Whether working in children's centres, outreach and dual-focused services, preschools, kindergartens or schools, this book helps readers develop the skills and strategies to work alongside parents whatever their role.

Practical, focused and jargon-free this book shows you the power and potential of NVivo software across a wide range of research questions, data types, perspectives and methodologies.

Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the 'Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap' series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way.

An ideal introduction for trainees and practitioners looking to understand the what, the why, and the how of coaching research.