Emotion Coaching Intervention Program for Refugee Parents and Children: An Action Research

Abstract

Turkiye has been hosting a significant amount of refugees in recent years. Parents and children who have immigrated to Turkiye from different cultures and languages are going through traumatic processes so that they need emotional support. This study aims to provide emotion coaching training to employees and teachers of a Child and Youth Centre that supports Syrian families and their children in Hatay province. The overarching aim is that the employees are to adapt this training to support refugee parents and children. Within the scope of the study, training was delivered to all employees of the institution with a whole school approach, advanced-level training was given to six teachers who work closely with refugees, and emotion recognition and regulation support was provided to ten refugee parents and their children. The mixed method action research design was used as the research method. Questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and written diary methods were used as data collection tools. Inductive thematic analysis method was used in interview and diary analysis and descriptive statistical techniques and paired sample t-test were used in survey analysis. When the findings were examined, it was found that teachers' use of dismissive, disapproving and laissez-faire methods significantly decreased, and their use of emotion coaching methods increased. It was also found that after the training, teachers were able to use the basic principles of emotion coaching intervention method in their daily lives and within various activities. There was an increase in teachers’ own emotional awareness and emotional regulation skills and there were positive emotional outcomes in families and children.

Keywords

• Refugee
• Syria
• Emotion Coaching
• Emotion Regulation
• Holistic Approach

Mülteci Ebeveynler ve Çocukları için Duygu Koçluğu Müdahale Programı: Bir Eylem Araştırması

Abstract

Türkiye son yıllarda önemli düzeyde mülteciye ev sahipliği yapmaktadır. Ülkemize farklı kültürden ve dilden göç etmek zorunda kalan ebeveynler ve çocukların maruz kaldıkları travmatik süreçler göz önüne alındığında duygusal desteğe olan ihtiyaçları ortaya çıkmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, Hatay ilinde bulunan Suriyeli aileler ve çocuklarına destek sağlayan bir Çocuk ve Gençlik Merkezi çalışanlarına ve öğretmenlerine duygu koçluğu eğitimlerinin verilmesi ve bu eğitimlerin mülteci ebeveynler ve çocuklar için sahada kullanımı için adapte edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında, bütünsel yaklaşımla tüm kurum çalışanlarına eğitimler verilmiş, ardından mültecilerle yakından çalışan altı öğretmene ileri seviyede eğitimler verilerek, kuruma devam etmekte olan on mülteci ebeveyn ve çocuklarına etkinlikler içerisinde duygusal farkındalık ve duygu düzenleme desteği sağlanmıştır. Araştırma yöntemi olarak eylem araştırması deseni kullanılmıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak anket, yarı-yapılandırılmış görüşme ve günlük tutma yöntemleri kullanılmıştır. Görüşme ve günlük tutma analizinde tümevarım tematik analiz yöntemi, anket analizinde betimsel istatistik ve paired sample t-test tekniklerinden faydalanılmıştır. Bulgular incelendiğinde, öğretmenlerin duygusal iletişim yöntemlerinde müdahale etmeyen, onaylamayan yöntemler kullanımlarında önemli düzeyde azalma, duygu koçluğu iletişim yöntemi kullanımlarında artış gösterdikleri bulunmuştur. Öğretmenlerin duygu koçluğu müdahale yöntemi temel ilkelerini kendi günlük hayatları içerisinde ve çeşitli etkinlikler içerisinde kullanabildikleri bulunmuştur. Öğretmenlerin kendi duygusal farkındalık ve duygu düzenleme becerilerinin farkına vardıkları ve bu yöntemi kullandıkları aileler ve çocuklarda da duygusal olarak olumlu ilerlemeler olduğu bulunmuştur.

Keywords

• Duygu Koçluğu
• Mülteci
• Suriye
• Bütünsel Yaklaşım
• Duygu Düzenleme

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