Renfrewshire’s Nurturing Relationships Approach

What is Renfrewshire’s Nurturing Relationships Approach (RNRA)?

• 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.

 

Why a nurturing approach?

A nurturing approach is the key to supporting mental health and wellbeing. This, in turn, increases attainment in schools. The use of a nurturing approach is one of the main ways of supporting children who have experienced trauma or Adverse Childhood Experiences.

 

Renfrewshire’s Nurturing Relationships Approach – Accreditation

At present, we have achieved the Ruby level of RNRA accreditation. This means we have involved our community in our nurturing relationships approach. We are currently working towards Level 3 (Amethyst) where we are fully integrating nurturing approaches into policy and practice.

 

Click the link below to view our Relationships policy which was created in partnership with pupils, parents and our staff RNRA core group.