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Principles of effective parent engagement in early childhood education
The engaging diverse families project of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) identified principles of family engagement in early childhood education, collected case studies of good practice and developed resources to help programs more effectively engage … Continue reading
A continuum of engagement: A focus on the individual to a focus on the collective
A definition of community engagement by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning [1] reminds us that community engagement has a focus on the collective rather than the individual: Community engagement… is a planned process with the specific purpose … Continue reading
What is the Spectrum of Public Participation?
The Spectrum of Public Participation was developed by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) to help clarify the role of the public (or community) in planning and decision-making, and how much influence the community has over planning or decision-making … Continue reading
10 tasks of “good enough” parents
When we had our first child, I genuinely worried I would leave her on a train or forget her while out shopping. I’m glad to say that she is now 16 and my fears never came to pass. (Although I … Continue reading
Posted in Families & parenting
Tagged For students, Parenting, Working with families
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Encouraging a broad understanding of community engagement
A paper about evaluating community engagement as part of the public health system (South & Phillips, 2014) recognises the potential for community engagement in health to involve more than simply engaging people in planning and decision making. They suggests that … Continue reading
Posted in Working with communities
Tagged Community engagement, For students, Working with communities
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Retelling the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott (Paul Schmitz)
At the recent Connecting Communities conference, one of the highlights was Paul Schmitz retelling the story of Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks is the woman whose arrest after refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil rights, For students, Leadership, Social change, Video
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Rethinking the roles of families and clients in evidence-based practice
The principles which underpinned our approach to supporting Children and Parenting Support programs to implement evidence-based programs and practice as part of the Children and Families Expert Panel, had a large influence on how I presented evidence-based practice in the … Continue reading
What is evidence-informed practice?
Some authors appear to use evidence-based practice and evidence-informed practice interchangeably [e.g., 1] but other authors identify significant difference [2-5]. The main difference is in the approach to evidence. Webber & Carr [4] suggest that, in evidence-informed practice: Evidence is … Continue reading
What are evidence-based programs?
While evidence-based practice is a decision-making process that incorporates the best research evidence, the best clinical experience and family and client values; evidence-based programs are programs that have been standardised, systematised and rigorously evaluated. According to Williams-Taylor [1], evidence-based practice … Continue reading
What is evidence-based practice?
Although there is no universally accepted definition of evidence-based practice in social work and family work [1, 2], it is generally described as a decision-making process that incorporates: The best research evidence The best clinical experience Family and client values … Continue reading
