Understand the diverse needs of families and how these are addressed in early years settings
Conduct your own research into the challenges and pressures facing families, such as: Substance abuse Financial constraints Parents who are separating or divorcing Parents / carers with health needs – including disability, illness, and mental health needs Young mothers and fathers Moving to a new country – including economic migration, asylum seekers, and refugees Additionally, research the statutory policy in the country you work in that has been designed to address some of the diverse needs of families.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'Principles for engaging with families’ by the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance
- 'Supporting families in the foundation years’ produced jointly by the Department for Education and the Department of Health
- 'Connecting with families’ from the Early Years Alliance
- 'Working with culturally and linguistically diverse families’ webpage on the RTI Action Network website
- 'Early years foundation stage profile: handbook’ by the Department for Education
- 'Teenage single parents’ webpage on the Gingerbread website
- 'A guide for working with parents of children with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND)’ by 4 Children
- 'Parenting and the different ways it can affect children's lives: research evidence’ by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- 'Voices of children living in households with domestic abuse, parental substance misuse and mental health issues’ by the Children’s Commissioner
- 'Reflective practice and early years professionalism 3rd edition: Linking theory and practice’ by Jennie Lindon and Lyn Trodd, published by Hodder Education
- 'Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage’ by the Department for Education
- Conduct your own research into the challenges and pressures facing families, such as: Substance abuse Financial constraints Parents who are separating or divorcing Parents / carers with health needs – including disability, illness, and mental health needs Young mothers and fathers Moving to a new country – including economic migration, asylum seekers, and refugees Additionally, research the statutory policy in the country you work in that has been designed to address some of the diverse needs of families.
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- ‘Working in partnership with parents’ webpage on the PACEY website. Click on the icon to read this article.
- ‘Supporting Families Programme guidance 2022 to 2025’ from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Department for Education. This guidance sets out the objectives of Supporting Families in 2022 to 2025 and is for local authorities and their partners delivering Supporting Families.
- ‘Working to support positive parenting and relationships What can councils do?’ from the Local Government Association
- Click to read ‘Inclusion, Equality and diversity in the EYFS produced by Nursery Story.
- ‘Refugees and asylum seekers’ from The Bell Foundation looks at their rights and entitlements.
- Click to read ‘Education for Refugee and Asylum Seeking children: Access and Equality in England, Scotland and Wales’.
- Click to read this blog post ‘Better understanding parents in poverty: Meeting basic needs first’ on the Huffington Post website.
- ‘Helping children adjust to divorce: A guide for teachers’ by the University of Missouri. Click to read this guide aimed at practitioners working at pre-schools, schools, and childcare centres.
- Click on the icon to the left to access the website of the Refugee Council and increase your understanding of refugees and asylum seekers and how to support them and their children in educational settings.
- Click to read ‘Poverty, obesity and family breakdown – the challenges facing today’s children’ on the SecEd website.
- ‘Childcare and early years survey of parents’ by the Department for Education. Click on the icon to the left to read this research report.
- ‘Development Matters’ by the Department for Education. Click to access this booklet helping parent and carers find out more about how their child is learning and developing during their first five years, in relation to the EYFS.
- Click to access the Play Therapy website. This website will provide you with information and tips on using play to help children express themselves.
- Extended Learning
- Think And Challenge
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