Alex Griffiths is an Educational Psychologist. A co-founder of PACT who later worked with Universities, Colleges, Schools, Parents and Local Authorities. He has a particular interest in literacy and learning issues. Alex has worked as the editor of a special needs magazine, lecturer, expert witness and occasional broadcaster and writer. Dorothy Hamilton

• Acknowledgements. Foreword. 1. Introduction 2. The Background 3. Getting Started 4. Making a Success of It: The Organization 5. Making a Success of It: The Children 6. Questions Parents Ask 7. Examples of Current Practice (I) Practice in a Junior School: A Partnership with Parents (II) Practice in an Infant School: The Human Face of PACT (III) Practice in a Nursery Class: Sharing the Beginnings (IV) Practice in a Secondary School: Reading Together – A Comprehensive School’s Experience 8. Does it Work? 9. Some Variations on the Theme 10. Ways Forward. Notes and References. Index.

Alex Griffiths is an Educational Psychologist. A co-founder of PACT who later worked with Universities, Colleges, Schools, Parents and Local Authorities. He has a particular interest in literacy and learning issues. Alex has worked as the editor of a special needs magazine, lecturer, expert witness and occasional broadcaster and writer. Dorothy Hamilton

• Acknowledgements. Foreword. 1. Introduction 2. The Background 3. Getting Started 4. Making a Success of It: The Organization 5. Making a Success of It: The Children 6. Questions Parents Ask 7. Examples of Current Practice (I) Practice in a Junior School: A Partnership with Parents (II) Practice in an Infant School: The Human Face of PACT (III) Practice in a Nursery Class: Sharing the Beginnings (IV) Practice in a Secondary School: Reading Together – A Comprehensive School’s Experience 8. Does it Work? 9. Some Variations on the Theme 10. Ways Forward. Notes and References. Index.

Alex Griffiths is an Educational Psychologist. A co-founder of PACT who later worked with Universities, Colleges, Schools, Parents and Local Authorities. He has a particular interest in literacy and learning issues. Alex has worked as the editor of a special needs magazine, lecturer, expert witness and occasional broadcaster and writer. Dorothy Hamilton

• Acknowledgements. Foreword. 1. Introduction 2. The Background 3. Getting Started 4. Making a Success of It: The Organization 5. Making a Success of It: The Children 6. Questions Parents Ask 7. Examples of Current Practice (I) Practice in a Junior School: A Partnership with Parents (II) Practice in an Infant School: The Human Face of PACT (III) Practice in a Nursery Class: Sharing the Beginnings (IV) Practice in a Secondary School: Reading Together – A Comprehensive School’s Experience 8. Does it Work? 9. Some Variations on the Theme 10. Ways Forward. Notes and References. Index.