Many families are crying out for this kind of help but very few parents are able to
access parenting programmes.»
Not exact matches
The Government also makes clear that it wants more mothers and fathers to have
access to high quality
parenting programmes.
«It is simply wrong that a family in great need living just yards outside a Flying Start area or in rural isolation can't
access the same enhanced health visiting scheme or
parenting support
programmes.
These include: part - time childcare for 2 - 3 year olds, an enhanced health visiting service,
access to
parenting programmes and early language development.
A Department for Education (DfE) spokesman said: «Pupils are already benefiting hugely from the academies
programme and thanks to our reforms more of them than ever before are going to good or outstanding schools, meaning more
parents can
access a good school place for their children.
Toby Young, trustee of the West London Free School Academy Trust, said the trust makes it «clear that if they [
parents] don't make a contribution their children will still have full
access to the extra-curricular
programmes».
«Pupils are already benefiting hugely from the academies
programme and thanks to our reforms more of them than ever before are going to good or outstanding schools, meaning more
parents can
access a good school place for their children.»
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The open
access early years centre setting certainly presented challenges including the contamination of the control group due to the ready availability of
parenting support, and unusually low levels of attendance at the
programme.
The future James House is considering several possible future growth points: an emergency care service (already several children, and even a whole family has been offered respite accommodation and care on a short - term basis); a foster - care level of service for children no longer needing the intensive
programme; more
access to the activities
programme for those in the wider community who may benefit from it, bringing them into the ambit of James House and thus offering some early intervention service; more
parent training and other information giving in the community, contributing to prevention.
This trial investigated the effectiveness of an existing
parenting programme offered on a universal basis in deprived areas in the context of an open
access early years
programme offering a wide range of support for
parenting.
This finding is consistent with the results of other studies, 34 and many service providers are trying to find ways to encourage fathers to attend
parenting programmes.35 Reports of difficulty sustaining behaviour change over time and the desire for further support have also been reported previously.9, 33 Continuing support to the group from both volunteers and professionals has been proposed as well as flexible, open
access, non-structured sources of support.37 Previous studies have also suggested that 30 — 50 % of families who take part in
parenting programmes are likely to show no benefit because of other events in their lives, and may therefore need more than a single intervention.36
Through the research,
parents and children have enlightened services to the complexity of the issues impacting on family life, that can prevent or make it difficult to
access supports including
parenting support
programmes.
All attendees must have
access to
programme materials during the training and to run a
Parents Plus
programme.
ECD
programmes can take many forms, including promotion of good health and nutrition, support for safe and stimulating environments, protection from risks such as violence or abandonment,
parenting support and early learning experiences, media, preschools and community groups.4 Poverty is the key underlying cause of poor child development; children living in poverty are exposed to many negative influences, including poor physical environments, inadequate nutrition, parental stress and insufficient cognitive stimulation.5 Undernutrition can influence brain development directly by affecting brain structure and function, or indirectly via poor physical or motor development, in addition to other pathways.6 — 8 Exposure to multiple co-occurring risks most likely contributes to greater disparities in developmental trajectories among children with differential exposure.9 — 12 This paper focuses on associations between specific aspects of children's physical environments —
access to improved water and sanitation (W&S)-- and childhood development as measured by performance on a test of receptive language.
Presenting the information
parents need in order to manage these behaviour problems in booklet or other media - based format (including audio - or videotapes, cassettes or computer
programmes) would reduce the cost and thus increase
access to these interventions.
We believe it has proved to be an effective tool to improve
access to
parenting support and increase participation in
parenting programmes in the city.»
A comprehensive model that blends universal, selected and indicated levels of intervention in a set of
parenting programmes will increase flexibility and options for
parents to
access parental support.
Dissemination of
parenting interventions can be strengthened by attending to several key factors and principles: (i) ensuring interventions are used that match families» needs and preferences, (ii) strong scientific evidence is available to support intervention components used in a population based approach, (iii) multiple destigmatized
access points are provided for families and (iv) cost - effective strategies are used.47 Poor participation and engagement by
parents in
parenting programmes stands as one of the most difficult barriers to widespread effective implementation of
parenting programmes.48, 49 Parental willingness to participate in a
parenting programme depends on several interacting variables.