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Jane Haywood of the CWDC outlines how EYPs must recognise the vital role that families, parents and carers play in children's lives and how they can encourage partnership working to promote the best outcomes for children. Standard 31 'Work in partnership with families and parents/carers, at home and in the setting, to nurture children, help them develop and to improve outcomes for them'

Standard 31 'Work in partnership with families and parents/carers, at home and in the setting, to nurture children, help them develop and to improve outcomes for them'

Recognising families' contribution

Standard 31 sits within the section 'Communicating and working in partnership with families and carers', which contains three other standards through which EYPs must demonstrate that they recognise and respect the influence and contribution families make to their children's learning and development. They must also show that they can establish trusting and constructive relationships with them, that they can work in partnership with them, and that they can provide opportunities to share information about children's wellbeing, learning and development.

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