An Exploratory Study on the Links Between Family Learning and Parenting Programmes in Local Authority Settings - Free Download
July 2007
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About This Publication
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) commissioned this exploratory research to identify the overlaps and positive synergy between family learning1 and parenting skills programmes in local authority settings. The brief included identifying the barriers to effective working and making recommendations on how policy can be developed to support more effective joint working. Fourteen recommendations are included in this report.
The research was carried out between October 2006 and March 2007. The methodology included: a desk review of current policy; a paired seminar attended by a family learning manager and a parenting practitioner / manager from invited local authorities; three in depth case studies in local authorities and supplementary interviews and follow up of areas of identified best practice in additional local authorities.
See the related paper entitled Discussion document for local authorities that was also published as a result of this research. It outlines the challenges for local authorities in implementing the new agendas, areas for discussion and examples of imaginative practice identified during the study.
The research was carried out between October 2006 and March 2007. The methodology included: a desk review of current policy; a paired seminar attended by a family learning manager and a parenting practitioner / manager from invited local authorities; three in depth case studies in local authorities and supplementary interviews and follow up of areas of identified best practice in additional local authorities.
See the related paper entitled Discussion document for local authorities that was also published as a result of this research. It outlines the challenges for local authorities in implementing the new agendas, areas for discussion and examples of imaginative practice identified during the study.