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Second time around - grandparents as carers

By Meg Jones, Nursery World, 27 April 00, 12:00

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 sister.

Out of reach: withdrawn children

By Juliet Brown, Nursery World, 27 April 00, 12:00

Carers can learn to recognise when a withdrawn child is ready to respond, writes child psychotherapist Juliet Brown

Equality issues: persona dolls: Someone to talk to

By Babette Brown, Nursery World, 27 April 00, 12:00

Using persona dolls can help children learn to treat everyone with respect, writes Babette Brown

Chemical reaction - children and psych drugs

By Ruth Thomson, Nursery World, 27 April 00, 12:00

Behaviourally disturbed children are increasingly subjected to a quick fix of drugs. By Ruth Thomson

A change of address

By Richard Woolfson, Nursery World, 20 April 00, 12:00

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 remember when you last moved ...

Down to a fine art - creative stimulation

By Julian Grenier, Nursery World, 20 April 00, 12:00

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 the possibilities ...

Alternative Ulster

By James Tweed, Nursery World, 20 April 00, 12:00

Early years provision is undergoing great changes in a land where change has almost become the norm, as James Tweed reports

Making a difference

By Patricia Slatcher, Nursery World, 13 April 00, 12:00

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 local school. 'I came up through the ranks a...

Parlez-vous francais?

By Joyce Reid, Nursery World, 13 April 00, 12:00

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 know they may take...

Engaging responses -communication

By Jenny Lindon, Nursery World, 13 April 00, 12:00

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. However, no single ...