Parenting & Strategies for the Family

Contributed / Provided By:
Gary Todd

Description:
These are the course materials that accompany The Fusion Programme, developed by Katy Phillips & Karen Todd in conjunction with the UK Innovations Unit. They comprise: The Fusion Workbook - one for each participant in the course. The Fusion Leaders' Guide - one per leader, two leaders per course. The Fusion Resource Section - also contained in the Leaders' Guide, provided in press quality format for printing from a computer, instead of photocopying. All these materials, as well as the accompanying DVD, are available in hard copy from www.betterparents.co.uk. Please be patient when downloading. Due to the size of the documents, they could take a couple of minutes, depending on your connection speed. They're worth the wait though.

Subject:
Health
Health > Mental/Emotional Health

Educational Level:
Preschool / Ages 0-4
Gr. K-2 / Ages 5-7
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Contributed / Provided By:
Gary Todd

Description:
This is the Fusion Resource Section, in a press-quality format for leaders to use if printing from a computer to run The Fusion Programme - Skills and Strategies for the Family. It is a 34-page resource, containing all printed resources required to run the programme. It is available in hard copy from www.betterparents.co.uk as part of the Leaders' Guide. Please be patient when downloading, as it is about 1.7MB. Due to the size of the resource, it could take a couple of minutes, depending on your connection speed. It's worth the wait though.

Subject:
Health
Health > Mental/Emotional Health

Educational Level:
Preschool / Ages 0-4
Gr. K-2 / Ages 5-7
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Contributed / Provided By:
Gary Todd

Description:
Better Parents was set up to provide training, distribution and development of The Fusion Programme, in support of the Innovation Unit and schools, organisations and individuals who want to run/attend the course. A major part of the success of Fusion has been the sense of community generated by attendees and leaders. To continue this, Fusion Drop-Ins (informal get-togethers) have been formed as a means of providing support, encouragement and the celebration of success to Fusion's participants long after the course has finished. To aid this activity and fully support participants and leaders (past, present and future), www.betterparents.co.uk will be revamped in the next month or so to provide a social networking site to provide another level of support, similar to Fusion Drop-Ins. This will allow 'Fusioneers' to stay in contact, contribute on forums, join groups, add events, message each other, encourage each other and share challenges and breakthroughs as and when they happen. The ethos of the site will be to provide somewhere to allow people to avoid isolation and deal with the daily challenges being a parent, carer, children's professional, etc. can bring with other similar people to offer support. Please bear with us while we get it up and running, as these projects sometimes develop teething troubles. We will also be providing other features such as articles, news, competitions, future courses and so on. In addition, we hope to be able to provide specialised forums for additional and special educational needs, moderated by carefully chosen experts and operated under the same inclusive and encouraging ethos of the Better Parents site. Please support this project so we can support those who need it most ... all of us.

Subject:
Educational Technology
Educational Technology > Integrating Technology into the Classroom
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Educational Level:
Preschool / Ages 0-4
Gr. K-2 / Ages 5-7
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Contributed / Provided By:
Gary Todd

Description:
A 3 minute interview with Karen Todd and Katy Phillips, authors of The Fusion Programme, outlining the main ethos behind Fusion. Also includes interviews with participants, asking about their challenges, the skills and strategies they learnt whilst attending Fusion, and how it has impacted their family lives.

Subject:
Educational Technology
Health
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Educational Level:
Preschool / Ages 0-4
Gr. K-2 / Ages 5-7
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