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Positive Relationships: Boys - Why gender matters

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

| Nursery World

Practitioners need to rethink how they regard boys and girls, whether as equals or as naturally different, to support their learning, writes Maria Robinson.

Positive relationships: Ask the expert ... Nap time

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

| Nursery World

Should nursery workers go along with parents' wishes to keep their child awake all day? Maria Robinson offers advice on sleep needs.

A Unique Child: Shock effects: Post traumatic stress disorder

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

| Nursery World

Children may remain emotionally affected long after an accident. Annette Rawstrone hears how.

Positive relationships: Private matters on the potty

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

| Nursery World

Practitioners wondering how to deal with a child's toileting difficulties are advised by Maria Robinson.

A Unique Child: Inclusion - On target

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

| Nursery World

Burnwood Nursery School has cut dramatically its number of children on the special needs register. Head teacher Juliet Levingstone explains how, in the second of a series on Stoke-on-Trent's nursery schools.

Positive Relationships: Ask the expert - Anxious parents

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners have a hard time convincing some parents about developmentally-appropriate skills. Maria Robinson offers advice.

Continuing Professional Development - Heal the rift

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

| Nursery World

Resolving conflicts between young children is the subject of a course outlined by Karen Faux.

Positive relationships: Key people - part 4 - All part of the job

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

| Nursery World

Those having responsibility as a key carer need to be honest with themselves about the emotional and personal demands of the role as they tune in to individual children, says Anne O'Connor.

Unique Child: Practice in pictures - When friends fall out

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

| Nursery World

While children will squabble from time to time, they are usually practising negotiating techniques. The skill for adults is to know when to step in or step back and let them get on with it, explains Anne O'Connor.

Learning & Development: Aggressive Play - For real?

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

| Nursery World

Should childcarers allow aggressive play, and where does the line have to be drawn? Elaine Lee considers the views of various professionals.

Positive relationships: Key people - part 3 - Good relations

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

| Nursery World

Strategies to engage the third partner in the key person approach - the parent - as a child enters and settles in to nursery are explained in our continuing series on key caring by Anne O'Connor

Positive relationships - Childhood fears - I'm scared

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

| Nursery World

Why children feel fear, and how they experience it at different ages, is explored by Maria Robinson.

Unique child Regulatory disturbances - Bringing calm

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

| Nursery World

Distressed babies may be unable to regulate their own reactions. Their condition is explored by child psychotherapist Robin Balbernie.

Positive relationships: Key people - part 2 - Rest assured

Features

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

| Nursery World

Implementing a 'key caring' approach may seem daunting, but practitioners need to understand its benefits for everyone, explains Anne O'Connor.

Positive relationships: All about ... Childhood friendships

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| Nursery World

Children go through recognisable developmental stages in their ability to make friends, which nursery life can foster, writes Philip Erwin

Unique child: Practice in pictures - Movement play

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| Nursery World

Movement play is vital to young children's cognitive development as well as physical skills, says Anne O'Connor

A unique child: Music therapy - Scaling up

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

A study has measured the effects of music therapy on children's emotional well-being, reports Karen Faux.

Positive relationships: Let's talk about ... smacking

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

A group of private nursery practitioners tell Annette Rawstrone about how they deal with parents who use physical punishment on their young children.

Learning and development: Aggression - hitting out

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Friday, December 28, 2007

| Nursery World

Children's physical responses to the frustration and anger they may feel are often misunderstood, and labelling them is counter-productive, says Karen Faux.

Positive relationships: Let's talk about ... biting

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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

| Nursery World

It's a common occurrence, so why does a child's biting cause so much upset? Annette Rawstrone spoke to practitioners at a private day nursery. Illustration by Clare Nichols.

Positive Relationships: Observing behaviour - Easy as ABC

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

| Nursery World

ABC charts are an excellent means of tracking and evaluating children's behaviour, explain Rachel Lo and Ann Henderson in their new book, The Social Child. All children attending early years settings experience occasions when they may lack the appropriate emotional, social or behavioural skills needed to ensure that their needs are met. During these times, when communication is limited and children find it difficult to express what they want/need/are thinking/are feeling, children's behaviour may be such that it impacts on the well-being of the child and the other children/adults around them.