Avusturya'daki erken çocukluk müdahalesinin durumu 1970'lerde başlamasından günümüzdeki durumuna kadar ve gelecekteki zorlukları açısından açıklanmaktadır. Yetersizliği olan çocuklar veya risk altında olan çocukların yanısıra sosyal olarak dezavantajlı aile ortamlarındaki çocuklar erken çocukluk müdahalelerine hak kazanmaktadırlar. Dokuz eyaletin yasalarına göre, Avusturya'da erken çocukluk müdahalesinin yapısı heterojendir. Çocuğun yaşı (0-3 ya da 6) ve ev temelli hizmetler gibi anahtar terimler konusunda görüş birliği mevcuttur. Belirsiz gelişimsel geriliği ya da hassasiyeti olan çocukların sayısının artmasından dolayı, gelecekteki zorluklar, hassas hedef gruplarının erken tanılanmasında toplum temelli ağlarlarla (sosyal çalışmacı, ruh sağlığı uzmanları) iletişimin arttırılması üzerine odaklanmaktadır. Örnek olarak PRECIOUS (www.precious.at) projesinde önerildiği gibi, erken müdahale uzmanlarının eğitim programları, uzmanların genel olarak hassas ailelerle daha geniş bir ölçüde çalışmalarının gerekliliğini içermelidir.
The situation of early childhood intervention in Austria is described from its beginning in the 1970s up to the present situation and future challenges. Children with disability or at risk of being disabled qualify for early childhood intervention as well as partly and to some extent also children in the context of socially disadvantaged families. Based on nine provincial laws, the structure of early childhood intervention in Austria is heterogeneous. A consensus regarding key terms, the age of the child (0 - 3 or 6), and home-based services exists. Future challenges focus on early identification of vulnerable target groups by increased communication with community based networks (social worker, mental health specialists) as the number of children with unspecific developmental delays or vulnerability will increase. The training programmes for early intervention professionals, as proposed for example in the project PRECIOUS (www.precious.at), must include the need for professionals to work with vulnerable families in general to a greater extent.
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