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Children's minister launches 500,000 scholarship scheme for SEN support staff

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

| Nursery World

A new Government scholarship scheme for teaching assistants who work with children with special educational needs and disabilities will pay up to 2,000 towards the costs of taking a degree-level qualification.

Young children more likely to play with other children of the same ethnicity, study claims

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Friday, July 1, 2011

| Nursery World

A new study of Canadian nursery children has found that toddlers in Montreal nurseries prefer playing with children of the same ethnicity,

Greater risk of autism for siblings of children with disorder

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

| Nursery World

Children who have older siblings with autism have a one in five chance of developing the disorder, according to a new study.

Parents of disabled children face childcare crisis

News

Friday, October 21, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents of disabled children struggle to find suitable childcare for their children in the holidays, a survey reveals.

Call for better communication to support adopted children with SEND

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Thursday, August 9, 2018

| Nursery World

A new report by the Council for Disabled Children has called for improved communication with families to support adopted children with additional needs.

Spotlight on…Tina Lambert

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Monday, January 21, 2019

| Nursery World

Position: Head of outdoor learning at Honeybees Pre-School in East Sussex

New £50m fund to create extra places and facilities for children with SEND

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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

| Nursery World

Local authorities will be able to access Government funding to improve facilities and create more school places for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities.

London Mayor urged to help tackle 'special needs timebomb'

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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

| Nursery World

A new report warns of a ‘special needs timebomb’ in London with rising numbers of children with SEND and insufficient funding to provide the support they need.

Government-funded report focuses on early intervention to help children with SEN

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

| Nursery World

The recommendations of the Better Communication Research Programme (BCRP), the largest ever programme of research into children's speech, language and communication services in the UK, put an emphasis on early intervention, close involvement of families and joint commissioning of services across education, health and social care to support children with speech, language and communication needs.

New research suggests more needs to be done to make children's books truly representative

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

| Nursery World

BookTrust has published new research showing that the percentage of children’s book creators of people of colour has increased, however it argues that more still needs to be done to make children's literature truly representative of the UK.

Early bedtime in young childhood 'cuts obesity risk'

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Monday, July 18, 2016

| Nursery World

Researchers have linked a much lower incidence of obesity in teenagers who were tucked in by 8pm during their early years.

Charities lobby for foster children to access 30 hours childcare

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Thursday, November 9, 2017

| Nursery World

A group of charities have written to the children and families minister urging him to extend the 30-hours of funded childcare to foster carers.

Joint working with the Team Around the child

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

| Nursery World

The next Team Around the Child (TAC) seminar, in London on 21 June, is designed to help practitioners make the most of limited resources in a multi-agency approach.

Interview - Elsie Normington

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Friday, November 23, 2012

| Nursery World

Author of The Silent Doorbell, an account of raising a child with a learning disability. Ms Normington also founded SNAP, a play centre for disabled children.

Missing data on disabled children raises concern that services cannot cope

News

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

| Nursery World

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of school children living with complex needs, but information on them is scarce.

Spotlight on ... Jane Halpin and Denise Armer

News

Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Position: Co-founders of Unique Kidz and Co, a charity in Lancashire which provides services for disabled children.

Nursery World conference - EYFS: Supporting every child to thrive

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

| Nursery World

Nursery World's one-day conference on 9 November, EYFS: Supporting every child to thrive, has a fantastic line-up of speakers including Dr Julian Grenier, Kerry Murphy and Dr Sharon Curtis.

New protection resource for children in ethnic minority groups

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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A new resource aims to help practitioners promote the safety and well-being of children in black and minority ethnic groups.

Call for 'shared sites' to bring young and old together

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Friday, January 5, 2018

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A new report has called for the introduction of 500 intergenerational shared sites to unite young and old people and counter ‘age apartheid’.

Children and Families Bill: second reading

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Monday, February 25, 2013

| Nursery World

The second reading of the Children and Families Bill is taking place in the House of Commons.

New eLearning package to help simplify personal budgets

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

| Nursery World

KIDS, a charity for disabled children and young people, has launched an eLearning package aimed at explaining the key points about personalisation, personal budgets and how this can affect family life.

DfE sets out remit for early years SENCos

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Friday, May 11, 2018

| Nursery World

Guidance to develop a new early years qualification for Level 3 practitioners working with children with special educational needs and disabilities has been published by the Department for Education.

Practitioners' views sought on SEND funding

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| Nursery World

A new survey into the impact of early years funding on SEND provision has been launched by the Early Years Alliance.

SEND campaigers to hand the Prime Minister an invoice for £12m

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Thursday, February 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) campaigners are to march on Downing Street tomorrow with an invoice for Boris Johnson for £12 million – the amount required to plug the SEND funding crisis in Tower Hamlets.

Cheshire nursery honoured

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

| Nursery World

Scamps Day Nursery in Macclesfield is celebrating a hat trick of achievements.

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Children's minister launches 500,000 scholarship scheme for SEN support staff

Young children more likely to play with other children of the same ethnicity, study claims

Greater risk of autism for siblings of children with disorder

Parents of disabled children face childcare crisis

Call for better communication to support adopted children with SEND

Spotlight on…Tina Lambert

New £50m fund to create extra places and facilities for children with SEND

London Mayor urged to help tackle 'special needs timebomb'

Government-funded report focuses on early intervention to help children with SEN

New research suggests more needs to be done to make children's books truly representative

Early bedtime in young childhood 'cuts obesity risk'

Charities lobby for foster children to access 30 hours childcare

Joint working with the Team Around the child

Interview - Elsie Normington

Missing data on disabled children raises concern that services cannot cope

Spotlight on ... Jane Halpin and Denise Armer

Nursery World conference - EYFS: Supporting every child to thrive

New protection resource for children in ethnic minority groups

Call for 'shared sites' to bring young and old together

Children and Families Bill: second reading

New eLearning package to help simplify personal budgets

DfE sets out remit for early years SENCos

Practitioners' views sought on SEND funding

SEND campaigers to hand the Prime Minister an invoice for £12m

Cheshire nursery honoured

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