It discusses how best to encourage successful engagement with families in order to acknowledge what they already do well with their children, and support them in their parenting role.
For a long time in the UK, there has been an ongoing local and national debate on how best to engage families in child and adult services, in order to help narrow the gap between children from disadvantaged and advantaged backgrounds. Research tells us that there is already a social class differential at 22 months and that this gap only widens as children get older.
The booklet shows that partnership work between parents and professionals should be based on an approach that recognises and builds on parents' expertise, and where professionals and parents really listen to and learn from each other.
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