Guidance and Publications

Please click on the direct links to order or download relevant materials 

Please also refer to the Inclusion Section on the Website.

Inclusion Development Programme: Supporting children with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties
This guidance is for practitioners in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

DCSF 2009: Building Futures: Believing in children - A focus on provision for Black children in the Early Years Foundation Stage
Booklet with accompanying DVD encouraging practitioners to reflect on their current provision for children of Black African, Black Caribbean or mixed Black heritage. Guidance on inclusion for all early years practitioners in schools and settings.

DCSF 2008: Social and Emotional Aspects of Development
Guidance materials for supporting young children's personal, social and emotional development. Part of a package of training and development. Aimed at practitioners working with children from birth to 36   months but still useful for those working with older children.

DCSF 2008 Inclusion Development Programme Supporting Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs: Guidance for practitioners in the Early Years Foundation Stage
Booklet and interactive DVD to form the basis of CPD sessions to promote inclusive provision. Guidance for practitioners in the early years foundation stage.

DCSF:Celebrating Young Children and Those Who Live and Work With Them
A DVD (with notes included) of video stories featuring various children and practitioners in early years settings across the country. A useful training aid for all practitioners and settings as it introduces the key elements of the EYFS.

DCSF 2007: Confident, Capable and Creative: Supporting Young Boys' Achievements
Advice and guidance on effective practice to ensure quality provision for boys in every setting.  

DCSF: Supporting Children learning English as an Additional Language
Advice and guidance on effective practice to ensure the needs of children learning 'English as an Additional Language' (EAL) are met.

DCSF: Early Support
Training programme and materials for those who work with disabled children under five and their families.

DCSF: Excellence and Enjoyment: learning and teaching for bilingual children in the primary years
CPD materials for use in primary schools to support children who are not yet fully bilingual but have some fluency in English.

DCSF: Implementing the DDA in Schools and Early Years Settings
Training resource for schools to ensure disabled pupils are included in all aspects of school life. `

Save the Children: Working Towards Inclusive Practice
Training materials for those working with Gypsy/Roma and Traveller children in early years settings.

Save the Children: Early Years Outreach Practice
Guidance materials for those working with Gypsy/Roma and Traveller children in early years settings.

Updated Parent / Carer Support & Guidance on Special Educational Needs
This guide aims to help parents and carers understand what special educational needs are and what they can do if they are worried that their child may be having difficulties at, or before, they go to school.
Available in other languages here.

Early Childhood in Focus 1 - Attachment Relationships
This excellent document brings together an international group of child-development scholars and their established research-findings in relation to attachment. The document is essential reading when exploring research findings that have underpinned the key person approach.