Our Values

Core Principles

 

• The period between conception and three years of age is crucial to a child’s life-long health and wellbeing

 

• Creating a supportive environment for new parents helps provide children with an optimal start

 

• People who have had a secure start tend to be healthier and more resilient

 

• People who are healthier and more resilient are less likely to revert to inappropriate defensive strategies

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• Therefore supporting new parents is beneficial to society and helps us all

 

Collaborating with Parents 

 

• We value parents’ knowledge of their children and always use this as our guide

 

• We consider parents to be the experts and we seek to work with them

 

• We have a non-judgmental approach to families 

 

• We value diversity, welcoming people from all backgrounds, cultures, sexual orientations and gender identities

 

• We create opportunities for parents to share their experiences and ideas in a safe and supportive environment 

 

Infant Development

 

• When a parent and baby are enjoying pleasurable interactions, they are building the baby’s ‘higher brain’ capacities and developing his or her ability to self-regulate

 

• The capacity for self-regulation is one of the main factors affiliated with health and resilience

 

• This capacity develops from loving and attentive interactions with our caregivers in our early years

 

 

Learning with Children

 

• Learning is best supported and encouraged when it is understood from the child’s point of view

 

• Self-esteem is crucial for learning 

 

• Building on a child’s strengths is much more productive than seeking to ‘correct’ their so-called weaknesses

 

• Children learn through play and interaction

 

• Parents are a child’s first and most important educators

 

• Relationships lie at the heart of learning