1. Does a child have more contact with his or her key person during the day than with other members of staff? If not, then the relationship is unlikely to have any special meaning for the child.
2. Is the day organised so that children can spend special intimate times with their key person? Nurseries need to plan opportunities for attachment.
3. Does the key person have the particular responsibility of settling the child -and the child's parents - in the nursery?
4. Do parents have opportunities to share what they know about their child with the key person?
5. Is the child's progress closely monitored and recorded by the key person to enable effective planning?
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