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Chapter 2.4: Bridging Communities Through Co-learning and Participation in Parenting Programmes: A Case from the Families and Schools Together Project

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Families and Schools Together (FAST) is an international evidence based parenting programme delivered within a community setting around school. This paper presents the preliminary findings from a formal evaluation of this pilot and reflects on what can be learned about how social work education and FAST can work together to bridge diversity and communities using a model of empowerment and conscientization in practice.

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  1. Professor of Social Care, Department for Mental Health and Social Work, School of Health and Education, Middlesex University, London, UK

    Trish Hafford-Letchfield

  2. Head of FAST, Department for Mental Health and Social Work, School of Health and Education, Middlesex University, London, UK

    Bernadette Thomas

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  1. University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom

    Alethea Melling

  2. University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom

    Ruth Pilkington

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Hafford-Letchfield, T., Thomas, B. (2018). Chapter 2.4: Bridging Communities Through Co-learning and Participation in Parenting Programmes: A Case from the Families and Schools Together Project. In: Melling, A., Pilkington, R. (eds) Paulo Freire and Transformative Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54250-2_11

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