Wanted: Dialogue on Training and Education
Looking for articles, emails and blogs – facts and ideas
Learning and Development
Introduction to Training in the Early Years
An outline of how training for early years workers has developed in the UK
Training and Education in Child Care
In the 80s, there were huge shifts in child awareness. There was the incredibly forward-facing Childline* which gave children and young people anonymity whilst they talked out their experiences of being abused or rejected by those who should have loved and protected them. There were the significant names of small children who were in the … Read more
Training and Education of Child Care Workers
Both training and education are vital and need to be protected.
Achieving Rights for Children in the UK
A brief analysis of the report by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Race Equality Teaching
Knowing what racism is (and is not) – a prerequisite for putting racial equality into practice in the early years
Thistle Aims to Build on its Success
Developing a training system to match today’s requirements
Future Themes
Ideas for the next six months – and authors are wanted.
Pathway Care : Harnessing Innovation To Attract Quality Foster Carers
Finding enough foster carers is a real challenge for UK fostering agencies, yet Pathway Care, one of the nation’s leading independent agencies, continues to grow despite the countrywide shortage. Latest statistics from the Fostering Network estimates a short-fall of some 10,000 foster carers in the UK. So how do we at Pathway do it? By … Read more
Life as a Professional Nanny
Multi-tasking, challenging and very rewarding
Call Yourself a Professional? – or just a Member of a Workforce?
What has gone wrong, and what you can do about it.
The Growth of Love : A Response
Why this book is really interesting – and may prove to be important