Issue 03

Summer 2004

Pages	Details
Front cover
2: Contents	Welcome from Naomi Eisenstadt - Contents
3-5: News	DoH consultation on health - Research on children's eating behaviour - Holiday play scheme registration - Child protection self-assessment tool - A rough guide to children's centres - Minister's Question Time - "If you ask me..."
6-7: Fad or Fact	With so many alternative techniques, devices and treatments now available to help babies progress, how can you help parents decide which ones really work?
8-9: Children come first	Child development guru Penelope Leach tells us why she thinks Sure Start is making a concrete difference, and why she believes mothers should have the choice of staying at home for the first year of their baby's life.
10-11: Let's learn together	What can early years practitioners do to ensure they are delivering appropriate special needs provision? We round up some inspiring examples of best practice.
12-15: Crossing barriers	With seven extended school childcare pilot schemes starting up this year, we ask existing practitioners just how they deliver the goods.
16-17: Bridging the gap	Teaming up with parents can breathe extra life into family support work, and can often boost parents' access to work too, as we discover.
18-19: Risky business	Minimising the risk of accidents is crucial for everyone who works with children. We report on how a healthy attitude to risk management can help improve safety standards.
20-21: Resources round-up	What's on - Webwatch - What's out there - Where to go... on holiday - Reading room
22: A day in the life	What does an Early Years Area SENCo do all day? We followed in the footsteps of Wirral LEA employee Bruna Kell to find out exactly that...
23: Letters	Free early education for all three year olds? - Becoming a registered childminder - Children's communication
24: Back cover	Outdoor play resources: useful websistes, publications and organisations

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