Solihull Approach in use

Theory into practice!

Here, Averil Bassett talks about the experience of Northern Ireland.

Here, Cheryl Valentine talks about the experience of North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Here, Alison Pritchard talks about the experience across Scotland.

Here, Clea Thompson talks about the experience of Fife, Scotland.

A journalist’s experience of the Solihull Approach parenting group

You can read about Emily Roger’s experience of being on the ‘Understanding your child’s behaviour’ group in her article in CYPNow. Before she started she commented that she felt intrigued and curious. She writes with honesty about how it felt to be part of a parenting group and the benefits that came out of it.

Using the Solihull Approach in a Parent and Infant Unit in Australia

Georgina Timmins and Vivian Lee wrote about their experience of using the Solihull Approach to train all staff in a new Parent and Infant Unit in Australia. It provided a shared language and a focus on the relationship between the baby and parents.

Government policy
The Solihull Approach is included in the UK Department of Health’s Healthy Child Programme, in Northern Ireland’s strategy for training health visitors and midwives, in Scotland’s strategy for training health visitors and child practitioners. Download Document

Solihull Approach in schools

Schools use the Solihull Approach Whole School training for all staff in the school, the Solihull Approach ‘Understanding your child’s behaviour’ group for parents, the 2 hour workshops for parents and the online courses for parents. More detail on the schools page.

Posters from practitioners in the UK and abroad describing the use of the Solihull Approach in their area.

The use of Solihull Approach in 2015 conferenceThe use of Solihull Approach in 2013 conference

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Solihull Approach posters at WAIHM 2016, Prague

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Anne Marie Walker. 2016. The use of the Solihull Approach in providing a reflective practice group for children’s community nurses.

Cheryl Valentine, 2016. Using the Solihull Approach to support dads in Shotts Prison to understand their children.

Cheryl Valentine, 2016. Investing in nurturing lives and communities, across North Lanarkshire using the Solihull Approach.

Bateson, K., Lewis, F., Douglas, H. 2016. A comparison of outcomes between the Solihull Approach relationship-focused universal antenatal parents group and traditional parentcraft groups.

Bangerh, P. Harris-Waller, J. Douglas, H. 2016. Evaluating the Solihull Approach Foster Carers Course.

Douglas, H. Appleton, R. 2016. Parents’ views of their experience in the Solihull Approach parenting group.

Baladi, Rebecca. Johnson, Rebecca. Urquart Law, Gar. 2106. A pre, post and follow-up evaluation of the ‘Understanding your child’s behaviour’ (UYCB) group: a parenting group intervention based on the Solihull Approach.