Philippa Thompson & Helen Simmons 
Partnership With Parents in Early Childhood Today [EPUB ebook] 

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.

Tabla de materias

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

Sobre el autor

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.