Regional Forum: “Parent Education and Support Centers in educational organizations: regional experience, problems and potential”

How can we improve interaction and strengthen the connection between family and school? How will current issues of family education be addressed? These and other issues were the subject of discussion at the regional forum “Parent Education and Support Centers in educational organizations: regional experience, problems and potential”.

250 representatives of the educational community of the region gathered at Secondary School No. 46: methodologists of education departments of cities and districts, deputy headmasters of schools responsible for educational work, classroom teachers, educational psychologists and social educators of schools, as well as the parent community and representatives of non–governmental organizations.

Innesa Chernysheva, Head of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region, welcomed the participants of the forum.

The forum consisted of two parts. The first part included a plenary session to address the issues of psychological and pedagogical support for children, fostering positive relationships in the child-parent-teacher triad. Special attention was paid to providing psychological support for parents of children with developmental disabilities. In the second part of the event involved work in five sectional platforms.

Following the forum, the participants made recommendations for enhancing the quality of implementing the Single Education Program and organizing the activities of Parent Education and Support Centers in schools.