Contact National Children's Bureau for event and ticket information.

Looks like this event has already ended.

Check out upcoming events by this organizer, or organize your very own event.

View upcoming events Create an event

NQIN 2010: Ask the Family

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 from 9:15 AM to 3:40 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom
NQIN 2010: Ask the Family

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Voluntary Sector NCB/NQIN Member Ended £164.00 £0.00
Voluntary Sector non-Member Ended £188.00 £0.00
Statutory Sector NCB/NQIN Member Ended £217.37 £0.00
Statutory Sector non-Member Ended £235.00 £0.00
SHARE THIS EVENT

Event Details

Research over several decades has shown that parents play a central role in determining outcomes for children. These studies also demonstrate a strong need to engage parents in services, with a new kind of partnership between parents and professionals emerging from the Start Right report.

‘Parents are the most important people in children’s lives. It is from parents that children learn most, particularly in the early months and years’ (Start Right, 19994).

This important conference will explore ways to work with families as part of the long-term drive to bring about learning, change and improvement in services for children and families. Conference workshops will be focused around the new Principles for Engaging with Families which will be launched at the event.

National Quality Improvement Network

 

NQIN is a specialist body that supports quality improvement partners to improve outcomes for children and their families, by ensuring they have access to necessary resources and support. The network plays a central role in informing national policy debate on quality improvement whilst regional networks ensure best practice and resources are shared locally.


Provisional Programme

9:15 Registration and refreshments
9:45

Welcome from NQIN
Andrea Lancaster, Streering Group Member
9:55

Introduction to the programme
Pamela Park, Chief Executive of Parenting UK & Conference Chair
10:10

Why should we engage with parents
Sally Russell, Dircetor of Netmums
10:40

Engaging Families - what's working? Broadening our evidence base of Successful engagement with families
Prof. Kathy Sylva, Oxford University
11:15 Questions and discussion
11:30 Tea and coffee break
11:45 First Choice of Workshops
12:45 Lunch
1:30

The Importance of Philosophical Coherence; principles into practice
Margy Whalley, Director of Pen Green Research, Training and Development Base
2.10 Panel including; ELPPEG, NQIN, DCSF, CWDC, and National Strategies
2:40 Second Choice of Workshops
3:40 Close of Conference

Workshop choices are as follows:

 

Morning workshops

Workshop 1 – Parents’ perspectives on the value of services for children and families

Workshop 2 – Families’ involvement in outdoor play and extended services

Workshop 3 – Parents as partners in their children's learning

Workshop 4 –Engaging with Black and Minority Ethnic families

Workshop 5 – How to use the Principles for Engaging with Families

Afternoon workshops

Workshop 6 – Parents as decision makers within services

Workshop 7 – Raising families’ views and expectations of services

Workshop 8 – Families’ engagement with health visitors

Workshop 9 – Supporting practitioners to work with families

Workshop 10 - How to use the Principles for Engaging with Families