Recent advances in FPM practice have been marked by the introduction of a series of practice tools and guides. The tools and guides are a clear, flexible and parent-friendly way for parents and practitioners to explore and accomplish the core tasks of the helping process. They encourage openness from the start between practitioners and parents about what FPM is and the Model's methods and the tasks of helping. They are an explicit reminder about the FPM's core content and process that enable practitioners and parents to maintain the course and purpose of FPM more easily. They also allow practitioners to work alongside parents rather than lead them through the tasks of the helping process, so that practitioners and parents can concentrate on how they are working in partnership. In using the tools and guides, practitioners need to continue to be thoughtful and sensitive about the way in which they employ their skills and qualities to build effective partnership and avoid the risk of expert leading and becoming instructive.