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A Unique Child: Health - A doctor's diary ... Hand, foot and mouth disease
'Doctor, my child has a rash! He's well in himself, but I have no idea what it is. Should I keep him away from nursery?'


A Unique Child: Inclusion - Hard times
Families with disabled children, already bearing the brunt of local authority cuts,...

A Unique Child: Health - A doctor's diary ... norovirus
'Doctor, something is going around the nursery, and half the children are...

A Unique Child Health: A Doctor's Diary ... Kawasaki disease
'Doctor, my son has had a fever for over five days now....

A Unique Child Separations: Practice in pictures - To and fro
Practitioners should acknowledge the feelings that separation can trigger in a young...

A Unique Child: inclusion - Doing Christmas differently
Families of disabled children can find the festive period less stressful if...

A Unique Child: Health - A doctor's diary ... measles
'Doctor, I've heard that measles is on the increase and that it...

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Supporting ... Lucas
How one nursery and key worker care for a child with cerebral...

A Unique Child: Health - A doctor's diary ... rubella
'Doctor, I'm so worried. My daughter hasn't had the MMR vaccine and...

A Unique Child: Physical development - Practice in pictures - At a crawl
Crawling is an important physical stage in its own right which enables...

A Unique Child: Health - A doctor's diary ... Mumps
'Doctor, my son has swollen cheeks! What do you think he's got?...

A Unique Child: Practice in Pictures - schemas
Tyres are perfect open-ended resources and link well to children's schemas, as...

A Unique Child: Cognitive Development - First reading
Ways that nurseries can identify and promote children's readiness for reading are...

A guide to the revised EYFS: Part 1 - An overview
The revised Early Years Foundation Stage will form part of sweeping changes...
A Unique Child: Health - A doctor's diary ... warts
'Doctor! I think my child has a wart? Can you freeze it...

A Unique Child: home culture - Worlds apart?
To understand a child's home culture, early years educators need to look...

A Unique Child: Eye Cancer - A trick of the light?
Eye cancer in young children is rare, but early diagnosis of retinoblastoma...

A unique child: Health - A doctor's diary ... earache
'Doctor, I'm sorry to bother you, but my daughter has got another...

A Unique Child: Selective Mutism - Silent types
How do you distinguish between children who are shy or 'just very...

A Unique Child: Health - A doctor's diary ... Group B strep
'Doctor, my friend's son has been admitted to hospital with a severe...

A Unique Child: Cognitive development - Left-handed and right-handed
Which hand we write with is not determined at birth, but our...
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