Towards a Shared Parenting Protocol

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Towards a Shared Parenting Protocol

• Hazel Brown
• 20th November 2006

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Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly,
and applying the wrong remedies! Groucho Marks.
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Inequality in the Early Cognitive Development of
British Children in the 1970 Cohort.

• This research develops an index of development
  for British children in the 1970 cohort, assessed
  at 22 months, 42 months, 5 years and 10 years.
• The score at 22 months predicts educational
  qualifications at age 26 and is related to family
  background.
• It was found that the children of educated or
  wealthy parents who scored poorly in the early
  tests had a tendency to catch up, whereas
  children of worse-off parents who scored poorly
  were extremely unlikely to catch up and are shown
  to be an at-risk group.
• There is no evidence over the research period
  that entry into schooling reverses this pattern.
• Leon Feinstein (2003) Economica 70 (277), 73-97.

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School 8
The First Eleven Years
Sleep 33
Social time 59
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Tiered Response Examples of service involvement
100
pupil population
Tier 1 Universal services
Tier 2 Targeted services
Tier 3 Specialist borough-wide services
Tier 1 Specialist regional provision
E.g Family Support Sure Start All
schools National BA Strategy Educ. Psych.
Service Health Voluntary sector Partner agencies
and services
E.g Behaviour and Attendance Youth Offending
Team SEN Schools Educ. Psych. Service CAMHS Treatm
ent Foster Care Partner agencies and services
E.g Out of borough provision Residential Specialis
t assessment Custodial Specialist therapeutic
E.g Behaviour and Attendance Extended
Schools BESTs B4/YISP Educ. Psych.
Service CAMHS Voluntary sector Partner agencies
and services
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Continuum of Support and Intervention
Escalation

De-escalation
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Legal Framework Section 20 of the Anti Social
Behaviour Act 2003 empowers designated Local
Authority (LA) officers, Head Teachers ( Deputy
and Assistant Headteachers authorised by them) to
apply to the Magistrates Courts for a Parenting
Order, in cases of unauthorised absence from
school. This was subsequently updated in
February 2004 to include Parenting Orders (POs)
for behaviour of pupils permanently excluded from
school or with two or more fixed term exclusions.
At present, only the LA may make application
for a Parenting Order following exclusion.
Schools may refer to the LA requesting that they
consider making an application. This may change
in the Schools Bill. This will change following
proposals in the Schools Bill and LAs may soon be
empowered to compel parents to attend parenting
classes without resorting to the courts.
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General Principles Parents generally want the
best for their children but sometimes become
overwhelmed by circumstances, often beyond their
control Early support and intervention with
willing participants is more beneficial than
enforced participation at a later
stage Resources across a locality, borough or
region need to be rationalised to ensure need
meets demand in the short, mid and long
term Training needs to plan for future
requirements and identified gaps in provision eg
parenting classes for parents of older children
and known vulnerable groups No single service
has all the answers, collaboration is the best
approach. A trusting relationship with the
parent, that is non-judgemental and supportive,
has been found to be most beneficial Consistency
and a familiar face helps to lay the foundation
for an effective partnership A holistic but
flexible approach gives greatest impact.
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CONTACT DETAILS NORTH TYNESIDE CHILDREN YOUNG
PEOPLE AND LEARNING DIRECTORATE ACCESS AND
INCLUSION BEHAVIOUR AND ATTENDANCE SUPPORT
SERVICE (B.A.S.S.) Manager of Service Hazel
Brown P.A. Susan King Hadrian Education
Centre, Addington Drive, Hadrian
Park Wallsend Tyne and Wear, NE28 9RT Tel 0191
200 1140 E-mail hazel.brown_at_northtyneside.gov.uk