Parents are the single most important influence on young children’s learning, so for anyone working in the early years, engaging parents in the service they supply is at the heart of their care.

Collaborative Partnerships with Families and Communities is a compulsory section in the National Quality Standards, making this book a vital resource for all early years practitioners, including day care centres.

Features

• Gives early years practitioners the tools they need to include all parents in their practice.
• Includes real-life examples of parental involvement.
• Provides experienced advice on many current issues of involvement, such as how to include fathers and hard-to-reach parents, how to overcome language barriers and how to raise sensitive issues with parents of young children.
• Includes links to the EYLF.