The overhaul of early years qualifications that introduced the new Level 3 diploma was designed to equip practitioners with both the knowledge and skills to make a positive difference to the lives of the young children in their care.
This is particularly demonstrated with the core unit 'Promote child and young person development', which builds in practical ways on the theory and knowledge base of the unit featured last month, 'Understand child and young person development'.
Promoting child development requires not just high levels of knowledge and understanding, but competence too.
It focuses on the fundamentals of being a competent practitioner offering effective, quality childcare practice - observation of the individual child, assessment, planning and delivery of activities to encourage that child to develop further.
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