Gone are the days when parenting classes were only offered to those seenas bad parents as a way to help them improve relationships with theirchildren.
With the development of the Government's National Academy for ParentingPractitioners it seems that parenting lessons are soon to be availableto all.
The contract to run the centre, which launches in October, was won bythe Family & Parenting Institute, Parenting UK and King's CollegeLondon. Mary Macleod, chief executive of the Family & ParentingInstitute, says: "This is the next step in offering parents the righthelp at the right time as they raise their children."
Testing new methods
The academy will have three core elements. It will house a nationaltraining centre, which will establish the skill deficits within theworkforce around the country and concentrate on meeting those needs.This will train practitioners who work with parents in schools, healthservices and children's services across England to give support toparents in the community.
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