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Learning from Sure Start: Working with Young Children and Their Families »

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Authors: Jo Weinberger (Editor), Peter Hannon (Editor), Caroline Pickstone
ISBN-13: 9780335216390, ISBN-10: 0335216390
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Open University Press
Date Published: July 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Jo Weinberger

Book Synopsis

This book, the first of its kind, is the result of a close collaboration between one local programme and a university over a five year period. The contributors all have first hand experience as practitioners or researchers in the Sure Start programme at Foxhill & Parson Cross in Sheffield, which has provided a wide range of new services. This is indispensable reading for students of early childhood and early years practitioners, policy makers, and researchers.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Ch. 1Why we should learn from Sure Start3
Ch. 2Listening to families : a survey of parents' views13
Ch. 3Family support31
Ch. 4'Connecting with our kids' parenting programme43
Ch. 5Meeting the needs of teenage parents55
Ch. 6Low birth weight - exploring the contribution of nutrition71
Ch. 7Supporting breastfeeding mothers86
Ch. 8The impact of Sure Start on health visiting102
Ch. 9Child safety scheme115
Ch. 10Quality of play and learning opportunities131
Ch. 11Community teaching in a Sure Start context141
Ch. 12Screening and language development154
Ch. 13Media, popular culture and young children166
Ch. 14A dialogic reading intervention programme for parents and preschoolers177
Ch. 15Community involvement193
Ch. 16The young families' advice service205
Ch. 17Community research217
Ch. 18Bringing it together : the role of the programme manager231
Ch. 19Looking to the future248
App. 1List of Sure Start services263
App. 2Interview schedule for survey of parents of 4-year-olds, condensed version267

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