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Specialist training for parenting work

Staff working with parents in a range of settings, including early years workers, will be able to access the latest research, knowledge and training at a national academy launched last week with a 30m grant.

Staff working with parents in a range of settings, including early years workers, will be able to access the latest research, knowledge and training at a national academy launched last week with a 30m grant.


The National Academy for Parenting Practitioners will be provided by a consortium of the charities Family and Parenting Institute (FPI) and Parenting UK and King's College London, which will supply the premises.


Dr Stephen Scott, head of the King's College London Parenting Unit, said it would 'bring its expertise in training practitioners in approaches proven to work in helping all parents bring the best out of their children'.

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