Nabco Childcare and Community Services

Partnering with Parents

NABCO Child and Community Services

Brookview Tallaght – CDI

St Finian’s Lucan

Island Key East Wall – Docklands/Inner City

Reaching 110 families from diverse backgrounds

Parents as Partners

Supporting families to feel welcome, valued and respected

Sharing information about the setting and the curriculum

Sharing information about children’s learning and development

Helping parents to support learning and development at home

Consulting with parents

Parents being involved and contributing to the setting.

(Aistear-Síolta Practice Guide NCCA)

Marte MeoFrom our own strengths

Needed a common language across our 3 services

16 staff trained together

Supporting parent/child interactions

Staff need to be able to recognise a quality interaction

Staff need to be able to model quality interactions

Aistear

Introduced parents to journey books and linked learning to Aistear

Weekend suggestions board with links to Aistear

Parents survey currently being analysed as part of ongoing action research

Staff training in documentation and assessment

Resources for Parents

Parents Plus and Parents Together – Accreditation

Parents Support Group – Weekly meeting

Parent and Toddler Groups

Co-operative Ethos – 2 hours per term from Sept 2015

Challenges

The Weather!

Some parents may always remain hard to reach

Parents Plus Graduates!