Renfrewshire’s Nurturing Relationships Approach (RNRA)
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At the heart of nurture is a focus on wellbeing and relationships and a drive to support the growth and development of children and young people.
Why a Nurturing Approach?
A nurturing approach has been promoted as key to supporting mental health and wellbeing and attainment in Scottish schools. It is also recognised as one of the main ways of supporting the needs of children and young people who have experienced ACES and trauma (2).
Renfrewshire’s Nurturing Relationships Approach (RNRA) emphasises that relationships are at the heart of nurturing approaches and provides an implementation process for establishments to develop nurturing relationships across schools, ELCCs and communities.
What is Renfrewshire’s Nurturing Relationships Approach?
• RNRA increases knowledge of attachment theory and an understanding that early experiences can have a significant impact on development.
• RNRA helps staff to understand the key importance of nurturing relationships to children and young peoples’ mental health and wellbeing, social and emotional development and attainment.
• RNRA supports Staff to put key principles of nurturing practice in place across their establishment.
Renfrewshire’s Nurturing Relationships Approach (RNRA) is a relational and trauma informed approach to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. RNRA is grounded in a rich evidence base and has been found to positively impact on staff practice and the wellbeing of children and young people (Nolan, 2020). Positive relationships across the school community (parents/carers, children and young people and staff) and a focus on the development of resilient children and young people are considered some of the key features of whole-establishment nurturing approaches.
For more information please follow the link below.
RNRA – Renfrewshire Educational Psychology Service (glowscotland.org.uk)
