Supporting Parents (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780335241767)

""This is the essential textbook for anyone working with parents. Sue Miller makes the theory come alive with real-life examples. Her long experience in this field and in-depth understanding make the subject accessible even to newcomers to the field. I strongly recommend that if you read only one textbook on work with parents, it should be this one."
Mary Crowley OBE, former Chief Executive Parenting UK

" The importance of supporting parents is increasingly being recognised in research and policy, and there are continuing concerns about the consequences of failing to provide adequate support for parents.

This timely book provides practical advice on how to set up and deliver parenting services that support parents and improve outcomes for children. It: Explores the latest research, policies and practices Includes reflective questions to encourage the reader to develop their own perspectives Considers changes to how modern families function Looks at providing support for fathers and male carers It is valuable reading for students, lecturers, practitioners, service managers and policy-makers and anyone working with children and their parents.

Author: Sue Miller, Miller Sue
ISBN-10: 033524176X
ISBN-13: 9780335241767
Publisher: Open University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2010
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d

About the Author
Sue Miller has worked for more than thirty years as a teacher, psychologist, lecturer and senior manager in Children's Services and higher education. For much of that time she has been a parent herself. She is now a commissioner and lead specialist for family and parenting support in the UK.