People Under Three puts forward an approach to group day care of very young children that translates child development theory and research into everyday practice. All the practical ideas in the book have been developed and tested in nurseries and family centres in Britain and overseas. It explores the difficult area of child protection and includes a chapter on the staff group and on ways of reducing the stress which caregivers experience in their daily work. People Under Three will be indispensable reading from managers of child care and family centres and private nurseries, for local authority personnel response for registering and inspecting day care facilities and for all those training to work with young children.

People Under Three: Young Children in Day Care

Politics & Social Sciences

Jackson, Sonia

Social Sciences

Routledge

People Under Three translates child development theory and research into everyday practice. Focusing on the group day care of very young children, it is designed specifically for those who look after them day by day, as well as policy makers, administrators and the managers of the child care services. All the practical ideas in the book have been developed and tested in nurseries and family centres. They include detailed guidance on educational play for babies and toddlers and how to care for children’s emotional needs. The book also explores the difficult area of child protection and working with parents and children with a variety of problems. This book is an established text for all those training to work with young children or managing day care facilities. This new edition has been completely updated to take account of the expansion and radical changes that have taken place in childcare care provision since the book was first published and includes new material on assessing the quality of care and short-term and intermittent care.

People Under Three translates child development theory and research into everyday practice. Focussing on the group day care of very young children, it is designed specifically for those who look after them day by day, as well as policy makers, administrators and the managers of child care services. All the practical ideas in the book have been developed and tested in nurseries and family centres. They include detailed guidance on educational play for babies and toddlers and how to care for children's emotional needs. The book also explores the difficult area of child protection and working with parents and children with a variety of problems. People Under Three is an established text for all those training to work with young children or managing day care facilities. This new edition has been completely updated to take account of the expansion and radical changes which have taken place in child care provision since the book was first published and includes new chapters on assessing the quality of care and short-term and intermittent care.

People Under Three: Play, work and learning in a childcare setting

Services for young children have gone through a period of rapid transformation in recent years, which have been paralleled by great advances in our knowledge of early child development. However, care and education in the first three years of life continues to be a neglected area. Thoroughly updated to take account of key policy and practice changes in childcare provision, this landmark text translates child development theory and research into everyday practice. All the practical ideas in the book have been developed and tested in nurseries, family and children’s centres and include the importance of providing opportunities for adventurous and exploratory play for babies and toddlers, understanding and responding to children's emotional needs and offering personalized and sensitive care. The book also explores different ways of working with parents and the role of early years settings and practitioners in helping to keep children safe. It includes chapters on:    Childcare policy and services  Planning spaces for living, learning and playing  Babies in day care  Heuristic play with objects  Mealtimes  Learning out of doors  Leading and managing a childcare centre  Involving and working with parents  Safeguarding children    People Under Three is an established practical text for all those training to work with young children or managing day care facilities. Focusing on the care and learning of very young children, it is designed specifically for those who look after them day by day, as well as being a useful resource for social work students and policy makers.

Forbes, Ruth

Services for young children have gone through a period of rapid transformation in recent years, which have been paralleled by great advances in our knowledge of early child development. However, care and education in the first three years of life continues to be a neglected area. Thoroughly updated to take account of key policy and practice changes in childcare provision, this landmark text translates child development theory and research into everyday practice. All the practical ideas in the book have been developed and tested in nurseries, family and children’s centres and include the importance of providing opportunities for adventurous and exploratory play for babies and toddlers, understanding and responding to children's emotional needs and offering personalized and sensitive care. The book also explores different ways of working with parents and the role of early years settings and practitioners in helping to keep children safe. It includes chapters on: <ul>
<li>Childcare policy and services </li> <li>Planning spaces for living, learning and playing </li> <li>Babies in day care </li> <li>Heuristic play with objects </li> <li>Mealtimes </li> <li>Learning out of doors </li> <li>Leading and managing a childcare centre </li> <li>Involving and working with parents </li> <li>Safeguarding children </li> </ul>
People Under Three is an established practical text for all those training to work with young children or managing day care facilities. Focusing on the care and learning of very young children, it is designed specifically for those who look after them day by day, as well as being a useful resource for social work students and policy makers.

First published in 1979, this book looks at the subject of childminding in Britain at the time it was written. It is based on a national survey that was commissioned by the Social Science Research Council and on action to help childminders funded by the Wates Foundation at Manchester University, UK. Previous to this study it was calculated that more than one million children under the age of five had a working mother, but little research had been done into childminders themselves. This book evaluates the number and nature of the childminders in Britain that were looking after the nation’s children in the 70s. It argues that parents have a right to choose to work if society can guarantee loving and skilled care for their children. However, the authors suggest that this was not the case at the time and state that childminders were in need of better governmental support.

Childminder (Routledge Revivals): A Study in Action Research

Jackson, Brian

Sociology

Children and young people who have been in care in the United Kingdom make up less than one per cent of the population, yet they account for half the inmates in young offenders’ institutions and a quarter of adult prisoners. Some estimates are that almost half of young women leaving care are pregnant or already have a child, and by 19 they are eight times more likely to be mothers than others in their age group. Two years after leaving care, 80 per cent of young people are unemployed; many experience homelessness. A high proportion suffer from poor physical and mental health and struggle with problems arising from misuse of alcohol and drugs.Longitudinal research has shown that well-being in almost every aspect of adult life is closely related to the educational level achieved, but until recently the vast majority of children in care were denied the chance to obtain any qualifications at all--‘Nobody ever told us school mattered’. For almost half a century their education and school experience was marginalized or ignored by researchers, social workers and the care system. Although the present British government has made strenuous efforts to improve educational outcomes for looked-after children, the gap in attainment compared with children living in their own homes remains obstinately large. Advances at policy level have been slow to translate into improvements on the ground and there are stark differences between local authorities with apparently similar populations.In the present economic climate, the neglected education of children in state care has become an urgent problem, not only for them but for society as a whole. This lecture suggests that we need to understand its deep historical roots, which find echoes in many other European countries, if we really want them to have a better chance in life.

Education for Social Inclusion: Can We Change the Future for Children in Care? (IOE Inaugural Professorial Lectures)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

UCL IOE Press

The illegal child-minders: A report on the growth of unregistered child-minding and the West Indian community

Priority Area Children for the Cambridge Educational Development Trust

Eeeeaaassy Party Planning

Sonia Jackson

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People Under Three: Young Children in Day Care

People Under Three: Young Children in Day Care

People Under Three: Play, work and learning in a childcare setting

People Under Three: Young Children in Day Care

People Under Three: Play, work and learning in a childcare setting

People Under Three: Play, work and learning in a childcare setting

Childminder (Routledge Revivals): A Study in Action Research

Education for Social Inclusion: Can We Change the Future for Children in Care? (IOE Inaugural Professorial Lectures)

The illegal child-minders: A report on the growth of unregistered child-minding and the West Indian community

Eeeeaaassy Party Planning