Adopting a key person approach requires careful preparation and organisation by the staff team in any setting, as well as reviewing practice once they have started using it, writes Anne O'Connor.
A new briefing paper from the NDNA outlines the challenges for practitioners considering what is appropriate contact and gives pointers for best practice
If a child overreacts to tactile experiences it may be down to sensory processing, says Anne O'Connor.
Should boys and girls be treated differently in the early years? Annette Rawstrone spoke to a group of nursery school practitioners.
The relationship between managers and staff is crucial to a nursery's success. Annette Rawstrone spoke to practitioners from private day nurseries.
Building positive relationships between infants and carers is key to prosocial behaviour and later mental health. By Annette Rawstrone
Early years practitioners engaged parents as partners by exploring schemas for personal, social and emotional development for a project in one London borough, described by Kate Miranda and Stella...
A project in Cornwall has been aiming to improve the care of children by building stronger relationships between practitioners and parents. Tracey Griffiths reports on its progress.
It is vital for settings to build positive relationships with parents in order for them to feel included in their children's growth and development, as a new resource for practitioners from Children...
In the first of our new National Strategies features on the EYFS, Ann Langston, Jonathan Doherty and Teresa Todd take a look at attachment and the role of the key person in a child's development.
