Family-centred practice for inclusive early years education

The focus of this chapter is describing family-centred practice and explaining how it can be successfully integrated into the work of early years professionals in all inclusive early years settings. Learning goals for this chapter include: > Defining family-centred practice; > Understanding the fundamental components of family centred practice; > Examining the effect of family-centred practice on families; > Determining the place of family-centred practice in the Early Years Learning Framework; > Considering what it means to be family-centred early years professionals.