Table of Contents

Notes on The Team Acknowledgements Preface 1.New Forms of Provision, New ways of Working - The Pen Green Centre 2.Developing Evidence-Based Practice 3.Getting to Know the Families 4.Sharing Ideas with Parents about Key Child Development Concepts .Parents and Staff as Co-Educators - 'Parents' Means Fathers Too 6.Persistence Pays Off: Working with 'Hard to Reach' Parents 7.The Impact on Parents' Lives 8.Dialogue and Documentation: Sharing Information and Developing a Rich Curriculum Bibliography Index

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'This is an excellent book that draws extensively on the work of a children's centre that has been running for over 25 years' - SENCO Update