For this edition, the research has been updated with some of the families and practitioners revisited. Two new chapters focus on parents as researchers and family drop-in sessions. This is a very important book, one that will prove invaluable in helping you develop parental partnerships and engagement to a level where you have two powerful 'sets of knowledge' working in the best interests of children.
This is a very accessible text for L4 and 5 students to help them recognise the value of working with parents. There is so little being written about this currently as the current Government's agenda is much more about parents returning to work than working in real partnerships as part of early years professionalism. The Pen Green Centre research was and remains groundbreaking.