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Family Partnership Working: A Guide for Education Practitioners
Author(s): Rita Cheminais (Author)
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
- Publication Date: 17 Oct. 2011
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 128 pages
- ISBN-10: 1446207994
- ISBN-13: 9781446207994
Book Description
Six key themes of family partnership working are explored:
– ethos, vision and policy
– leadership, management and co-ordination
– communication and information sharing
– partnership in practice
– early intervention
– effectiveness.
Guidance on auditing your own work and action planning is included, and the book provides a range of practical resources which are available to download from the SAGE website. This a vital handbook for those working with the Birth to 19 age range in Children′s Centres, primary and secondary schools, special schools, academies, Pupil Referral Units and Further Education colleges.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Zoe Rye, SENCO (and Teacher of English)
About the Author
Rita Cheminais is a leading expert in the fields of special educational needs (SEN), nationally and internationally. With a background as a teacher, a SEN Co-ordinator, an OFSTED inspector, a General, Senior and Principal Adviser in SEN and Inclusion, as a School Improvement Officer, and as a Freelance Education Consultant, Rita has thirty seven years of practical experience.
She is a prolific writer and respected author of journal articles and books in the areas of SEN, inclusion, Every Child Matters, Pupil Voice, and Partnership Working with Families and Multi-agencies. Rita speaks regularly at national conferences on these topics.
