Case study: well settled

Anita Mohindra is head of the New River Green Early Years Centre and Family Project in London. The team has thought in detail about how best to develop a positive relationship between staff and parents. Anita emphasises that a supportive and gentle settling-in process is crucial for starting that relationship with parents of very young children. Leaving the baby or toddler with a key worker in the centre is probably the first separation that parents have faced from their child. In planning a flexible pattern for settling both child and parent, the team has integrated Elinor Goldschmied's ideas into their...