Reference Books
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Child Protection
Child Protection and Early Years Work
Jennie Lindon
Price: £12.99
Paperback 224 pages (27 June, 2003) ISBN: 0340876069
It addresses the differences in legislation and terminology across the UK, examines high-profile child protection cases, legal positions on hitting children, criminal checks and registering, no-touch policies, as well as giving fully updated details for useful organizations, books and support materials.
Good Practice in Child Protection (Good Practice in)
Christine Hobart, Jill Frankel
Price: £15.00
Paperback 184 pages (12 February, 1998) ISBN: 074873094X
It covers the legal framework and the roles of the various agencies in preventing, identifying and investigating child abuse, and presents a practical approach to working with parents and with abused children.
Early Years Care & Education
New Toddler Taming: A Parents' Guide to the First Four Years
Christopher Green
Price: £9.74
Paperback 356 pages (14 June, 2001) ISBN: 0091875285
Many parents wonder how their sweet baby which gurgled happily at them for the first 12 months changes so suddenly into a bellowing, tantrum prone, carpet biting toddler. What went wrong? Whose fault is it? What can be done about it?
Beyond Toddlerdom: Keeping the 5-12-year-olds on the Rails
Christopher Green
Our Price: £7.99
Paperback 286 pages (2 March, 2000) ISBN: 0091816246
The author of "Toddler Taming" turns his attention to the 5-12 year age group. He takes full account of all the psychological, sociological and physical influences during this time as he offers advice to parents in a down-to-earth style.
Babies & Young Children Book 1: Early Years Development
Beaver, Brewster, Jones, Keene, Neaum, Tallack
Price: £14.00
Paperback - 408 pages 2nd Ed edition (19 February, 1999) ISBN: 0748739742
Encourages learning by progress checks, activities and 'think about' features. Enhances student understanding through clear definitions of all key terminology. Written in a clear, user-friendly style.
Babies & Young Children Book 2: Early Years Care & Education
Beaver, Brewster, Jones, Keene, Neaum, Tallack
Price: £14.00
Paperback 492 pages (1 March, 1999) ISBN: 0748739750
Expanded and fully updated content promotes student confidence. New case studies relate theory to real-life situations.Encourages learning by progress checks, activities and 'think about' features. Enhances student understanding through clear definitions of all key terminology.
Early Learning Goals for Children with Special Needs: Learning Through Play
Collette Drifte
Price: £15.00
Paperback 108 pages (21 August, 2002) ISBN: 185346936X
It should help them to use each work area of the early years setting as a means to teach the curriculum, and offers plenty of down-to-earth advice on activities to try with children who have additional needs. Following the curriculum guidance laid down for the Foundation Stage, the author provides ideas for managing specific types of disability within the mainstream setting. Play is the focus throughout the book as the means of helping children to learn.
Working with Young Children
Jennie Lindon
Price: £14.99
Paperback - 207 pages ( 1 August, 1997) ISBN: 0340688025
Centring on how best to work with children and their families, this monograph aims to help adults, including parents, to help children play and learn by focusing on effective observation and planning.
Supporting Identity, Diversity and Language in the Early Years
Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Priscilla Clarke
Price: £11.99
Paperback - 157 pages (April 2000) ISBN: 0335204341
By helping children to develop a strong self-identity and good self-esteem we set the foundations for positive attitudes towards others and towards learning. Practical advice, real examples and staff activities bring the book to life.
Health
Health Care for Children
Jane Coffey
Price: £13.99
Paperback - 224 pages (May 1998) ISBN: 0340705558
A discussion of how to promote children's good health, how to recognize child sickness and
how to care for sick children. It includes first aid for children and is designed to cover
courses such as the NNEB
First Aid for Children Fast
Price: £7.99
Paperback - 128 pages (18 March, 1999) ISBN: 0751311618
Covering first aid treatment for everything from minor cuts and grazes to resuscitation,
this book shows you through a series of photographs what to do in an emergency.
Food and Nutrition in the Early Years
Carolyn Childs
Price: £13.99
Paperback - 160 pages (23 January, 2001) ISBN: 0340772697
This text aims to present comprehensive coverage of the subject for child care students. It
provides coverage of multi-cultural issues, food safety and hygiene and offers menu suggestions
and cooking ideas to follow, as well as step-by-step coverage of children's food needs through
the early years.
Childminding
Childminding and Day Care of Under Eights (England)
Price: £5.00
Paperback ISBN: 1899986219
This guide summarises law, regulations and the national standards and criteria for
registration and inspection of childminders and providers of all forms of day care of
under eights. In England, these are now regulated by OFSTED (Wales has comparable but
not identical arrangements).
Childcare Research, Policy and Practice
Barbara Kahan
Price: £12.99
This book brings together contributions from writers specializing in research on major
topic areas relevant to practitioners in the child care field.
It aims to demystify research for students, and to explore and trace
the relationships between research, policy and good practice.
Choosing Childcare
Ann Mooney, Tony Munton, Philip Hopman (Illustrator)
Price: £10.50
Paperback - 169 pages (August 1997) ISBN: 1857423615
Many children in England have been in non-parental care of some sort before starting
school. Although some believe that young children are better off at home, experts argue that
it does not matter where a child is, as long as they receive good quality stimulating care.
This work is aimed at both providers of childcare services and those planning to use, or already
using some form of childcare.
Management in the Early Years
Verna Lyus
Price: £15.99
Paperback - 208 pages (October 1998) ISBN: 0340701331
A text for higher level child-care qualifications which include a management component.
This covers the range of management functions; (planning and leading); skills (interpersonal
and diagnostic); and roles (for example friend, colleague, teacher).
Equal Opportunities in Practice
Jennie Lindon
Price: £12.99
Paperback - 208 pages ( 7 September, 1998) ISBN: 0340705590
Ensuring equality of opportunity for all children is an important aspect of all child
care courses, and putting policy into practice is vital for the successful running of all
early years settings. Jennie Lindon suggests practical strategies for equality in terms of
ethnicity, culture, religion, gender and disability, and deals with commonly-encountered
dilemmas.
Working with Parents
Margy Whalley, The Pen Green Family Centre Team
Price: £12.99
Paperback - 189 pages (August 1997) ISBN: 0340688130
This text covers the "Working with Parents" module of the NNEB diploma and addresses
key components of the BTEC National Diploma and NVQ qualifications.
Health Care for Children
Jane Coffey
Price: £13.99
Paperback - 224 pages (May 1998) ISBN: 0340705558
A discussion of how to promote children's good health, how to recognize child sickness and how to care for sick children. It includes first aid for children and is designed to cover courses such as the NNEB
First Aid for Children Fast
Price: £7.99
Paperback - 128 pages (18 March, 1999) ISBN: 0751311618
Covering first aid treatment for everything from minor cuts and grazes to resuscitation, this book shows you through a series of photographs what to do in an emergency.
Food and Nutrition in the Early Years
Carolyn Childs
Price: £13.99
Paperback - 160 pages (23 January, 2001) ISBN: 0340772697
This text aims to present comprehensive coverage of the subject for child care students. It provides coverage of multi-cultural issues, food safety and hygiene and offers menu suggestions and cooking ideas to follow, as well as step-by-step coverage of children's food needs through the early years.
Childminding and Day Care of Under Eights (England)
Price: £5.00
Paperback ISBN: 1899986219
This guide summarises law, regulations and the national standards and criteria for registration and inspection of childminders and providers of all forms of day care of under eights. In England, these are now regulated by OFSTED (Wales has comparable but not identical arrangements).
Childcare Research, Policy and Practice
Barbara Kahan
Price: £12.99
This book brings together contributions from writers specializing in research on major topic areas relevant to practitioners in the child care field. It aims to demystify research for students, and to explore and trace the relationships between research, policy and good practice.
Choosing Childcare
Ann Mooney, Tony Munton, Philip Hopman (Illustrator)
Price: £10.50
Paperback - 169 pages (August 1997) ISBN: 1857423615
Many children in England have been in non-parental care of some sort before starting school. Although some believe that young children are better off at home, experts argue that it does not matter where a child is, as long as they receive good quality stimulating care. This work is aimed at both providers of childcare services and those planning to use, or already using some form of childcare.
Management in the Early Years
Verna Lyus
Price: £15.99
Paperback - 208 pages (October 1998) ISBN: 0340701331
A text for higher level child-care qualifications which include a management component. This covers the range of management functions; (planning and leading); skills (interpersonal and diagnostic); and roles (for example friend, colleague, teacher).
Equal Opportunities in Practice
Jennie Lindon
Price: £12.99
Paperback - 208 pages ( 7 September, 1998) ISBN: 0340705590
Ensuring equality of opportunity for all children is an important aspect of all child care courses, and putting policy into practice is vital for the successful running of all early years settings. Jennie Lindon suggests practical strategies for equality in terms of ethnicity, culture, religion, gender and disability, and deals with commonly-encountered dilemmas.
Working with Parents
Margy Whalley, The Pen Green Family Centre Team
Price: £12.99
Paperback - 189 pages (August 1997) ISBN: 0340688130
This text covers the "Working with Parents" module of the NNEB diploma and addresses key components of the BTEC National Diploma and NVQ qualifications.
