The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) has published a report evaluating the impact of training health visitors in the use of the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB), a tool to help with routine checks to promote...
Campaigners are warning that financial pressures on nurseries are limiting their ability to invest in early intervention and support for children. Sector body National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) said new...
Childminding could disappear within the next decade without urgent government intervention, a charity has warned.
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The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has published a report using long-term historical data to project outcomes for children and young people’s health in 2030. Findings from the report, which...
Bans on smacking children are linked to less violence among teenagers, according to a new review. Using physical force to correct or control a child’s behaviour remains legally and socially permitted in many countries...
Closures of children’s centres have been blamed for a significant fall in the number of children in deprived areas that can access childcare places. A report into the state of childcare by early years research...
A plan to sell off Birmingham’s council-run nurseries to private childcare providers has been put on hold. Council chiefs were due to come to a decision on the matter today (Friday, September 28) following claims...
The Phonics Screening Check introduced in 2012 as a ‘light touch diagnostic check’ for all children age about six-years-of-age in primary schools in England has now become a high stakes assessment. DfE expects schools...
Community Care has published a short guide to child development from birth to two years. The guide is aimed at social workers involved with families who need to be aware of children’s typical developmental stages...
A government-funded childcare scheme is to blame for a sharp increase in nursery closures over the past year, according to an early years representative body. The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has said...
Increasing access to early care and education (ECE) for children in the child welfaresystem (CWS) remains a critical issue in the United States, as the numbers of young children entering this system steadily increases...
Spending more time in good-quality early years settings helps children develop skills to manage their emotions and build positive relationships with others, research has shown. The results of a long-term study funded by...
Working parents with children under five have seen nursery fees rise three times faster than their wages over the past decade, a study has found. Research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) shows that weekly childcare...
