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- Baby's
First Word is a Talk To Your Baby initiative to
encourage parents to think about early communication by
asking them to listen out for and share their child's first
word. Find out how to get involved.
- The Centre for
Parent and Child Support (CPCS) was originally established
to help child and family services communicate more effectively
with the people they serve. The Centre is commissioned by
organisations from the health, education, social care and
voluntary sectors to improve the design of their services,
enhance the skills of their staff, and evaluate what they
do. Its aim is to enable service providers to work in partnership
with children and their families, to develop promotional
and preventative strategies, and to provide families with
holistic care, that takes account of their psychological
and social well-being. For more information visit www.cpcs.org.uk
- CHANGE
has produced the 'You and Your Baby 0-1 Year' book as a
practical handbook for parents with learning disabilities.
It has clear and easy to understand words and pictures on
looking after a baby in the first year. It is also available
as a CD-Rom Picture Bank. For more information tel: 0113
243 0202, email changepeople@btconnect.com
or go to www.changepeople.co.uk
- The Child Accident
Prevention Trust (CAPT) has produced the 'I'm only
a baby but.' baby safety booklet. It is a quick-reference,
picture-based booklet for busy parents or those with poor
literacy. It uses a baby to introduce the accidents that
babies are most likely to be hurt in and explain what parents
need to do to keep their baby safe. Modern, colourful illustrations
bring the baby's advice to life. It costs £22.50 plus P&P
for 50 booklets. For more information call CAPT publication
sales on 020 7608 7368.
- First and Foremost series is a collection of books targeting parents to help them support their children during the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). Each of the six books contains ideas for applying the key themes and principles of the EYFS to everyday life to enrich a child's learning and development in the early years setting. Titles include Listening Together, Playing and Learning Outdoors, Music and Dance, Numbers, Shapes and Problem Solving, Being Me, and Mark Making and Representation. They are available to order individually or as a set. For more information and to order visit www.pre-school.org.uk/shop/
- I Love.
is a book produced by educational publishing company Kid
Premiership to encourage young parents to talk to their
babies from day one. It features cartoon graphics to appeal
to teenage parents/carers and convey important messages
about the importance of communicating with babies. The book
retails at £3.45 and significant discounts are available
for large or repeat orders. For more information visit www.kidpremiership.com
or call 01484 536553.
- The DfES has produced a range of
free booklets addressing parenting issues. The Know
How leaflets are designed to help parents and carers
with parenting skills, to provide advice on children's learning
and development, and to raise awareness of health issues.
The leaflets could be used by practitioners and early years
settings to assist parents with specific issues or as a
general source of information. They can be downloaded from
www.parentscentre.gov.uk
- Parenting UK (formerly the
Parenting Education & Support Forum) has produced a fact
sheet called the National Occupational
Standards - Work with Parents. NOS is a framework
for good practice, made up of nationally agreed statements
of competence that describe what people need to know and
be able to do to deliver quality parenting education and
support services. For more information visit www.parentinguk.org
- Parenting
Education Materials from NCVCCO. The National Council
of Voluntary Childcare Organisations (NCVCCO) runs Parenting
Education Materials (PEM) regional events to disseminate
information to the health, education and social care sectors.
The events give practitioners the opportunity to browse
and evaluate resources, which include a variety of materials
such as books, manuals, videos, posters, audiocassettes
and interactive CDs. There is also a Parenting Education
website, which visitors can search for books and other materials
on various aspects of parenting. For more information visit
www.parentingeducationmaterials.co.uk
or call 020 7833 3319.
- The Parents
Plus programmes are practical and positive video-based
parenting courses. The Early Years programme is designed
to support parents who want to maximise their children's
learning, language and social development, as well as reduce
behaviour problems. It is suitable for use with parents
of children within the normal range of development as well
as those with children with special needs such as ADHD,
speech and language and other development problems. Topics
include promoting children's language and development, helping
children concentrate and learn, and encouraging and supporting
children. For more information visit www.parentsplus.ie
- Parents, early years and learning
(PEAL) is a consortium project run by the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), Coram Family and the London Borough of Camden. It was originally funded by the DCSF and continues to provide training through the Early Childhood Unit of the NCB. It provides training for practitioners on how to build effective partnerships with parents to support their child's early learning, as part of the Early Learning Partnerships Programme. It has a particular focus on working with parents in disadvantaged areas and builds on research on the most effective ways of engaging parents with their child's learning.
PEAL provides a free two-day training programme, which was initially piloted in Camden, built on what works best and why to support parental involvement. It considers that parents and professionals bring different expertise and knowledge to the partnership. The PEAL training and supporting materials explore and build on the key elements of the PEAL model; authentic relationships, communication and partnership.
The two day training is split with the first taking place in the setting and the second with the trainer. A free resource pack is given out to each participant. The training is available until March 2008. For more information visit www.peal.org.uk
- The Raising
Expectations series from the Basic Skills Agency
includes a range of resources to support practitioners working
with teenage parents and parents-to-be. Resources include
a DVD, posters, leaflets and case studies. They are designed
to improve basic skills and to help those that may be disadvantaged
to break the cycle for themselves and their children. For
more information go to www.basic-skills.co.uk/resources/
- Reaching
parents - producing and delivering parent information resources,
edited by Clem Henricson. A qualitative research study and
practice guide from the National Family and Parenting Institute,
which looks at a fundamental issue in family support, that
of parents' information needs. It asks whether these needs
are being met, and if the information provided for parents
is designed and offered in a way that meets their requirements
and preferences. The guide attempts to establish guidelines
for the future development of information materials for
parents. See www.nfpi.org
- Shopping
centre pilot to help hard-to-reach parents.
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