Anita M Hughes, Veronica Read

Building Positive Relationships with Parents of Young Children

A guide to effective communication

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new book explores how practitioners can build warm, friendly and caring relationships with parents. It clearly explains the dynamics of a conversation, the theory behind how relationships are formed or destroyed and provides practical strategies to put this knowledge into practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 173mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780415679572
• ISBN-10: 0415679575
• Artikelnr.: 33381989

Autorenporträt

Anita M. Hughes is a Chartered Educational Psychologist, who has worked with families for over thirty years both for social services (in Early Years) and then in education services before becoming an Independent Consultant and Therapist. She is a mother of two grown-up children. Veronica Read is a Group Analyst and Independent Educational Consultant. She writes and delivers workshops on attachment for Early Years practitioners and works as a Specialist Teacher for an LEA. She has extensive experience of working with children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. Veronica is also a mother of two grown-up children.

Inhaltsangabe

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: Laying the foundations of
communication 1. Working in partnership with parents 2. What do we mean by
Communication? 3. Listening ¿ the number one communication skill 4.
Developing Personal and Social Competence 5. How to feel OK; PART TWO:
Communication skills in context 6. How to give shape and meaning to
conversations with parents and carers in Early Years settings7. Delighting
in the parents and carers of pre-school children at points of transition 8.
Empathy and communication 9. Dealing with difficulty; Concluding thoughts:
Parents, Practitioners and Playfulness; APPENDIX; Training workshop
exercises; REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING