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Twelve irresistible reasons for offering extended services, by Matthew Freeman.
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The 'Go to' Guide: a signposting tool for schools offering access to extended services For most schools, clear, effective signposting to other services, either on site or elsewhere, is an integral part of achieving the aims of the Every Child Matters agenda. This ‘go to’ signposting tool can support a school to develop appropriate and effective ways of providing information about, and signposting, the services that are offered on its own site, across its locality and its extended school cluster, as well as nationally.
Putting the 'swift and easy' into access The multi-agency approach to supporting children, young people and families with extra help, early, makes perfect sense. Rosemary Goodwin of VT Education and Skills looks at how schools can make swift and easy access to extended services possible.
Swift and easy access to targeted and specialist services – working with schools This process guide from the TDA provides systematic guidelines for joined-up working.
The dollars and cents of investing early: cost benefit analysis in early care and education Nobel Laureate Professor James Heckman, Rob Grunewald (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) and Arthur Reynolds (University of Minnesota) explore how can the seemingly 'cold and calculating' cost–benefit analysis approach can help policy makers understand the impact of investments in infants and toddlers on children, their families, and society.
Swift and easy access in Derby: a Pathfinder case study (TDA)
Core Offer Toolkit The toolkit provides guidance and support for those engaged in delivering parenting support and swift and easy access as part of the core offer for extended services in and around schools and children’s centres in London.
A friendly chat and a cuppa with a community mother Celia Suppiah is convinced that new parents can receive unique support from experienced parents. She described to Schools ETC magazine how extended/community focused schools and children’s centres can also tap into the wisdom and support these parents offer by using the ‘community mothers’ programme. Community mothers are effective 'signposters'.