FPI and Flemish Family Policy Seminar

FAMILY POLICY IN ENGLAND

19 and 20 May 2009

The Family and Parenting Institute (FPI) and colleagues from the Flemish Government Prevention Team for Youth Welfare held a collaborative seminar on family, child and youth policy and support.

The aim of the seminar was to share knowledge on how European family policy can be promoted for parents of young and older children. Areas of focus included housing, hard to reach families and parental engagement in schools.

Here are the presentations from the seminar:

Day 1, Tuesday 19 May 2009
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT AND THE POLICY CONTEXT

Dr Janet Boddy,
Senior Research Officer, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education
Learning from difference: European perspective on parenting and family support

Mary MacLeod OBE,
Chief Executive, FPI
FPI and Family Policy

Clem Henricson
Director of Policy and Reserch, FPI
The Contractual Culture and Children's and Family Services

David Utting
Independent Writer, Researcher and Policy Analyst
Assessing and meeting the need for parenting support services

Ann Page
Policy Manager, FPI
School-Parent Partnerships

Joanna Apps
Senior Research Fellow, FPI
Strategies for Engaging Parents: Messages from Research with Extended Schools and Children's Centres

Day 2, 20 MAY 2009
HARD TO REACH FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Claire James,
Policy Officer, FPI
Families, housing and neighbourhoods – part 1

Stephen Hunt,
Research Fellow, FPI
Housing, neighbourhoods and family relationships – part 2

Allan Watson,
Consultant in Family Work
Working with families who trouble us and Early Home Learning Environments

Dr Helen Barrett
Senior Research Fellow, FPI
'Hard to reach' families: Under-represented,invisible or service resistant?

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