As a result of the success of Help Your Child to Succeed Parent's Guide - and in resonse to requests from teachers, Family Learning workers and a variety of local authority staff - we have developed this Toolkit of training materials. the Help Your Child to Succeed Toolkit provides learning professionals with everything required to run a programme for parents on helping children to learn and succeed. Like that of the Parent's Guide, the strtructure of the Toolkit is easily accessible, with each section containing a balance of information, reflective activities and practicle suggestions. The Facilitator's Handbook describes in detail ten sessions, each tying in with one chapter from the Parent's Guide and suggesting many possible activities and discussion points. The material is designed for maximum flexibility. You might feel that your potential parent audience would be more comfortable with a shorter course, or with slimmed-down sessions. Or you might decide to use the ideas described to communicate with parents in an entirely different way, for example: a parent's evening session on 'How to help your child learn'; a Saturday School for parents; a series of twilight sessions; a parents' book club; notes sent home via school newsletter; an open course hosted by a school or community centre; part of the core content for childcare classes; a dads' step-dads' and granddads' Help Your Child to Succeed workshop; notes on a school website. The Help Your Child to Succeed Toolkit can play a significant part in getting parents involved in their child's development ast school and home. The pack contains: Help Your Child to Succeed Parent's Guide; Facilitator's A4 Handbook, 96 pages in full colour; 4 sets of 12 A5 double-sided Parenting Cards; 4 sets of 32 A6 Family Game Cards; CD-ROM; World Map Poster
Bill Lucas is Co-Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning at the University of Winchester, UK. One of the UK's foremost educators, Bill is Chairman of the UK's Talent Foundation, a former Chief Executive of the Campaign for Learning, creator of Family Learning Week, and the author of many best-selling books including Happy Families: How to Make One, How to Keep One. Bill appears regularly on TV and radio and is a guest speaker all over the world. Bill is also a very active parent.
Alistair Smith is a leading trainer in modern learning methods and his techniques are used with startling success by thousands of teachers and parents in the UK and abroad. He is the chairperson of Alite; a company he founded to work in the field of motivation, learning and training. Alistair has written award-winning books, featured on radio and television programmes, and spoken at conferences internationally.