Working with Parents in the Early Years
About the Early Years series
This series has been designed to support students of degrees and foundation degrees in Early Years, Early Childhood and related disciplines. Each text takes a focused look at a specific topic and approaches it in an accessible and user-friendly way. Learning features help readers engage with the text and understand the subject from a number of different viewpoints. Tasks pose questions to prompt thought and discussion and further reading suggestions, including useful websites, are included to help students access extended learning in each topic.
Other titles in the series are Early Childhood Studies, Becoming a Practitioner in the Early Years, Child Observation for the Early Years and Exploring Play for Early Childhood Studies.
Ute Ward has been involved in the Early Years sector for more than 20 years in a range of different roles and contexts. In October 2011 Ute became Senior Lecturer in Early Years at the University of Hertfordshire where she teaches on Foundation Degrees and on undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Useful features of this text include self assessment questions and reflective tasks but it is geared more towards students working in a setting rather than students on placement.
A useful and practical text for exploring values and concepts of parenting and family. It emphasises the importance of inclusive practice and the key role of family in children's education.
A highly important field within the Early years which has been addressed in detail to support practitioners when working with parents.
excellent reading for students studying the working with familes module
This book is essential for anyone in Early Years and even Primary schools. It enables the reader/practitioner to consider best practice in the all important area of parents as partners in their child's development. It deals with all aspects of parent partnership and comes from a well researched/practical viewpoint.
This book explores the ways in which early years practitioners work with parents and families to enhance children s development, learning and well-being. It explores the need for close partnership working between staff and families, offers examples of good practice and encourages reflection and discussion of the issues involved. The book pays particular attention to the standards required to gain Early Years Professional Status but is of interest to anybody working in an early years setting or studying on Early Childhood courses.
A big focus at present is working with parents and building strong relationships. This text clarifies what we have been saying and will benefit students in putting this into practice.
A valuable book with interesting reflective tasks, self assessment and case studies. Will be recommending it for the Effective Teams modules.
Useful book for all who study working with parents which challanges steteotypes of the motivations behind some parenting practices. Practical and reflective tasks support learning and the case studies are useful for providing context. The further reading clearly signposts those who want to go beyond the remit of each chapter.
This is a clearly laid out book. It covers a variety of issues relating to parental involvement .
