Developing Attachment in Early Years Settings

Description

Developing Attachment in Early Years Settings is a guide for practitioners to help them prepare for the care of individual babies and children in their settings. This highly practical book offers the reader advice on implementing attachment principles in line with the Practice Guidance of the Early Years Foundation Stage and the Early Years National Strategy – Social and Emotional Aspects of Development (SEAD) 2008. Explaining the importance of emotional ‘holding’ and the nurturing of individual relationships within group childcare, this book will help readers develop an understanding of how to:

• facilitate secure attachments from the beginning
• create a secure base for children
• observe young children effectively.

Each chapter includes a personal reflection exercise and a positive contribution to good practice section. With its accessible approach, this book is essential reading for both practitioners and students looking for guidance on how to nurture secondary attachment relationships in group care settings.

Reviews

'This fascinating and timely book gives a wonderful insight into the complex and often confusing world of building relationships – with children, with parents and with colleagues…Developing Attachment in Early Years Settings is a timely reminder about what is really important in the care and education of young children and should be essential reading for anyone puzzling over how to make Key Person working effective.' - Early Years Update

Contents

Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction 1. Beginnings 2. The Strange Situation 3. A Unique Child 4. Positive Relationships 5. Enabling Environments 6. Learning and Development 7. Endings References and Further Reading

Author Bio

Veronica Read is a Group Analyst and an Independent Educational Consultant. She writes and delivers workshops on attachment for Early Years practitioners. She also works for an LEA as a Behaviour Support Teacher in a Specialist Teaching Team and has extensive experience of working with children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.

Related Subjects

1. Early Years
2. Classroom Practice
3. Continuing Professional Development