The Parents’ Club - a place of support, sharing knowledge and experience

The Family - an integral part of a human life: at first he brought up in it himself, and then he is raising his own children in it. In the family the life experience of the person starts to develop, his moral values, needs, interests, mental health are formed, social norms and cultural traditions are learned. Relationships formed in the family, determine the further development of the child.

To accept the peculiarities of the development of their own child and to accept that life can take another route, not like for others, and not according to the dreams is quite difficult. But apart from the problems with the health of children, parents have even ordinary difficulties of daily life that require endurance, fortitude and optimism.

Are all parents of «special children» able to fully cope with their functions? We know that not all the families could manage. It is because of the lack of knowledge about the care of the «special» child, his education and training the parents often show helplessness in the establishing contact with their son or daughter, in building productive relationships in the family.

As a result, the relationships within the family became worse, the parents accumulate fatigue and irritation and the increasing tension makes the spouses and the child suffer. Besides the surrounding society, unfortunately, is not always tolerant not only to the children with special educational needs, but also their relatives. Therefore, for them it is so important to find people who understand their problems, do not condemn them but provide support.

The basic principle of participation in the parent club - voluntary. The work of the Parents’ Club is based on a variety of traditional and non-standard forms of work with parents: discussions, workshops, lectures, creativity, role-playing games, and so on.

Along with recommendations for care, livelihood, development and education of children, parents receive professional assistance and support in the discussion of the following important issues:

   - How to interact with the environment where there are not enough values formed on inclusive
society, and how to protect themselves and the «special» child from tactlessness, idle curiosity, misplaced sympathy, and so on?

   - How to explain to a child his physical differences from other children and how to help him build relationships with people?

   - How to overcome your own chronic stress, restore the psychological balance, begin to plan
for the future and learn to enjoy life again?

In the Parents’ Club the parents of children with special needs can receive psychological support, share their experiences and learn about someone else’s experience, talk about life, acquire new knowledge.

The Goals of the Club:

1. Provision of practical psychological and educational assistance and support to the families of «special» children's parents through the acquisition of appropriate knowledge and skills;

2. Enabling the exchange of experiences on the care, upbringing and education of children;

3. Creation of the psychologically comfortable environment for confidential communication in an informal setting;

4. Formation of the community of families on the basis of the ideas of informed, responsible parenthood.

Contact Information

Офис проекта "Инклюзивное образование для детей с особыми потребностями в Республике Узбекистан"
Республиканский центр социальной адаптации детей
Абдулла Каххар, 34
Ташкент 100100
Узбекистан
Тел: (+99890) 980-82-98
Email: inklyuzivnoe.obrazovanie@hd-ie.com


List of Parent’s Clubs in Pilot regions:


Parent's Club in Urgench:
Established: September 2015
Number of members: 142 parents
Contact person: Muyassar Ibragimova
Phone: (+998 93) 922-71-22

Parent's Club in Termez:
Established: February 2015
Number of members:  14 parents
Contact person: Maya Ganieva
Phone:  (+99891) 580-30-65

Parent's Club in Namangan
Established: May 2015
Number of members: 25 parents
Contact person: Nilufar Hudaykulova
Phone: (+99891)368-05-78

Parent's Club in Samarkand
Established:  February 2014
Number of members: 25 parents
Contact person: Rakhmatullaeva Rohat Abdugafarovna – Chairman
Phone: (+998 91) 559-85-21

Parent's Club in Tashkent
Established: September 2015
Number of members: 15 parents
Contact person: RozmetovNasiba
Phone: (+99897) 709-76-18,(+99890 ) 952-06-22