I see in primeng components the use something like ngModel (two-way data binding) style for some property like this
[(selection)]=\"selectedItem\"; <
[(selection)]=\"selectedItem\";
In your child component (component-a) you need an @output
@output
@Output() change:EventEmitter = new EventEmitter();
and then you notify parent component about a changed value by
change.emit(newValue);
See also Angular2: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33220997/3710630