27 April 2000
Generations ago, when unmarried mothers were ostracised by society, it was not unusual for children
to grow up believing their grandmother was their mother and their birth mother was a...
27 April 2000
Carers can learn to recognise when a withdrawn child is ready to respond, writes child psychotherapist Juliet Brown
27 April 2000
Using persona dolls can help children learn to treat everyone with respect, writes Babette Brown
27 April 2000
Behaviourally disturbed children are increasingly subjected to a quick fix of drugs. By Ruth Thomson
20 April 2000
Psychological surveys reveal that moving house is a traumatic life event for adults, ranking it third in terms of stress after the death of a partner and divorce. Can you...
20 April 2000
The Thomas Coram Early Childhood Centre is part of a unique campus of services for young children in central London. Bernadette Duffy, the Centre's head, is still clearly excited by...
20 April 2000
Early years provision is undergoing great changes in a land where change has almost become the norm, as James Tweed reports
13 April 2000
Making a difference
Kathleen Wright had no idea she'd end up as a key worker to a special needs child when she started helping out as a dinner lady at her...
13 April 2000
Marjory Bradley says 'Deux morceaux chacun.' It is snack time at Les Petits Francais, the specially set-aside room at a nursery in Paisley just outside Glasgow, and the children now...
13 April 2000
There are several major theories that try to explain how very young children all around the world learn spoken language and each theory manages to explain something of the process....