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The Family Links Nurturing Programme
  • Maggie Fisher
  • Practice Development Facilitator (Child
    Protection) and Area Coordinator Family Links
    Nurturing Programme. Hants PCT
  • Judith Lee
  • Hampshire Educational Psychology Service

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ODPM Indices of Multiple Deprivation, 2004
Index (combined domains)
Domain
Andover
Location
Test Valley
Lowest Middle Best quartile
Stockbridge
Valley Park
N. Baddesley
Nursling
Romsey
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Poor educational achievement
Poor physical and mental health
Poverty
Social isolation
Girls and young women from social class V are 10
times more likely to become teenage mothers than
those in social class I
Half the conceptions in girls aged 15 17 in
Test Valley in 2000 were in
Alamein and St Marys
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ODPM Indices of Multiple Deprivation, 2004
Lowest Middle Best quartile
Domain
Education, Skills Training
Location
Andover
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HEALTH AND INFLUENCES ON LEVELS OF HEALTH
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Survey of Andover Schools and causes of concern
compared with 83 National Schools
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Why Does Parenting Matter?
  • Parenting is probably the most important public
    health issue facing our society. It is the single
    largest variable implicated in childhood illness
    and accidents, teenage pregnancy and substance
    misuse, truancy, school disruption and under
    achievement, child abuse, unemployability,
    juvenile crime and mental illness. These are
    serious in themselves but are even more serious
    as precursors of problems in adulthood and the
    next generation. Houghui (1995)

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The Links Between Parenting and Health
  • Evidence from Russek Schwatz (1997) clearly
    indicated the impact that parental caring has on
    health status in later life. Particularly in
    relation to CHD, hypertension, duodenal ulcer
    alcoholism

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Every Child Matters and The Nurturing Programme-
Our Emotional Health
  • To lead satisfying lives and to be resilient in
    the face of lifes
  • difficulties, we need to be emotionally healthy.

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The FLNP reflects government policy for children
and families
  • 2004 Children Act
  • NSF for children
  • Choosing Health
  • Choosing Mental Health
  • Primary National Strategy for Attendance
    Behaviour
  • Reaching Out An Action Plan on Social Exclusion
  • FLNP is ideally placed to develop closer
    partnerships between statutory and voluntary
    sectors through Childrens trusts and Extended
    Schools

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Links to Local plans
  • Children and Young Peoples Plan
  • Local Area Agreement
  • Early Intervention and Preventative Strategy
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Strategy
  • Safeguarding Strategy
  • Adult and Community Learning Development Plan
  • Behaviour Policy
  • Teenage Pregnancy Strategy
  • Hampshire Parenting strategy

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The programme enables children and adults to
  • Fulfil their potential
  • Enhance their mental and physical health
  • Become responsible citizens
  • Sustain stable relationships
  • Be positive, confident parents

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Aims of the Programme
  • Promote emotional literacy and health in adults
    and children
  • Raise self esteem
  • Develop communication and social skills
  • Empower children to make responsible choices
  • Improve links between school and
    home

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Aims continued
  • Enhance concentration and the motivation to learn
  • Teach positive ways of resolving disruption and
    conflict
  • Reduce bullying and antisocial behaviour
  • Create a safe, calm environment

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The Four Constructs
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Topics covered by children and parents in 10-week
matching programmes
  • Family / Classroom rules
  • Praise and criticism
  • Time outto calm down
  • Personal power, choices and consequences
  • Feelings and what we do with them
  • Anger and how to deal with it
  • Communicating clearly I statements
  • Kinds of touch and nurturing ourselves
  • Ages and stages in childrens development
  • Issues around sex helping children stay safe
  • Behaviour to ignore
  • Problem-solving and negotiation

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ALPHABET ARMS
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  • M N O P Q R S T U V W
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Comments from parenting groups
  • The course helps you to develop ideas of how to
    get the best from your children and it gives a
    good insight into the Childs point of view
  • Starry starry skies changed my familys life!
  • I felt as though we were respected in all ways.
    We have enjoyed the group. I am more
    confident and less stressed

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School Evaluations
  • Very positive atmosphere cant wait to start
  • Our school needs this whole approach
  • Were already doing some of this great to hear
    were doing the right things
  • This has brought the staff closer

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Where are we now?
  • Cascade training team (6 including health
    visitors, school nurses, social worker, inclusion
    worker and EP)
  • 33 parent group leaders trained
  • 13 schools have received the 2 day training (313
    teachers trained, 53 ancillary staff 2549
    children receiving the FLNP through circle time)
  • Parent groups up and running-4 per term
    (33 courses run since Sept 2004)

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Outcomes
  • Coherent programme covering the community, both
    schools and parents
  • Fits with the five outcomes from Every Child
    Matters
  • One of three recommended programmes to run with
    SEAL materials
  • Recommended in the Sure Start Practice Guidance
    for Childrens Centres
  • Excellent way to establish new teams, working
    together and developing common beliefs and
    language

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Outcomes
  • Complies with NICE Guidance on parent education
    programmes in the management of children with
    conduct disorder
  • It meets the training requirements for
    facilitators recommended by the National
    Occupational Standards for working with parents.
  • Emotional Literacy for Parents and
  • Professionals
  • OCN Accreditation Levels 1 and 2. 3 (In the
    pipeline)
  • Workforce Reform Strategy

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References
  • Barlow, J. Stewart-Brown, S. (2001)
    Understanding parenting programmes parents views
    Primary Health Care Research and Development 2
    117- 130
  • Bavolek, S. (1990) Effective family-based
    approaches to treating and preventing child abuse
    and neglect. Salt Lake City, UT Family
    Development Resource Inc.
  • Dahlgren, G Whitehead, M. (1992) Policies and
    Strategies to Promote Social Equality in Health.
    Copenhagen WHO
  • Layton, M. (1996) An Evaluation of the
    Effectiveness of the School and Family Links
    Programme part of the Family Nurturing
    Network MA in Education, Brookes University,
    Oxford

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References (cont)
  • Hoghugi, M. (1995) The Importance of Parenting in
    Child Health. The British Medical Journal 316.
    23rd May 1995
  • National Institute for Health Clinical
    Excellence (Dec 2004) Final Appraisal
    Determination Parent training/education
    programmes in the management of children with
    conduct disorders.
  • Russek, L. Schawartz, E. (1997) Perceptions of
    Parental Caring Predict Health Status in Midlife
    in The American Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
    59, 144-149
  • Scott, S. Spender, Q. Doolan, M. Jacobs, B.
    Aspland, H. (2001) Multicentre control trial of
    parenting groups for childhood antisocial
    behaviour in clinical practice. British Medical
    Journal 28th July 2001323194

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Websites
  • info_at_nurturingparenting.com
  • www.familylinks.org.uk

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For further information please contact either
  • Maggie Fisher 01264 334771
  • E mail maggie.fisher_at_nhs.net
  • Judith Lee 01962 876366
  • E mail judith.lee_at_hants.gov.uk
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