Reports and research
Reports about the impact of parent participation can be found in the research section of our website.
Training
We maintain a list of recommended providers who deliver parent participation training and /or facilitate consultations. We conduct regular quality assurance on the training provided, so please contact helen.jones@cafamily.org.uk if you use any of the suppliers here, or if you know of a provider, or are a provider, who would like to be included on this list.
Through our work with Together for Disabled Children, Contact a Family has developed various resources on parent participation. This includes:
A 'how-to-guide' on parent participation
A practical guide to developing parent participation, written for parents, professionals and children service managers.
Click here to view the guide
A toolkit for providing information to families
This toolkit will help parent carer forums and local authorities improve how information about services and support is provided to families in their area.
Click here to view and download the toolkit
Examples of the different ways parent carer forums work
Examples sent in by parent carer forums which other forums might find helpful.
Click here to view and download the examples of how parent carer forums work
Useful documents
Documents and additional information for parent carer forums.
Click here to view and download the documents
Publications and Guides
Contact a Family have also developed guides on Parent Participation including:
- Parent Participation in Health Settings – examples of how parent participation has improved services within health.
- Parent participation: professionals guide –outlines principles and good practice for professionals on consulting and working in partnership with parents.
- Parent participation: Parent’s guide - outlines principles of parent participation for parents who might want to get involved.
Click here for a link to our publications zone.
Please contact Sheila Davies on sheila.davies@cafamily.org.uk if you would like to know more.
The National Network of Parent Carer Forums (NNPCF) and Contact a Family's Parent Carer Participation Bulletin
Parent participation e-newsletter
Contact a Family produces a bi-monthly newsletter for anyone interested in facilitating and developing the involvement of parents of disabled children in shaping local services. It offers useful resources and news from around the UK.
Contact Serena Shani at serena.shani@cafamily.org.uk to subscribe. When emailing, please make sure you include the title of the newsletter you wish to subscribe to.
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