This accessible core text to child development is for students of degrees & foundation degrees in Early Years Early Childhood Studies & related disciplines & for early years practitioners It introduces the context of child development how we can develop an understanding of this development & how early years practitioners can support this in practice This new Third Edition has been updated throughout & brought into line with current policy It references the 2014 Special Educational Needs Code of Practice & the new Early Years Teacher status Other updates to this edition includea new chapter on critiquing the assessment of school readiness
- increasingly a topical theme in the Early Yearsnew information & discussion of the differences between the EYFS & the first Key Stage of the National Curriculum new case studies & enhanced interactive activities