The development of siblings of children with autism at 4 and 14 months: social engagement, communication, and cognition Two groups of 14 Israeli children were studied at four and 14 months: siblings...
The Department of Health has launched a second public education campaign, at a cost of 700,000, to highlight the dangers of using antibiotics unnecessarily.
Far too many political and economic leaders are failing to grasp that investing in children aged nought to three is the only way to ensure every child has the opportunity to reach his or her...
New research suggests the number of registered childminders in England will continue to fall, despite an increase in the number of childcare places in recent years. A report, Who cares? Childminding...
More than 10 per cent of the membership of the Scottish Pre-school Play Association has been lost over the past year, as playgroups continue to close under pressure from growing local authority...
Children who are called hyperactive are more likely to be responding understandably to the unique pressures of our times, argues Professor Priscilla Alderson Why are so many children today seen as...
* The NSPCC has called for a full review of why some areas of England and Wales have a greater conviction rate than others for parents and carers who kill or seriously injure children. The call was...
'Teachers now have to draw on their deepest reserves of professionalism to set aside their own strong feelings in order to provide whatever perspective, comfort, understanding and empathy their pupils...
'How can parents be persuaded that the Government is committed to raising standards when it plans to useunqualified people as teachers?' Doug McAvoy, general secretary of the National Union of...
'What is important is that ... we set the level of qualification at a realistic level which neither excludes too many workers nor devalues the sector.' Shuna Cant, head of early education and...