In the first instalment in a new series on the integrated review, Dr Kay Mathieson looks at why the process is a key opportunity to improve relationships with parents and carers.
Know what the likely conditions are for hay fever attacks among the children and how best to deal with them with tips from Jan Hurst.
Staff in early years settings will have to take special care in food handling if a child is intolerant to gluten. Coeliac UK offers advice.
"I'm a teacher and have a child with Down's syndrome in my class. I really have no idea what that means or what the implications are."
Providing nursery food with sustainable credentials is one way that providers can help set children up for a better future, says Snapdragons' Mary Llewellin.
Recently, during a busy Monday clinic, a mother brought her son in to see me. He had recently suffered a cold and for the last 24 hours had been more clingy and been limping on his left leg.
By Mary Dickins, early years consultant (All Together Consultancy/London Met. University)
Children who stammer will have their say in new information DVDs for the school workforce and special needs professionals, as Ruth Thomson finds out.
Animal therapy is becoming increasingly popular in the early years. Ruth Beattie finds out why
The debate over how much screen exposure is advisable for young children should take account of scientific research and common sense, say Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith.
