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What is the role of early childhood practice in understanding the needs of parents and carers today?
This book:
*Considers the perspectives of those parents/carers marginalised by current practice
*Provokes thinking about how settings can become more inclusive in their practice
*Supports students to challenge their own assumptions about parents
Each chapter considers a group of families that may be marginalised in practice. The book suggests respectful, co-productive ways for students and early childhood practitioners, across the sectors, to work together. Each chapter asks current and future practitioners to reflect on and challenge their current practice.
List of contents
The politics of parenting - Helen Simmons
The potential of co-production - Katarzyna Fleming and Penny Borkett
Understanding food allergies and anaphylaxis - Philippa Thompson
Race and inequality in early childhood health - Valerie Daniel
Understanding and supporting adoptive families - Jenny Boldrin
Working with LGBT+ parent led families - Aaron Bradbury
Perspectives on multilingualism - Martin Needham
Cultural approaches to parenting - Hattie Campbell
Supporting refugee families - Donna Gaywood, Tony Bertram and Chris Pascal
Student mothers in higher education - Kay Owen and Helen Simmons
Practice perspective: Parents as experts - Wendy Kettleborough
Practice Perspective: Learning from Tanzania - Mwajuma Kibwana, Davis Gisuka and Philippa Thompson
About the author
Philippa Thompson is Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. Philippa began her career as an early years teacher, progressing to Head of Nursery/Foundation Stage and Assistant Head Teacher roles and an Early Years Advisory/ Community Teacher for Sheffield City Council. She is co-chair of the ECSDN which advocates for graduates in the workforce alongside lobbying for better pay and conditions in the early childhood workforce.
Dr Helen Simmons is a Senior Lecturer in Education (Childhood, Youth and Families) in the Faculty of Health, Education and Society at the University of Northampton, UK. Helen has worked in Higher Education since 2008, prior to this she was a practitioner in early years settings. Helen is Vice Chair for the Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network (ECSDN): Policy, Lobbying and Advocacy (National and International) and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research interests include the sociology of childhood, children′s workforce development and critically reflective practice.
Summary
Supports early years students and practitioners to build effective partnerships with parents and carers in early childhood.
