The steps leading to the identification of a child's special needs and the devising of an individual education plan are outlined by the Camden Early Years Intervention Team For those children who...
What will it take to deliver better services for disabled children? Disability rights commissioner Philippa Russell explains While better neonatal techniques are resulting in the survival of more...
Use focused activities to help children explore the world through their senses with a two-part project from Judith Stevens Practitioners may plan a project based on 'the senses' on its own, or as part...
Over the next few months Deborah Sharpe will chart her progress as she sets up Ravens out-of-school club in Eastbourne It's still early days, but setting up Ravens out-of-school club has been a...
Nanny agencies will be required to confirm to parents that prospective nannies are suitable for working with children, under new employment agency regulations announced last week. The move is part of...
An Essex nursery that looked set to lose out on 1.2m from the Early Years Capital Grant has been told that the local authority will honour its contract and provide the funding.
A Nottingham nursery has been closed down and two members of its staff arrested following the discovery of unexplained fractures suffered by three children.
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell says the new children's minister already has a child protection issue to tackle What is it about children and childcarers that makes them unworthy of a minister...
The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme pilots will be extended to 12,000 families by 2015, health secretary Andrew Lansley said last week.
The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has been awarded nearly 17m for the next financial year to redesign the Early Years Professional Status qualification and roll out the New Leaders...