Building positive relationships with families and the wider community

In this chapter, Sonia and Jamel will be discussing:

Parent partnerships

Empowering families, listening to families and embracing their culture

Building relationships with parents where there are difficulties at home

Relationships with dads

Working with parents who have fostered or adopted children and may be struggling to form attachments

Creating a “circle of friends”

Making community links

Multi-generational approaches

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