Programa de prevención del maltrato infantil, dirigido a padres de familia de los niños que asisten al Centro de Desarrollo de la Niñez Amiguitos de Cristo. Cantón Riobamba. Provincia de Chimborazo. 2015

Abstract

The present research work was conducted through a descriptive cross-sectional study; to identify the physical and psychological abuse caused by parents of children attending in the Development childhood Center ¨Amiguitos de Cristo¨ from San José-Macají neighborhood at Licán Parish in Chimborazo Province 2015. We worked with parents of children between 6 and 8 years old, which the level of knowledge about abuse is 75% and in practice 25%. The parent´s lack of knowledge about how to prevent abuse and its consequences shocked that they make significant contributions towards improving behavior. So this research work proposed to implement a program in order to prevent child abuse in the parents and raise awareness of the practiced of values in a successful way, and a module with ten lesson plans on topics related to child abuse and gets from the parents a good change in the treatment of their children. Developing activities and motivating directly to benefit children families, setting as a tool to develop skills. It concluded that in implementing the program enabled the education of parents and getting results about the prevention of child abuse. It recommended disseminate the results, experiences and knowledge with other social groups to guide decrease the problem.