The development of a child developmental promoting model for children aged 0-5 years with a suspected developmental delays using community participation in Mueang District, Mahasarakham Province.

Abstract

Objective : The purpose of this research was to construct and develop the model of promoting early childhood development  in Mueang district, Mahasarakham province.         

Method : This was a research designed using an action method to collect data , This research was conducted in 20 primary care unit (PCU), during December 2021 to November 2022,Totally 156 participants involved which comprised 58 of children 0-5 years old with suspected developmental delay,58 of children 0-5 years old with suspected developmental delay, 20 of Healthcare professionals and 20 of Healthcare volunteers. This research procedure consisted of 3 phases were following 1) Preparation phase, 2) Development intervention phase and 3) Evaluation phase. The data were collected from various sources; medical record, the HDC database. The instruments were used in this study included EQ emotional intelligence test, assessment of executive functions (EF), DSPM (Early child development surveillance and development Manual and a group’s conversation record. Data analysis were description statistics which summarised data used indexes; percentage (%), mean (), and content analysis.

Result : The research has shown that :Phase l Preparation, the children (EC) were among the most likely have been living with or being cared for primarily by a grandparent they were possibly lack of wisdom, knowledge, understanding and skill of child care, unable to provide educational and social experiences that children needs this can affect child development. Phase ll The Development intervention phase consisted of 6 activities; 1) Analysis situations and identity the problem what the circumstances were. 2) Meeting feedback and solution action plan intervention 3) provide Executive Functions (EF) training for teacher  4) Provide The Triple-P activity for parent and children 5) monitor child development by using Triangular platform 6) Interaction and knowledge sharing. Phase lll Evaluation it was found the score of Emotional quotient of early children were significantly increased from 44.86 to 59.98 and furthermore Executive functions skill in an individual also increased from 34.48 to 53.45. In addition that to DSPM was used to assess afterwards indicated that overall of child development outcome has 93.10%.

Conclusion: The Development intervention phase consisted of 6 activities This Name TRIPLE Model. Evaluation it was found the score of Emotional quotient of early children were significantly increased from 44.86 to 59.98 and furthermore Executive functions skill in an individual also increased from 34.48 to 53.45. In addition that to DSPM was used to assess afterwards indicated that overall of child development outcome has 93.10% and 6.90% suspected developmental delay.