Nursery World - Scotland: New under-threes guide

A new framework for practitioners working with the under-threes was launched in Edinburgh last week.

The Birth to 3 Framework was developed by the city council inpartnership with a range of childcare providers and associations whowork directly with babies and young children, as well as NHSLothian.

Councillor Marilyne Maclaren, convenor of the council's Education,Children and Families committee, said, 'This framework will encouragestaff to focus on the individual needs of children, work together todevelop their practice and improve the quality of provision for theunder-threes.'

Catherine Groat, manager of the Croileagan nursery, which has beenheavily involved in developing the framework, said that while itrepresented guidelines and not a rigid blueprint, it was 'better to havesomething written down'. She added that the emphasis throughout is ontreating the child with respect and as an individual.

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