Child Care and Employed Parents of Children With Emotional

Question: Discuss about Child Care and Employed Parents of Children With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders? Answer: Introduction Childcare and employment, handling these two for many parents will be a difficult task. Especially in a country like the United States, where almost in every family, both the parents are working, handling children and work is a difficult issue. Especially in the growing years of the child when the kid needs the utmost attention of either of the parents, finding a good child care at that point of age should be the topmost priority for every parent (Windell, 2012). This task becomes even more difficult if the child is suffering from the emotional or behavioral disorder. Normal child care homes provide the care for normal children, children who are different from the rest need extra attention for every work, at times, and child care homes are not able to provide this extra care. These children even need extra care from the parents, in such a situation; it becomes difficult for both the parents to work as the child may need the parents at the time of emergency (Access to Child Care for C hildren with Emotional or Behavioral Challenges: An Essential Element of Family Support, 2015). Purpose Statement The purpose of this study is to determine the employment-related problems that that the parents in US face to get child care. In addition to this, this study will be conducted to determine whether parents with children having emotional and behavioral disorder face employment-related problems and how the parents deal with the children while assigning a child care for the children (Bakken, Obiakor Rotatori, 2012). Participants To carry out this study appropriately, 60 families were interviewed. The families include either single parent, or both parents working or one parent working and another parent are staying at home. The families also include at least one child with the emotional or behavioral disorder. In some families, the child has a sibling, and in some families the child is a single child (Bee Boyd, 2013). In addition to this, certain child care centers were interviewed to determine the problems the staffs face if the child is suffering from emotional and behavioral disorders and how frequent the staffs needs to consult the parents of the child depending on the need of emergency. Materials And Procedures As stated earlier, 60 families and five child care centers are interviewed with questionnaires. Questions like, how difficult was it for the parents to find a child care for the wards, how the behavior of the child affected the work, is the organization the parents are working supportively, is the child care center where the child goes can take proper care of the child, are asked to the parents to determine the employment-related problems the parents are facing when it comes to taking good care of the child (Blake, 2011). Variables The behavior of the child and how the child is reacting to various situations and environments is taken as the main variable in this study, as the behavior and welfare of the child is the utmost concern of the parent that affects work. The work pressure of the parents can also be taken as the second variable, as the work pressure might affect child care. Data Analysis Plan Problems faced by the parents with the child The families with the special children face a lot of problems while providing good care to the children. The parents have to arrange for the transportation of the children to school, attend to emergencies and medical crisis, make the school authorities fully aware of the childs special needs, and the most important one, to find a good day care for the child (Gerdes, 2010). Problems faced by the parents at work Children with behavioral disorder and both the parents working require child care the most. However, the child cares at times are not well equipped to take care of the special child, and hence the organizations need to consult the parents (GuÃÅ'ˆnter Hasenclever, 2011). The working parents have to attend the child before the work; as a result, it affects the work front. Many parents have to give up work tours to be with the child while the other parent is not at the town. The problems with the child even hampered the career growth as the parent are not able to take up any challenging work in the office, as it will require complete dedication that is not possible in this case (M. Brennan, H. Caplan Ama, 2015). Single parents even have greater problems than the families with both mother and father. These parents totally depend upon the child care centers. These parents try to find a job that is nearer to the home and the child care center so that the child can be attended whenever needed. The parents even settle for the low-income job that will require less time at the office as well as more time for the child (Mash Wolfe, 2010). Data Analysis The study showed that out of the 60 families, 96% of the families have faced the employment related problem. Out of the families interviewed, 47% of the families have reported that either of the parents has to leave the job unable to meet the work pressure or to take care of the child. Out those 47%, it was found in most of the case it is the mother who has to leave the job. Out of the 60 families, 30% of the families have two children, mostly the elder one is a normal while, the younger one is with the disorder. The remaining 70% did not think of having a second issue because the first child needs the complete care of the parents. The centers have also admitted that these children behave differently in different situations, and the staffs have to contact the parents when the situation gets out of the hands (Palmer, 2011). Conclusion Thus, it is concluded, that parents with children with the behavioral disorder face a huge amount of pressure to find a good child care for the kid as well as face a lot of problems at work (LeCroy, 2011). In most of the cases it was found that the parents have to alter the work front either by quitting the job or by shifting to a new job which is nearer to the home or to the child care center so that the child can be attended whenever needed (Wicks-Nelson, Israel Wicks-Nelson, 2013). References Access to Child Care for Children with Emotional or Behavioral Challenges: An Essential Element of Family Support. (2015) (1st ed.). Portland, OR. 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