Founder of the School & Family Works Mark Griffiths tells us more about the organisation and how it helps families struggling to deal with their children’s difficult behaviour
The Troubled Families programme isn’t the first initiative aimed at hard-to-reach families. Suzanne O’Connell learns about the School & Family Works initiative and how it is benefiting Feltham Community College
Is it the responsibility of schools to provide parents with e-safety advice? Many schools think so. Jenni Whitehead shares one of her experiences of offering e-safety sessions to parents
The 120,000 families who, we are told, are troubled and causing trouble will become the focus for local authority support over the coming year. Suzanne O’Connell looks at the implications this may have for schools
Effective emotional communication from staff can lay the foundation for ongoing positive relationships with parents, say Anita M. Hughes and Veronica Read. Here they suggest the attitudes and approaches that underpin effective communication with parents