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Sure Start in
West Lothian -
www.wlcsurestart.org.uk |
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Sure Start in
West Lothian provides a range of services for children under
5 and their parents. |
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Parenting Across Scotland -
www.parentingacrossscotland.org |
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Parenting across Scotland is a partnership of
charities which offers support to children and
families in Scotland. |
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Parent Network
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www.parentnetworkscotland.org.uk |
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Providers of
courses specifically tailored for today's parents.
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Parenting Forum
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www.parenting-forum.org.uk |
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The Parenting
Education and Support forum is the national umbrella body
for people who work with parents. Our aim is to promote best
practice by establishing Quality Standards, supporting good
practice, keeping members informed about new developments in
the field, opportunities for members to network and
informing policymakers about best practice is needed.
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Barnardos -
www.barnardos.org.uk/whatwedo/families/education.jsp |
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Barnardos run
over 30 projects which aim to provide good experiences for
children by helping parents build on their skills and
strengths and to enjoy being a parent. The work includes
parenting groups and one-to-one work with parents through a
network of family centres, and community-based parenting
programmes. |
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BBC -
www.bbc.co.uk/parenting |
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This site
offers advice, not just on parenting, but also preparing for
parenthood throughout the pregnancy. |
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Scottish
Childcare -
www.scottishchildcare.gov.uk |
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Providing free,
impartial information on childcare and pre-school
education services throughout Scotland.
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Family Caring
Trust -
www.familycaring.co.uk/istough.htm |
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A charity
founded in 1986 to support and empower parents by practical,
skill based resources to improve family relationships.
For over
a decade, these resources have been popular parenting
materials in Britain and Ireland - almost a third of a
million parents have experienced at least one of the
courses. |
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Parents Centre
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www.parentscentre.gov.uk |
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Information and
support for parents on how to help with your child's
learning, including advice on choosing a school and finding
childcare. |
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Parentline Plus
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www.parentlineplus.org.uk |
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Parentline Plus
is a UK registered charity, which offers support to anyone
parenting a child. The website has an excellent A-Z of
parenting issues with tips and hints on each of them and
some downloadable information leaflets. |
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Keep Time For
Children -
www.keeptimeforchildren.org.uk
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Keep Time For
Children exists to promote the importance of family time at
weekends particularly for families with school age children.
The website provides information and resources for parents
on spending time with their children. |
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Ready Steady
Baby -
www.readysteadybaby.org.uk
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A guide to
pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. |
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Open2Net -
Family and Child Development -
www.open2.net/healtheducation/family_childdevelopment/index.html
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Open2.net is
the online learning facility operated jointly by the BBC and
the Open University |
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Child
Development Institute -
www.childdevelopmentinfo.com |
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Comprehensive
information available from this website. |
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Signpost -
www.signpost-online.co.uk |
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A voluntary
organisation which offers information and
support to young people with additional support needs and
their families in West Lothian. |
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Hands On Scotland -
www.handsonscotland.co.uk |
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Practical information, tools and activities to
respond helpfully to troubling behaviour and to help
children and young people to flourish.
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Family Mediation -
www.scottishmediation.org.uk/mediation/family.asp
Family Mediation -
www.relationships-scotland.org.uk/family_mediation.shtml |
Family mediation supports parents
and children through family change
and disruption, particularly where
this has occurred as a result of
separation, divorce or family
restructuring. Reaching agreement
through mediation can avoid lengthy
negotiation through solicitors or
disputes in the courts.
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Maternal and Early Years
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www.maternal-and-early-years.org.uk |
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Aimed
at everyone working in the early years workforce. It
covers a wide range of information and settings
within the early years topic and provides
information that is relevant to practitioners at
many levels.
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