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Work Matters: On course

Careers & Training
9 SEPTEMBER

NCB Training - Working with Babies to Three-Year-Olds: Emotional, Social and Learning Needs in Daycare

Participants will discover how research confirms the Key Person approach; gain an understanding of how child-adult relationships are central to emotional, social and cognitive well-being; increase their knowledge about talking and listening, exploration and play; develop awareness of schemas for nurturing self-esteem; and prepare a plan to develop their own work.

- Southampton. Cost: £195 plus VAT. Call 020 7843 6084 or e-mail training@ncb.org.

16 SEPTEMBER

Spearheading the next phase of Children's Trusts

This conference from Children and Young People Now will explore the DCSF's vision for the next ten years, new statutory guidance on the duty to co-operate, and best practice joint-commissioning for improved outcomes, as well as how to ensure inspection success.

- London. Cost: £249 plus VAT. Visit www.childrenstrustsconference.com.

30 SEPTEMBER

introduction to the theory and practice of a Key Persons approach with birth to three-year-olds

Delegates will consider the importance of attachment relationships for children in settings, centres and schools in the Early Years Foundation Stage; explore the benefits of a Key Persons approach for children, parents, practitioners and the nursery; and share examples of how the Key Persons approach has been implemented.

- London. Cost: from £141. Visit www.early-education.org.uk.

2 OCTOBER

The why and how of outdoor play for children three to five years

Delegates will consider why planning in order to give free access to outdoor learning is so important for the development of young children, and review ways to plan and develop the outdoor environment as a complementary, safe and yet risky and challenging learning environment for children from three to five years old, including the reception year.

- London. Cost: from £141. Visit www.early-education.org.uk.