Parents as Partners: v. 1 (Positive Relationships in the Early Years) - Softcover

Lindon, Jennie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904575935 ISBN 13: 9781904575931

Publisher: Step Forward Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Build a friendly partnership with parents of children in your care with this gem of a guide from early years expert Jennie Lindon. It is a well-known fact that, if parents are involved in their children's early learning, there is a positive impact on development and later school achievement. However, partnership with parents deserves careful thought and a willingness to explore what will work best for the families who use your provision. This title aims to give early years settings a practical guide to working in partnership with the parents of children in their care. This guide is designed for all settings and features practical advice on how to: involve all parents in their child's early education, connect with families from a diverse range of backgrounds including those who are in the military, are speakers of other languages, work with an extended family, ensure that your practice is father friendly and welcoming to dads, resolve any potential issues with parents before they become a problem and establish a professional partnership with parents, ensuring that you are friendly but not friends. This book is written very accessibly and is full of handy case-studies of best practice in working with parents, and scenarios that early years practitioners may face in their professional lives.

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About the Author

Jennie Lindon is an established author who has written over 30 titles on early years education and care. Jennie is a chartered psychologist and child pyschologist by trade and today works as an early years consultant. She has over 30 years experience of working with a very wide range of settings and services within early years care, education, playwork and out-of-school care, as well as with residential and foster care and her writing reflects the many settings she has worked with.

Edition details

• Publisher: Step Forward Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904575935
• ISBN 13: 9781904575931
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48