Table of Contents
Chapter 1 What’s so special about families?, Tricia David; Part I Services for young children and their families; Chapter 2 In sickness and in health, Clare Blackburn; Chapter 3 Childminders and children, Judy Warner; Chapter 4 Teachers and young children in educational establishments, Cathy Nutbrown; Chapter 5 Voluntary agencies, young children and their families: preschool playgroups, Margaret Brown; Chapter 6 Daycare and nursery education as a business, Vivienne Whittingham; Part II Children in need; Chapter 7 Becoming a special family, Elaine Herbert; Chapter 8 When parents separate – having two homes, Erica De’Ath; Chapter 9 Supporting ‘children in need’ – the role of the social worker, Norma Baldwin, Christine Harrison; Chapter 10 Young children in the care system, Sonia Jackson; Chapter 11 Making a difference for children ‘in need’, Tricia David; Part III Issues and implications; Chapter 12 Young children in day nurseries and combined centres run by the Social Services dePart ment – practitioner research, Margy Whalley; Chapter 13 Training to work with young children, Audrey Curtis; Chapter 14 Coordinating provision – the story so far in one local authority, Ann Sharp; Chapter 15 Postscript. Supporting children and families – an optimistic future?, Tricia David;