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Visit the family regularly,
usually once a week for a couple of hours. |
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Reassure parents that difficulties they
experience are not unique to them. |
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Encourage parents to use local resources. |
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Encourage parents, by highlighting the
positive aspects of their parenting. |
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Play with the children – to help stimulate
children, or to give the parent some space and time
for themselves. |
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Help the family get out – perhaps to keep
appointments, shopping or taking family to
parks, etc. |
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Volunteers can share their own parenting
experiences and quite often they can be a listening
ear. |
