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Local activity

Local activity driving forward social and emotional development policy

A wide range of interventions are being implemented locally within Sure Start local programmes and children's centres to improve social and emotional development among disadvantaged families. Activities include:

• parenting courses and workshops for parents and carers to help parents understand children's behaviour and to learn how best to respond to their children
• home visiting of families experiencing difficulties to help increase the confidence and independence of the family
• bringing parents together to share experiences and help support each other
• health visitor drop-in clinic providing developmental advice including behavioural difficulties and changes in sleeping and eating habits
• early identification of parent/child relationship difficulties
• locally produced booklets on social and emotional development topics.

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Last updated on 04/09/2009