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After School: Providing an Inspirational After School Programme of Activities for 4 - 12 Year Olds
(Barnardos, 2013)After School: Providing an Inspirational After School Programme of Activities for 4 - 12 Year Olds is for anyone who is interested in promoting the wellbeing, learning and development of those children aged four to ... -
Personnel Practice in Early Years Services - A Guide
(Barnardos, 2002)Being an employer is not an easy task; apart from managing and developing your service, you are responsible for the children in your care on a day-to-day basis, working with their parents, and last but not least your ... -
Protecting Children: A Child Protection Guide for Early Years and School Age Childcare Services (3rd Edition)
(Barnardos, 2016)Child protection is everybody’s concern. Those working with children in early years services and in school age childcare have both a professional and a moral responsibility to ensure that their services are managed in ... -
Guidelines for the Protection of Children in Early Childhood Services
(Barnardos, 2000)In recent years, as a society, we have become more aware of the reality of child abuse and its impact on children. Consequently, there is a growing awareness of our shared responsibility to protect children and promote ... -
Protecting Children: A Child Protection Guide for Early Years and School Age Childcare Services (2nd Edition)
(Barnardos, 2015)Child protection is everybody’s concern. Those working with children in early years services and in school age childcare have both a professional and a moral responsibility to ensure that their services are managed in ... -
Supporting Quality: Guidelines for Professional Practice in Early Childhood Services. Book 1: Policy and Governance
(Barnardos, 2008)The importance of the first years in a child’s life in terms of development and learning cannot be over estimated. Barnardos wants every child to have access to a guaranteed, quality, regulated childcare place, staffed ... -
Supporting Quality: Guidelines for Professional Practice in Early Childhood Services. Book 2: Enhancing Children's Learning and Development
(Barnardos, 2008)The third edition of Supporting Quality — Guidelines for Best Practice in Early Childhood Services Book 2 covers the vital areas around Enhancing Children’s Learning and Development. The book succeeds in making research ... -
Adult-Child Relationships in School Age Childcare
(Barnardos, 2022)Children learn and develop through their experiences, their environment and, most significantly, through their relationships with others. While the relationship a child has with their parents or primary caregivers is ... -
Supporting Quality: Guidelines for Best Practice in Early Childhood Services
(Barnardos, 2000)There has been considerable development of early childhood services in Ireland in recent years, fuelled both by the growing recognition of their potential benefits to children and by labour market and employment equality ... -
Personnel Practice in Early Years Services - A Guide: Revised Edition
(Barnardos, 2005)For anyone managing a business in a modern environment where change is the norm, it can be a daunting task. There are many regulations to comply with, laws with which you must be familiar and practices and trends that ... -
Environmentalism in School Age Childcare
(Barnardos and National Childhood Network, 2022)This resource supports School Age Childcare services to develop children’s understanding and awareness of issues relating to environmentalism and sustainability. It also provides guidance on how to introduce a programme ... -
Developing Policies, Procedures and Statements in Early Childhood Education and Care Services: A Practical Guide
(Tusla Early Years Inspectorate, 2018)In June 2018, Tusla’s Early Years Inspectorate (EYI) published its Quality and Regulatory Framework (QRF). This framework was developed in consultation with the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector, and ... -
Your Learning and Development: Continuing Professional Development in Early Childhood Care and Education
(Barnardos, 2011)Learning is good for many reasons, it can give you a sense of achievement, help you to meet challenges, it can be terrific fun and it can help you to know yourself and others better. This Toolkit will help you as an early ... -
What’s New? Supporting Children through Transitions in their Early Years
(Barnardos, 2012)This guide gives both theoretical insights into how to support successful transitions and practical guidance as to how these can be translated into everyday work through the use of case studies and learning stories, ... -
Children and Technology: a Tool for Child Development
(Barnardos, 2006)In the year 2000 Barnardos’ team in Dun Laoghaire decided to introduce ICT (information and communications technology) technology into its direct work with children, following research into such developments in services ... -
Once in a Lifetime: Early Childhood Care and Education for Children from Birth to Three
(Barnardos, 2005)The crucial years from birth to three introduces what the research says about the importance of providing high quality stimulating caring and educational experiences for children from birth to three. It then discusses ... -
Every Child Matters: Developing Anti-Discriminatory Practice in Early Childhood Services
(Barnardos, 2004)All children are entitled to equality of access and to opportunities to enjoy and to learn within a stimulating and safe care environment. Children need to feel valued and to be protected from discrimination. Childcare ... -
Continuing Professional Development in Early Learning and Care
(Barnardos, 2021)There are benefits to any kind of learning, whether this is learning a new skill, such as how to cook a new recipe or how to change a tyre, or theoretical learning that helps us develop in our professional role. Learning ... -
Sharing Development Concerns with Parents: A Guide for Early Childhood Professionals
(Barnardos, 2021)The daily conversations you have with parents1 in your role as an early learning and care (ELC) professional, where you share brief discussions about their child – talking about how their day went, sharing the joy of ... -
Can We Help? A Guide to Supporting Children and Families in Early Years Services
(Barnardos, 2012)Children grow and develop as part of an interconnected system of family and community relationships. If the family or community environment becomes a source of stress for children, it can impact on their development and ...
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