Our Approach

Healthy Start is based on the following principles:

• Thinking about the whole child, whole family and whole community to ensure safe and supportive environments for young children of parents with learning difficulties
• Being aware of critical periods in the life-course, to provide effective and timely support for parents with learning difficulties and their children from the antenatal period and early childhood development onwards
• Recognising  and acknowledging the strengths of parents with learning difficulties, and appreciating that these are the foundations for learning new parenting skills
• Valuing an evidence-based approach, which means using and sharing research-based programs, contributing to new knowledge, and evaluating outcomes