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250 Management success stories
$39.95
A series of 'success stories' from various childcare centres.
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Australian Journal of Early Childhood - Controversy, innovation and other alternatives - Vol. 30 No. 2, June 2005
$18.95
Challenging the notion of 'child development'; sexuality in early childhood; 'normalcy' and 'deviancy' in young children; is child care bad for children?; re-examining the issue of staff shortages ...
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Best practices for training early childhood professionals
$103.95
Help your employees be the best they can be, and achieve their potential as early childhood professionals, while enhancing the quality of your program with these training sessions.
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Blueprint for action: Achieving centre-based change through staff development (2nd edn)
$125.95
Practical strategies to link the individual needs of staff to the overall needs of the children's service. Includes a CD of worksheets and assessment tools that can be adapted for use in your own program.
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Bringing fathers in handbook
$88.95
A handbook for family services wishing to involve fathers and male carers. Inspiring and instructive stories of father-engagement are interwoven with documented strategies, clarification of complex areas and practical exercises.
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Building a classroom community: The early childhood teacher's role
$28.95
Fostering positive values and a sense of community in young children is the heart of the early childhood teacher's role. Jeannette Stone writes simply and powerfully on how to instil respect, responsibility, and compassion in young children today.
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Building capacity: Strategic professional development for early childhood practitioners
$66.95
An innovative framework for early childhood students and professionals—an interactive program titled SAM: a Self-Assessment Manual. Enables practitioners to respond critically to activities and questions such as: 'Where have I come from?', 'Where am I now?' and 'Where do I want to go next?' The book and accompanying CD-ROM shows readers how to practically apply the framework to everyday practice—individually or as part of a group.
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Child abuse and family law: Understanding the issues facing human service and legal professionals
$45.95
Draws on pioneering research to identify the causes, features and impact of child abuse in parental separation and divorce. Professionals working with these families, including early childhood practitioners, social workers and health workers, need to better understand the specific and often severe nature of such abuse to improve outcomes for both the children and their families.
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Children with special needs: Lessons for early childhood professionals
$73.95
Each chapter of this powerful book introduces you to a child (ages birth to eight years) with one or more special needs, including Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Turner Syndrome, ADHD, Emotional/Behavioural Disorders, Apraxia, Down Syndrome, Giftedness and Juvenile Diabetes. Through their stories, this book will help early childhood practitioners feel better equipped to meet the needs of all children in their early childhood setting.
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Circle of influence: Implementing shared decision making and participative management
$60.95
A terrific book for any director, it explores techniques for managing the daily business of your centre by involving others in critical decisions affecting their professional fulfilment.
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