Publications

Below you can read archive copies of the following publications. Please note that these are no longer beiing produced. 

In Practice Papers aimed to provide guidance for professionals, covering topics such as working with single parents, father, young parents and other topics. 

Fathers and Families - Welsh translation (February 2015)
This is a guide for parenting practitioners to offer tips and support in engaging and working with fathers. 

Fathers and Families (April 2014)
This is a guide for parenting practitioners to offer tips and support in engaging and working with fathers.

Effective work with hard to reach families (April 2013)
Families can be very hard to help, they may avoid us, dismiss us or confront us to reject what we are trying to offer or do. This short guide will show you some of the approaches that have been taken in the UK, and elsewhere, that seem to produce a good effect and some of the very practical work we can do, including measuring our effect.

Understanding Domestic Violence (February 2013)
This paper is intended to provide family practitioners with a short guide to the issue of domestic violence. It is hoped that they will subsequently be equipped with the necessary information to both recognise the problem and offer a full range of services to those families affected by the issue. 

Supporting parents of teenagers (March 2012)
A guide for practitioners on supporting the parents of teenagers, including the latest research about teenage development and further resources including information about training in programmes to support parents of teenagers and resources for parents themselves.

Finding and using effective measuring tools (February 2012)
This paper is designed to help you locate measures to use that are appropriate for your work setting. It will help you think about the practicalities of measuring in your service or centre, and has information about some of the tools listed below and some of their strengths and weaknesses.

Working with Prisoners' Families (September 2011)
A guide for practitioners on identifying families affected by imprisonment in a non-stigmatising way and the type of support they might need. This paper was written by Action for Prisoners' Families and Safe Ground.

Each issue of our quarterly news bulletin features several articles from guest writers covering a specific parenting issue. We also include the latest events, training courses, publications and news from the parenting sector. Please note, we no longer publish this News Bulletin and issues 1-18 are no longer available. 

Issue 20 - Outcomes for parents August 2009
Focusses on the desired outcomes from parenting support for parents and children

Issue 23 - Working with parents with learning disabilities February 2010
Features articles by the Royal Mencap Society and the Government's Green Paper on Families and Relationships

Issue 24 - Working with culturally diverse communities April 2010
Looks at working with parents and practitioners from different cultural backgrounds, and new information about the common core of skills and knowledg

Issue 26 - Parental engagement in secondary schools August 2010
Looks at the work of School Home Support and supporting parents of teenagers

Issue 29 - Involving parents in services February 2011
Featuring peer support parenting programmes in Southwark, Partnerships with Parents and Carers and the Community Mothers programme in North Lanarkshire

Issue 30 - Working with hard to reach parents  April 2011
Supporting homeless parents in Bristol, and outreach programmes with Gyosy, Roma and Traveller communities.

Issue 36 - Putting families at the heart of the asylum process October 2012
This issue looks at new ways of working with asylum seeking families to help them overcome some of the traditional obstacles and support safe, nurturing family environments.

Issue 37 - A new way of measuring child poverty January 2013
This issue explores the government's consultation on Child Poverty Measures, inviting you to participate and ensure your voices are heard.

Issue 40 (not available)