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Continuing Professional Development: PICL picks up steam

Karen Faux outlines the strengths of a parenting programme that is proving 'transformational'.

Pen Green's 'Parents Involvement in their Children's Learning' (PICL) programme is an evidence based way of working with parents that is being offered as part of a package to local authorities and other funders for the professional development of practitioners working with families receiving the two-year-old entitlement.

Running over three days, PICL aims to equip practitioners to challenge themselves about how they develop partnerships with parents and share knowledge about children's learning both in a setting or group and at home.

Initially participants attend two consecutive days to discuss their beliefs and values about working with parents and plan how they will generate this discussion within their staff team. They are also introduced to the technique of sharing video observations and four child development frameworks for analysing children's learning with parents.

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