Nabco Childcare and Community Services Partnering with Parents
NABCO Child and Community Services Brookview Tallaght – CDI St Finian’s Lucan Island Key East Wall – Docklands/Inner City Reaching 110 families from diverse backgrounds
Parents as Partners Supporting families to feel welcome, valued and respected Sharing information about the setting and the curriculum Sharing information about children’s learning and development Helping parents to support learning and development at home Consulting with parents Parents being involved and contributing to the setting. (Aistear-Síolta Practice Guide NCCA)
Marte Meo From our own strengths Needed a common language across our 3 services 16 staff trained together Supporting parent/child interactions Staff need to be able to recognise a quality interaction Staff need to be able to model quality interactions
Aistear Introduced parents to journey books and linked learning to Aistear Weekend suggestions board with links to Aistear Parents survey currently being analysed as part of ongoing action research Staff training in documentation and assessment
Resources for Parents Parents Plus and Parents Together – Accreditation Parents Support Group – Weekly meeting Parent and Toddler Groups Co-operative Ethos – 2 hours per term from Sept 2015
Challenges The Weather! Some parents may always remain hard to reach
Parents Plus Graduates!