Work Matters: On course

Observation, Assessment and Planning Workshop

This workshop offers a practical guide to delivering top-qualityobservations that translate into best-practice planning. Share your OAPchallenges with your peers and focus on the practicalities of OAP foryour specific setting. This workshop runs alongside Nursery World's'EYFS One Year On' conference. - Birmingham. Cost: from 199.Visit www.eyfsconference.com or call 020 8267 4011

30 September

Implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage: One Year On - MovingForwards

A year on from implementation, what challenges are practitioners facingunder the EYFS? This one-day conference will examine how the EYFS hasbeen received, interpreted and implemented by early years professionals.Practical advice will be offered by Ofsted officials, outstanding-ratedand award-winning settings, and local authority early years teams. -Birmingham. Cost: from 299. Visit www.eyfsconference.com or call020 8267 40111

2 - 3 November

The European Child Home Safety Conference

This conference by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents andthe European Child Safety Alliance looks at the injuries suffered bychildren at home, offering practical solutions from the experience ofinternational professionals. Topics include the role of television ininfluencing risky behaviour, safety education through science lessons,building safer homes and different approaches to experiential learning.- Stratford Upon Avon. Cost: members 221 plus VAT, non-member260 plus VAT. Visit www.rospa.com/events/eurochildsafety/or phone0121 248 2120.

17 November

Improving the Skills of Children with Asperger's Syndrome

This workshop offers a practical approach to the challenges of workingwith children who have Asperger's syndrome, providing participants withthe ability to identify the difficulties associated with Asperger's andeffective strategies for working with children. - London. Cost: 185 plus VAT. Visit www.concept-training.co.uk or phone 01524 832828