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Talking therapies for children with mental health problems

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has announced it is providing up to 3m in funding to deliver a two-year programme to increase early intervention mental health support for children in the voluntary and community sector.

Fears that disabled children will lose out in NHS reforms

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

| Nursery World

A new report is calling on the Government to embed child health as an NHS priority in light of concerns that disabled children's needs will not be met through planned changes to the health service.

11m funding for online and phone support for families

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Monday, October 24, 2011

| Nursery World

The Government has announced it is to give 11m to 11 voluntary and community organisations to deliver national online and telephone support for family support services.

Call for supplement strategy, as children go short of vitamin D

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Friday, October 21, 2011

| Nursery World

Vitamin supplement recommendations for under-fives are out of step with their needs and a lack of awareness is leading to a shortfall of Vitamin D in young children, according to a new report.

Ofsted gives parents a chance to have their say on schools

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents will be able to give their comments on their child's school whenever they like, on a new website called Parent View.

New guidelines on how much toddlers should eat and drink

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

| Nursery World

New guidance for childcare and health professionals about portion sizes for one - to three-year-olds has been published by an independent group of leading nutritionists and child health experts.

Chair named for UK's biggest birth study

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

| Nursery World

The Birth Cohort study into the lives of 90,000 babies and children will be chaired by Professor Dame Janet Finch.

Playbus takes to the streets to encourage parents to play, talk and read with children

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Friday, October 7, 2011

| Nursery World

A national roadshow set out this week to encourage parents across Scotland to play, talk and read more with their young children.

Four in ten disabled children live in poverty

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Friday, October 7, 2011

| Nursery World

Four in ten disabled children in the UK live in poverty, 'a staggering 320,000' children, according to a report by the Children's Society.

Ministers confirm childcare support for part-time workers in plans for universal credit

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

| Nursery World

Thousands more families will be eligible for support with childcare costs, under plans for the Universal Credit unveiled by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith.

Health visitor numbers fall

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

| Nursery World

The health visitors' union Unite has called for the Government to ring-fence health visitor budgets to combat the drop in the number of health visitors.

Signs of autism in children highlighted in new guidance from NICE

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners could learn to recognise autism in children with the help of new guidance developed by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Postnatal depression left untreated among thousands of mothers

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Up to 35,000 new mothers struggle with postnatal depression each year without seeking treatment, a survey by 4 children suggests.

Development wheel to support children's speech and language

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Harrow council has launched a new version of their development wheel that will focus on speech and language in the early years.

MMR vaccine take-up in children below WHO target

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Friday, September 30, 2011

| Nursery World

New figures from the NHS reveal that despite an increase in the number of children being immunised against MMR, the rate of vaccination still falls below the World Health Organisation's target.

Adoption of babies falls to record low

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Friday, September 30, 2011

| Nursery World

The number of children in care and chosen for adoption has fallen to a record low, with only 60 children under the age of one adopted in the last year, according to new Department for Education statistics.

Parents spending nearly half their salaries on childcare

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents in Northern Ireland are spending on average 45 per cent of their weekly joint income on childcare, according to a new report launched today.

Nanny of the Year

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Monday, September 26, 2011

| Nursery World

A nanny from Bedfordshire has been named as Professional Nanny of the Year 2011.

Wanted: First-time parents for film

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Monday, September 26, 2011

| Nursery World

The Fatherhood Institute is looking for first-time parents to feature in a film to explore the ways mums and dads interact with their babies.

Boris Johnson lends support to parenting course in primary schools

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Friday, September 23, 2011

| Nursery World

London mayor Boris Johnson has given his backing to the expansion of a scheme which offers free parenting classes to the parents of primary school children.

Early years charities share 6.8m

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Twenty four children's charities in Scotland are to benefit from a 6.8 million fund aimed at supporting vulnerable families early on.

Breakfast club wins award from Number Ten

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Charity-run breakfast club programme Magic Breakfast has won a Prime Minister's Big Society Award in recognition of its innovative work in supporting schools to provide a free healthy breakfast.

Local authorities to trial SEN reforms

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Twenty pathfinders will trial proposals to support children with special educational needs and disabilities.

Government considers parenting classes for all

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

| Nursery World

The Government has announced plans to trial the use of vouchers for parenting classes to mothers and fathers with children under the age of five.

Interview: Suzanne Zeedyk, Honorary senior lecturer at the University of Dundee in Scotland

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Monday, September 19, 2011

| Nursery World

For the past 25 years, Suzanne Zeedyk has worked as a research psychologist specialising in the social and communicative abilities of babies

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Talking therapies for children with mental health problems

Fears that disabled children will lose out in NHS reforms

11m funding for online and phone support for families

Call for supplement strategy, as children go short of vitamin D

Ofsted gives parents a chance to have their say on schools

New guidelines on how much toddlers should eat and drink

Chair named for UK's biggest birth study

Playbus takes to the streets to encourage parents to play, talk and read with children

Four in ten disabled children live in poverty

Ministers confirm childcare support for part-time workers in plans for universal credit

Health visitor numbers fall

Signs of autism in children highlighted in new guidance from NICE

Postnatal depression left untreated among thousands of mothers

Development wheel to support children's speech and language

MMR vaccine take-up in children below WHO target

Adoption of babies falls to record low

Parents spending nearly half their salaries on childcare

Nanny of the Year

Wanted: First-time parents for film

Boris Johnson lends support to parenting course in primary schools

Early years charities share 6.8m

Breakfast club wins award from Number Ten

Local authorities to trial SEN reforms

Government considers parenting classes for all

Interview: Suzanne Zeedyk, Honorary senior lecturer at the University of Dundee in Scotland

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