p < 0.05) in perceptions was observed over time.
Conclusions:
- The foundation's core approach of individualized nurturing relational support is highly appreciated by parents.
- High parental satisfaction confirms the program's effectiveness.
- Parent-infant relationship-based, individualized approaches may improve child health, well-being, and daily life quality.
Abstract:
The fundamental role of vision during development and the nurturing role of early intersubjectivity have enabled the Robert Hollman Foundation to develop an early intervention program providing holistic support to visually impaired children and their families, where fostering parent-infant interactions is at the heart of our care. The aim of this study is to understand how parents perceive this approach. It is an eleven-year retrospective study of children following the Robert Hollman Foundation's early intervention program, in which parents' (n = 1086) perceptions of quality of care were measured through the administration of a specifically designed 4-point scale questionnaire. Annual longitudinal trends of parents' perceptions were calculated for every single response. Parents reported a very high satisfaction value in 21/23 questions (Mean > 3.7 out of a maximum score of 4, with the highest scores in human and soft skills of professionals) with a statistically positive trend (p < 0.05), throughout the period considered. Our core approach, based on an individualized nurturing relational support, has been appreciated and confirmed by the high satisfaction reported in the questionnaires by parents of children with visual impairment. We therefore hypothesize that parent-infant relationship-based and individualized approaches may help parents achieve better health, well-being, and quality of daily life for their children.
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