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One
Plus One e-bulletin, No 1, January 2007
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Welcome
to One Plus One's first e-bulletin!
This free monthly
bulletin will keep you up-to-date with our projects and provides a listing
of the most recent research and policy news concerning families and relationships.
You can visit the
National
Information Centre on Relationships anytime for a regularly
updated news board, conference listing, research and statistics on a wide
range of topics and an online library of research papers from the field.
If you do not want
to receive this bulletin in future, please email info@oneplusone.org.uk
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News
from One Plus One |
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| Fragile
families and child wellbeing,
the title of our 2006 biennial Edith Dominian Memorial Lecture, stimulated
such lively debate and interest that we decided to publish the proceedings
- a pdf can be downloaded here.
One conclusion from the lecture, the opportunity for effective interventions
around the birth of a child, has contributed to recent innovative
policy making such as an intensive home visiting programme for families
most at risk. One Plus One is involved in the development of these
health-led parenting support demonstration projects, part of the social
exclusion action plan to be implemented this year. |
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We are
delighted that the distinguished developmental psychologist Professor
Judy Dunn of the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, currently
chairing the UK's first independent national inquiry into childhood, The
Good Childhood Inquiry, has agreed to deliver our 2008 biennial lecture. |
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As part
of the Working Group of the Secretary of State for Health's Review of the
Future of Health Visiting, One Plus One will be considering the role
of health visitors. The Group will report in April. |
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A review
of research on children with disabilities and their parents' relationship,
to be published this year by One Plus One, aims to establish how parents
can best be supported. It will contribute to 'better outcomes for disabled
children', an aim of the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review. |
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One Plus
One is also involved as a delivering partner in the Early Learning Partnerships
demonstration projects to Coram Family, Home Start UK and the Family Welfare
Association, offering training in the brief intervention model Brief
Encounters and My Mum And Dad Argue A Lot. We will keep you updated
on our progress. |
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As part
of our commitment to promoting good practice in the field, One Plus
One's first one day workshop exploring the principles and practicalities
of performing evaluation will take place in March. If you are interested
in attending future workshops, please email info@oneplusone.org.uk
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| How
helping works -
towards a shared model of process, a joint publication by The
Centre for Parent and Child Support, One Plus One and Parentline Plus,
sets out to support the development of work on parenting. It argues
that a unifying set of principles and concepts is both possible and
desirable for those working in parenting support. The paper should
serve as a useful practical set of guidelines for all involved in
the helping process. A pdf can be downloaded here. |
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Informing
unmarried parents about their legal rights
through the birth registration process was the aim of a One Plus One study,
funded by the Department for Constitutional Affairs. The study set out to
trial different methods of providing information about the legal differences
between marriage and cohabitation and the findings will be published shortly.
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My
Mum And Dad Argue A Lot
is a new resource pack for practitioners created by One Plus One, with support
from Parenting UK. The materials, already trialled by 450 parent educators
and support workers, will enhance the capacity of the sector to respond
to the needs of parents and families living with conflict. For more information
visit www.mymumanddadarguealot.org.uk
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One
Plus One's family of websites
continues to grow! In addition to our main site www.oneplusone.org.uk,
home to the National Information Centre on Relationships, we now
have two other sites up and running: www.theparentconnection.org.uk
is aimed at all parents and encourages them to think about the importance
of their relationship and how it affects their child's well being. The Parent
Connection provides information and tips organised in four zones - Being
Partners, Becoming Parents, Parents Not Partners and Where to go for help.
www.marriedornot.org.uk
provides information on the legal differences between married and unmarried
couples, and information sheets on the common law marriage myth, cohabitation,
key facts and trends, and the changing nature of marriage. |
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Research
and policy news |
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We regularly
monitor and select information from Government departments, research centres,
publishers, and relationship and family organisations. Below you will find
a listing of news from the last month. Each headline provides a link to
the original news release. A regularly updated news board can be found in
our National
Information Centre on Relationships. |
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Research and
Statistics |
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Policy and Practice |
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About
One Plus One |
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One
Plus One is a team of researchers, practitioners and information specialists
whose aim is to enhance understanding of how family relationships contribute
to the well being of adults and children through three key activities: |
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inquiring
- monitoring and evaluating knowledge about relationships and effective
support in order to develop key messages for policy and practice;
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informing
- creating imaginative formats for key messages tailored to different
audiences, and raising awareness of the impact of couple relationships
on the well being of individuals, families and communities; |
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innovating
- developing innovative ways of getting specialist knowledge and skills
about adult family relationships and early intervention to everyone
working in the frontline with families, thereby adding value to existing
practice. |
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