ISKUSTVA PRUŽANJE PSIHOSOCIJALNE PODRŠKE RODITELJIMA DJECE I MLADIH OSOBA S TEŠKOĆAMA U RAZVOJU

Psychosocial support is a social service that involves psychosocial rehabilitation that encourages the development of cognitive, functional, communicational or social skills of users. It can be provided individually or in a group. It is usually provided by the service provider or the user’s family. In this paper, I will present the experiences of providing psychosocial support to parents of children and young people with disabilities that were provided in various areas of Sisak-Moslavina County during 2019 and 2020. I will also present the summary results of the application of the MANSA Quality of Life Scale that parents filled at the beginning of inclusion in this form of service, and one year after the provision of the same. This short survey involved 45 people, slightly more women (mothers) than men (fathers), and the average age of the respondents was 37 years. The results show that psychosocial support services had a positive effect on self-assessment of the quality of life of parents - especially on the particles of satisfaction with their lives, quality and number of friendships and satisfaction with relationships with family members.