Parents Matter

List of contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Why parents matter
Ann Langston

Becoming a family
Clare Crowther

Grandparents matter
Tricia David

Everyday activities at home: meeting our developmental needs with our young children
Margaret Henry

'Don't you tell me what to do'
Helen Moylett and Kim Holyman

Parents and child protection matter
John Powell

Evaluating 'better beginnings'
Caroline Barratt-Pugh and Mary Rohl

Health matters to families
Elizabeth Howard

'Arty farty nonsense?' Working with parents in the art gallery
Rachel Holmes

Special lives: Working with parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities
Julie Jennings

'Observe more. do less": The approaches of Magda Gerber to parent education
Sue Owen and Stephanie Petrie

Young parents matter
John Powell and Alison Lockley

Children and parents matter: Research insights from integrated child and family services in Australia
Ann Farrell, Lee Tennent, Collette Tayler and Carla Patterson

Future matters
Lesley Abbott

Index