The Developing Effective Practice Programme National Development Project: Young Parents, 2006-2007

The NIACE/NYA Young Adults Learning Partnership (YALP) was commissioned by The Basic Skills Agency to undertake its Young Parents National Development Project. This project was part of The BSA’s Developing Effective Practice Programme, which aims to analyse and evaluate effective and innovative practice in literacy and numeracy.

The key purpose of this project was to explore and analyse existing literacy, language and numeracy provision targeted at young parents and parents to be. In undertaking this project, YALP used a range of methods to consult with both practitioners and young parents to identify current practice, key issues and critical success factors. This involved a postal questionnaire, telephone interviews, project visits and consultations.

The initial evidence gathering phase of the project was followed by the development of an outline framework for a literacy, language and numeracy learning programme. The framework is structured around the issues that young parents identify as important and relevant in their lives, with an emphasis upon supporting them to become confident and independent young parents, workers and learners. The outline framework is designed to support practitioners in embedding literacy, language and numeracy within the key issues identified by young parents, it also provides guidance on implementing a number of critical success factors identified through the research.

To read the final report of this project, please click below

> Download Final Report - [PDF file]

This framework is now available to download here - [PDF]. To obtain a copy, please contact Clare Holland by e-mail:clare.holland@niace.org.uk  or telephone: 0116 2047071

 YALP are running 5 free training sessions during January and February 2008: "Young Parents and Literacy, Language and Numeracy" targeted at practitioners working across the Youth Sector, the Health Sector and within community learning who are not literacy, language and numeracy specialists but would like to learn more about integrating these skills into their provision and supporting these skills for young parents and parents-to-be.

For information about dates, venues and availability, please contact Clare Holland by telephone on 0116 2047071 or by e-mail: clare.holland@niace.org.uk

If you would like further information, please contact:
Nicola Aylward, Project Officer, YALP.
NIACE, 21 De Montfort Street, Leicester LE1 7GE or Nicola.aylward@niace.org.uk

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