Peter Limbrick writes –

Working in Partnership with Parents: The Parent Adviser Model

is valuable reading for all who work with parents. The following quotes are offered as a ‘taster’ –

Page 12: ‘Nothing here is intended to deny or diminish the specific technical expertise of existing….professionals. Their knowledge of diagnosis, assessment and intervention is crucial. However, unless a working relationship is established and methods are effectively communicated to the satisfaction of the parents, this expertise is of little value, and the opportunity for the provision of emotional development and support is lost.’

Page 30: ‘We are advocating that changes are needed in how we work individually and how we coordinate. There is a need for all of us to work together as a coordinated community of helpers with shared aims that acknowledge parents as people and their importance in the development and well-being of their children. Doing this will increase the resources available, but will also enable and facilitate parents’ own resources and hence the overall outcomes, once given the opportunity of working in partnership.’

WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS

The Parent Adviser Model

Hilton Davis, Crispin Day and Christine Bidmead. 2002

The Psychological Corporation

32 Jamestown Road

London

NW1 7BY

www.tpc-international.com