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)
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.
Foreword | ||
Ch. 1 | Why we should learn from Sure Start | 3 |
Ch. 2 | Listening to families : a survey of parents' views | 13 |
Ch. 3 | Family support | 31 |
Ch. 4 | 'Connecting with our kids' parenting programme | 43 |
Ch. 5 | Meeting the needs of teenage parents | 55 |
Ch. 6 | Low birth weight - exploring the contribution of nutrition | 71 |
Ch. 7 | Supporting breastfeeding mothers | 86 |
Ch. 8 | The impact of Sure Start on health visiting | 102 |
Ch. 9 | Child safety scheme | 115 |
Ch. 10 | Quality of play and learning opportunities | 131 |
Ch. 11 | Community teaching in a Sure Start context | 141 |
Ch. 12 | Screening and language development | 154 |
Ch. 13 | Media, popular culture and young children | 166 |
Ch. 14 | A dialogic reading intervention programme for parents and preschoolers | 177 |
Ch. 15 | Community involvement | 193 |
Ch. 16 | The young families' advice service | 205 |
Ch. 17 | Community research | 217 |
Ch. 18 | Bringing it together : the role of the programme manager | 231 |
Ch. 19 | Looking to the future | 248 |
App. 1 | List of Sure Start services | 263 |
App. 2 | Interview schedule for survey of parents of 4-year-olds, condensed version | 267 |