Family Foundations: a new accredited course based around
PEAL
A new course for all those wanting to examine and
improve their work supporting families by developing parents’
confidence in supporting young children’s development, learning,
health, and wellbeing.
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This course has been developed in the context of the current
emphasis in recent national policy developments on the need for
increased support for child development; putting parents and
families at the heart of services; the importance of intervening
early and the role of different services working together to ensure
that families receive early help where and when needed. |
Responding to the report published by the DfE,
Supporting Families in the Foundation
Years, the course draws on key messages from the
following recent reports:
- The Foundation Years: Preventing poor children
becoming poor adults. The report of the independent
review on poverty and life chances by the Rt Hon Frank Field
MP
- Early intervention: the next
steps- an independent report to Her
Majesty’s Government and Early Intervention: Smart
Investment, Massive Savings - the second independent
report to Her Majesty’s Government by Graham Allen MP; and
- The Early Years: Foundations for Life, Health and
Learning. An independent report on the Early Years
Foundation Stage to Her Majesty’s Government by Dame Clare
Tickell.
Built on current policy, practice and research the course has at
its core the importance of engaging parents in their children’s
development both to provide long term benefits for children but
also as a way of increasing their confidence as parents and
building resilience in the family.
Modules covered
are:
A. Policy, research
and evidence based practice
B. Working to standards, a principled and
reflective approach
C. Developing and maintaining effective
partnership working with parents
D. Parents, early years and learning
(PEAL)
E. Integrating learning, knowledge and
skills in planning for change
This course is based on 3
units at level 3 leading to the City and Guilds Work
with Parents Award. The Units include the mandatory
unit 300 Build and Maintain Relationships with Parents,
and two optional units: 306 Reflect on and Update own Knowledge
and Practice and 311 Engage Parents in their Children’s
Early Learning. The course is an integrated 5-day
programme that can be delivered in a flexible way.
For further
information please email Priya Plowman at ecuadmin@ncb.org.uk or call
0207 843 6444