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Future of Parenting Services

Tuesday 2 June 2009

The Family and Parenting Institute (FPI) & the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners (NAPP) have launched four new studies: Parenting services: Filling in the gaps.

The authors of the studies presented their research at a packed seminar on Tuesday 2 June 2009.

The keynote speakers were Stephen Scott (Director of Research, NAPP), Wendy Rose (Senior Research Fellow, The Open University) and Angela Sibson (Chief Executive Officer, NAPP).

Amongst the 140 attendees were directors of children services, parenting consultants, researchers and policy officers. After the presentations a lively debate followed.

Here are the research studies:

• ASSESSING AND MEETING THE NEED FOR PARENTING SUPPORT SERVICES
• MAPPING AND ANALYSIS OF PARENTING SERVICES IN ENGLAND
• PARENTING SUPPORT SERVICES
• TRAINING FOR PARENTING SUPPORT

Here is the transcript of the seminar and debate:

Future of Parenting Services Transcript

Here are the authors' presentations:

David Utting (Independent writer, researcher and policy analyst)
Assessing and meeting the need for parenting support services

Dr Martina Klett-Davies and Eleni Skaliotis (Research Fellows, FPI)
Mapping and Analysis of Parenting Services in England; Issues around assessing needs and patterns of spending

Dr Sue Virgo (Research Fellow, FPI)
Delivering Parenting Support Services

Daphne Cotton (Qualitative Social Researcher)
Training for parenting support: Qualitative research in 10 local authorities in England