NEW: Short courses in work with birth to threes

• Activities for the under-twos: one-day course for practitioners new to this age group. Topics include play and development, heuristic play, treasure baskets and evaluating equipment.

• Activities for the under-threes: one-day course for newcomers to early years care. Topics similar to those above.

• Activities for the under-threes - advanced: one-day course for carers with at least five years' experience in early years care. Topics similar to those above.

• Working with babies: two-day course for those new to the care of babies. Topics include understanding babies' development from birth to one year and effective techniques for communication.

• Knowledge and understanding of the world (0-3 years): one-day course exploring how best to deliver this area of learning for children under three years.

CRECHENDO TRAINING

• Advanced practice in working with babies: Crechendo has been validated to run this CACHE course.

EARLY EDUCATION TRAINING AND RESOURCE CENTRE

• Listening to young children: this course will explain how we listen to the youngest children and why listening to babies and toddlers is important.

EARLY YEARS ORGANISATION

• Two-year-old programme: eight-day programme aiming to create a lasting link between the home and an early years setting.

• The High/Scope tender care and early learning course: twelve-day course over 12 months, aimed at those working with under-threes and who wish to use the High/Scope approach in day care, creche and SureStart settings.

NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST

• Smile, talk and listen: this Talk to Your Baby conference on 18 October outlines plans for the National Year of Speaking and Listening in 2011, tips for the days following birth and strategies for early communication.

MATERNITY AND NANNY TRAINING (MNT)

• Baby care for nannies: one-day course for nannies, maternity nurses, nursery nurses and expectant parents. Topics include general care, bedtime routines and sleeping, feeding, weaning and behaviour.

• The maternity nanny practitioner: three days of formal teaching for experienced professionals. Leads to a qualification in maternity nursing. Covers care of newborns and post-natal mothers, and how to gain employment in the maternity sector.

• Postnatal depression: one-day course covering the condition, signs and symptoms, risk factors, and how to support sufferers and their families.

• Care of multiples: one-day course covering caring for twins and multiple births, premature and other special-care babies, including feeding and sleeping and establishing routines.

• Sleep training: two-day course covering normal sleep habits and problems.

MONTESSORI CENTRE INTERNATIONAL

• Infant toddler course: part-time and distance-learning course designed to develop competence in students wishing to extend their training under the Montessori method for children

MUSIC FOR STARTERS

• Making music with babies: practitioners on this course will explore musical activities that can be used with children up to 12 months.

NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH TRUST

The National Childbirth Trust provides information and practical support on all aspects of pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood. Its training arm is NHS Connect, which runs workshops around the country.

NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BUREAU

• Introduction to listening to young children: the aim of this course is to gain understanding of the importance of listening to young children and involving them in decisions that affect them. It is aimed at practitioners working with the under-fives.

• Babies to threes: this one-day course will emphasise the importance of relationships and experiences in the first year. Covers the early development of self-concept, baby/adult interactions and the foundations of early learning, relating issues to participants' experience.

NATIONAL DAY NURSERIES ASSOCIATION (NDNA)

• Enriching play and learning for 0 to 2-year-olds: one-day courses aimed at Level 2 practitioners. It focuses on play and learning in the EYFS and on environments that enrich the play and learning experience.

THE SCHOOL OF INFANT MENTAL HEALTH

• Foundation course: sixteen-hour introduction to infant mental health and parent-infant psychotherapy.

• Infant research and infant psychiatry: 30 hours each, these are observation-based seminars.

TRAINING DESIGNS

• Promoting play: six hour course covering the different types of play, the psychology of play, understand the importance of play within the nursery and at home, indentify ways to introduce play, understand how to involve parents, links to child development.