Supporting Children and Families: Lessons from Sure Start for Evidence-Based Practice in Health, Social Care and Education,9781843105060

Supporting Children and Families: Lessons from Sure Start for Evidence-Based Practice in Health, Social Care and Education

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781843105060
ISBN10: 1843105063
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-12-01
Publisher(s): JESSICA KINGSLEY
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Summary

Supporting Children and Families consolidates the lessons learned from perhaps the largest scale social experiment ever undertaken in the UK - Sure Start, a programme designed to support families and improve the emotional development, health and education of children.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Sure Start in Contextp. 9
Health and Child Development
Introduction to Health and Child Developmentp. 15
Evaluation of a Pampering Groupp. 21
Increasing Breastfeeding Rates: Issues and Approachesp. 31
Evaluating the Impact of a Child Injury Prevention Projectp. 45
Training for Language-enriched Pre-school Settingsp. 57
A Perinatal Mental Health Projectp. 69
Partnership Working
Introduction to Partnership Workingp. 85
Parental Involvement: Engagement with the Development of Servicesp. 89
Partnership between Parents and Professionalsp. 101
Local Programmes and Social Services: Lessons in Partnershipp. 111
Perceptions of Statutory Service Providers of Local Programmesp. 121
Paths to Education and Employment
Introduction to Paths to Education and Employmentp. 133
Early Education and Children's Outcomes: How Long Do the Impacts Last?p. 137
Lifelong Learning and Parental Employabilityp. 151
Working with Parents as Colleaguesp. 165
Supporting Families
Introduction to Supporting Familiesp. 181
Understanding Family Supportp. 185
Providing Respite for Parentsp. 195
What Difference Does Outreach Make to Family Support?p. 205
Engaging with Menp. 213
Issues in Evaluating Family Support Servicesp. 223
Community Development
Introduction to Community Developmentp. 235
Experiences of Parental Involvement in a Multi-ethnic Settingp. 239
Inclusion and Diversity: Issues for Travellersp. 251
Changing Conceptions of Communityp. 261
Conclusion: Lessons from Sure Start Local Programmesp. 271
Contributorsp. 275
Subject Indexp. 279
Author Indexp. 281
List of Figures
Phased introduction of the HSES to Sure Start programme areas in Burnley and Pendlep. 48
Items left with families at ACAP project worker's visitp. 49
Range of items fitted by home care and repair techniciansp. 50
Proportion of adult and child initiations in 1:1 interactions before trainingp. 63
Proportion of adult and child initiations after trainingp. 63
Verbal initiations before and after trainingp. 64
Use of questions and directives with individual children before and after trainingp. 65
Salford guidelines for the management of antenatal depressionp. 71
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