Nurturing Care (for early childhood development) Handbook – ‘Start Here’

'Start Here' is the first guide in the Nurturing Care Handbook

It provides an overview of how the Handbook works, what nurturing care is, and how to get started. It also includes practical advice on working in programme cycles, engaging all stakeholders, and doing advocacy.

We recommend you read the

Maryland State Council Votes to Release Guidelines on How to Reduce Wireless Radiation

An important initiative for all countries

The Maryland State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council released a factsheet on how to reduce children’s wireless exposures at home!

In addition, Montgomery County Public School Parent Teacher Organization passed a new Di

Disability Related Expenditure (DRE) – does this help you? (UK)

If your relative receives care and support funded by their Local Authority (Social Services) they may have to contribute towards the cost of this care

The amount they contribute is calculated during a financial assessment. As part of the financial assessment the Local Authority (LA) is required to

The Tashkent Declaration – for early childhood education across the world

Representatives from around the world recently gathered at the World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

On the final day of the conference, officials adopted the Tashkent Declaration, a ground-breaking document that sets the international agenda for early childh

What you need to know about pregnancy and wireless radiation – with VIDEO

"The beautiful and awe-inspiring process by which a few cells develop into a new life is truly miraculous.

- As if following some invisible instructions, the intricate and complex steps for the creation of a new life unfold, forming delicate organs and vital systems and making billions of important

Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six

The FOCUS is a valid, reliable, responsive treatment outcome measure that captures ‘real world’ changes following speech and language treatment

Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (FOCUS © ) is a clinical tool designed to evaluate change in communicative-pa

Perinatal mental health: Fathers - the (mostly) forgotten parent

Paper by Olivia Wong et al

Conclusions: A paradigm shift is required, from a focus on women following childbirth and women with pre-existing psychiatric disorders, to a broader family perspective with the focus firmly on parent-infant relationships.

This paradigm shift needs to involve greater rese

Building Babies’ Brains Through Play: Mini Parenting Master Class. VIDEO

Useful for therapists and teachers too

‘Did you know that the most important interactions you have with a child can happen through play? By engaging in playful serve and return with a child, you can literally help build stronger connections in the brain.

‘Strong neural connections are the foundation