1st Edition
Understanding Family Diversity and Home - School Relations A guide for students and practitioners in early years and primary settings
208 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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How can adults in Early Years settings and primary schools fully embrace the diverse nature of family life of the children they are working with?
This essential text will help students and those already working with children to understand both theoretically and practically, what may constitute a ‘family’. It explores how to build relationships with a child’s family to ensure early years... Read more
1. Families, home-school relations and achievement 2. Families, Identity and cultural heritage 3. Mixed Race families 4. Immigrant, refugee and asylum seeker families 5. Step-families and step-parenting 6. Gay and Lesbian families and Gay and Lesbian Parenting 7. Families, disability and mental health 8. When family life breaks down – fostering and children in care 9. Families and adoption 10. Families living in poverty 11. Families and bereavement
Biography
Gianna Knowles is a senior lecturer in Educational Studies at the University of Chichester in the UK.
Radhika Holmström is a freelance journalist who specialises in covering diversity issues.
