How can future parents best be prepared for parenting? And what
kind of support and help can health professionals really give all
parents? This book explores the skills that health professionals
need in order to support parents' efforts to be "good enough" . It
looks at the basic skills of adult education and how these can be
applied, and it also takes a practical approach to the realistic
support health professionals can give. The book looks not only at
the needs of every parent but also of those with particular needs
and issues. It asks and attempts to answer:what are the challenges
facing parents who adopt a child? How does it feel to have carried,
given birth to and parent a child whose genetic material is not
your own? What are the most effective ways of communicating with
parents who have learning difficulties? How can you help the parent
of a child with a disability to celebrate the child rather than
focus on the disability? How can women in prison be helped to make
the transition to motherhood? Each chapter will include both a
theoretical and a practical element. Hugely topical and key area
for healthcare currently Based on a "real world" perspective and
offers realistic aims Examples of and/or suggestions for good
practice Assist readers in acquiring educational skills, which can
be used to help parents achieve optimum parenting. Well-known and
respected editor and contributors working in this field
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