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Empowering parents of pre-school children

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This paper describes a project undertaken with parents from an inner city primary school in Hartlepool, England. The main objectives of the project were to increase the self esteem of the parents, to give them an understanding of the pre-school curriculum and to enable them to develop their skills, knowledge and confidence to become involved in school life and to take ownership of their own children's education. The project focused around the production of a video to show nursery life in the school and this production was used as a vehicle to encourage the fulfilment of the objectives described above. The paper concludes by describing the successful outcomes of the project. Some of the outcomes were planned for, but we were equally delighted with the unexpected ones.

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  1. Centre for Studies in Counselling (CESCO), School of Education, University of Durham, Leazes Road, Durham, DH1 1TA, England

    Kathy Hunt & Maggie Robson

  2. Ward Jackson Primary School, Clark Street, Hartlepool, TS24 7LE, England

    Kathy Hunt & Maggie Robson

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Hunt, K., Robson, M. Empowering parents of pre-school children. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling 21, 43–54 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005319419683

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