Sassy Jessy - Parent's Guide: promoting the understanding and discussion of emotions in early childhood
Jääskeläinen, Carey; Leahy, Maija; Geay, Sara (2022)
2022
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Sara Geay, Carey Jääskeläinen and Maija Leahy
“Sassy Jessy: Parent’s Guide” – Promoting the understanding and discussion of emotions in early childhood
188 Pages and 5 attachments
Published May 2022
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor’s Degree Program in Social Services
This thesis considers the importance of the child-parent dynamic. Parents play a huge part in nurturing a child’s mental and emotional development. However, as presented in this thesis, not all parents have equal knowledge and skills to comprehend their child’s emotions or know how to communicate in a child-sensitive and emotionally enriching manner.
We identified a need for preventative mental health tools in society—particularly those aimed at both the parent and the child. Therefore, our thesis project aimed to create and develop a guidebook for parents and guardians of children aged 4-8. Due to the sensitivities considered in our Parent’s Guide, the target group includes multicultural and intercultural families, single-parent families, and LGBTQ+ parented families.
This Guide was made to complement and work alongside the “Sassy Jessy: Children’s Activity Book”. This same thesis group created the Children’s Book during the Project Management and Innovation course within the Bachelor of Social Services degree program in DIAK. Combining the two products allows the child and parent to enrich their bond, promote communication and develop a deeper understanding of themselves and those around them.
The Parent’s Guide, which has been developed in this thesis project, is a valuable preventative mental health tool. It provides the reader with knowledge, tips, and ideas for supporting their child’s emotional development, wellbeing, and self-expression.
As explained in this thesis, developing our Guidebook involved using the feedback from professionals and a workshop with our target group. The Guide will be available for download free of charge on the website of our work-life partner, Familia ry.
We hope this free preventive tool will provide an education that can help reduce inequality and the increasing social disparities seen in society. Particularly we hope it reduces the multiple, intersecting forms of structural discrimination relating to stigma and mental health.
Keywords: Emotions, Mental Health, Stigma, Intercultural, Child Development, Parenting.
Sara Geay, Carey Jääskeläinen and Maija Leahy
“Sassy Jessy: Parent’s Guide” – Promoting the understanding and discussion of emotions in early childhood
188 Pages and 5 attachments
Published May 2022
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor’s Degree Program in Social Services
This thesis considers the importance of the child-parent dynamic. Parents play a huge part in nurturing a child’s mental and emotional development. However, as presented in this thesis, not all parents have equal knowledge and skills to comprehend their child’s emotions or know how to communicate in a child-sensitive and emotionally enriching manner.
We identified a need for preventative mental health tools in society—particularly those aimed at both the parent and the child. Therefore, our thesis project aimed to create and develop a guidebook for parents and guardians of children aged 4-8. Due to the sensitivities considered in our Parent’s Guide, the target group includes multicultural and intercultural families, single-parent families, and LGBTQ+ parented families.
This Guide was made to complement and work alongside the “Sassy Jessy: Children’s Activity Book”. This same thesis group created the Children’s Book during the Project Management and Innovation course within the Bachelor of Social Services degree program in DIAK. Combining the two products allows the child and parent to enrich their bond, promote communication and develop a deeper understanding of themselves and those around them.
The Parent’s Guide, which has been developed in this thesis project, is a valuable preventative mental health tool. It provides the reader with knowledge, tips, and ideas for supporting their child’s emotional development, wellbeing, and self-expression.
As explained in this thesis, developing our Guidebook involved using the feedback from professionals and a workshop with our target group. The Guide will be available for download free of charge on the website of our work-life partner, Familia ry.
We hope this free preventive tool will provide an education that can help reduce inequality and the increasing social disparities seen in society. Particularly we hope it reduces the multiple, intersecting forms of structural discrimination relating to stigma and mental health.
Keywords: Emotions, Mental Health, Stigma, Intercultural, Child Development, Parenting.