Supporting parents through
video interaction guidance
Léna Szilvási
Hungarian Videotraining
Association
ELTE University
EECERA conference, Prague,
2007
Levels of support / intervention
• Family – change in the interactive
behaviour of parents – short film
• Family and services - enhancing
reflection through images
• Policy level – developments in early
education programs in Hungary
Improvement of interactive
behaviour
• Mother’s question:
„How can I better handle my child?”
• Victor, a hyperactive child, age 6
• 5 recordings and 5 feedback discussions
Results:
• Negative cycle changes into positive
interaction
• Mother more self-confident
• Deeper emotional-expressive dialogue
Crossing social borders through VIG
– building support network
Better interaction
between
services
between parents,
teachers,
social
workers
in the family
Enhancing reflection through
images
Feedback:
pointing on successful
elements of interaction
Playing with marbles:
Discussing rules, colors
Who has initiative
• Playing together, cooperation
• Giving space for the child
Talking about playing together – cooperation – relationship
with helpers – being understood and misunderstood
Stepping into the role of the father…
Discussing family roles. The pictures make the
„new father” to speak about himself, his past
Building support network around the family
Preschool
Social
services
family
Developmental
services
VIG
Plans – on policy level - for the development of
early education programs in Hungary
Visiting (health)
nurses
(0-2)
Nurseries
(0,5 – 3)
Planned new developments:
Sure Start like
programs
(2-5)
Preschools and
kindergartens
(3-7)
• Sure Start programs in underdeveloped regions (no child care
facilities, high poverty rate)
• Integrated programs for children 0,5 to 7 years old
• Supporting parents (by VIG, Step by Step and other programs)
• Increase quality of educational programs (Step by Step, VIG and
others)
• Partnership on local level (parents, teachers, social workers, citizen)
• Improve cooperation on departmental level