Meeting the support needs of young people is a key social and political issue, and an area that need researched, informed guidance. This book draws on the findings from years of applied research projects carried out by the Trust for the Study of Adolescence and provides accessible guidance for professionals working with parents and families, answering questions such as How can parents facilitate their child's transition to secondary school?' and How can families best communicate about alcohol?'.Each chapter focuses on a particular area of parenting young people, from monitoring and supervision to support for foster families, and each highlights the implications of research results for policy and practice. A range of approaches for working with parents and families are presented, and the advantages and drawbacks of common techniques such as residential weekends for group-based parenting programmes and parent mentoring are discussed.Working with Parents of Young People provides a strong set of evidence-based guidelines for best practice and will be a key resource for all those working to support the parents of teenagers.
Contents: Preface. Part 1: Introduction. 1. Working with Parents of Young People: Setting the Scene. John Coleman and Debi Roker. Part 2: New Research and Implications for Practice. 2. How Does Monitoring and Supervision Work in Families?: A Study of 50 Young People and their Parents. Debi Roker and Stephanie Stace. 3. 'Team Parenting' of Young People in Foster Care. Stephanie Stace and Kevin Lowe. 4. Family Communication about Alcohol. Louise Cox, Nigel Sherriff, Lester Coleman and Debi Roker. 5. Children's Move to Secondary School: What Do Parents Need at this Time? Debi Roker, Kerry Devitt and Amanda Holt. 6. Supporting Children and Parents During the Transition to Secondary School: A UK-wide Review. Debi Roker and Julie Shepherd. Part 3: New Ways of Working with Parents. 7. Working with Schools to Support Parents: Lessons from Two Evaluations. Debi Roker and Helen Richardson. 8. Using Newsletters to Support the Parents of Young People: Lessons from Two Studies. Debi Roker and Julie Shepherd. 9. Getting Information and Support from Websites. Debi Roker. 10. Involving Young People in Parenting Programmes. Cris Hoskin and Sarah Lindfield. 11. Using Parent-to-Parent Mentors to get Information and Support to the Parents of Young People. Debi Roker. Part 4: Conclusions. 12. Parenting Young People: Research, Policy and Practice. Debi Roker and John Coleman. Index.
The text reports findings from new research about the parents of young people and new ways of working with parents. It offers a wide range of professionals working with parents and families a range of approaches to conducting such work, and discusses the effectiveness of techniques such as parent mentoring and involving young people in parentiing programs.
