Other policy

Talk To Your Baby other policies:

• 01Nov2006
  Research: Empowering parents in Sure Start local programmes

  This study was commissioned by the National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS), to take a closer look at parents’ experiences of empowerment, at the forms and effects of mutual support, self-help and community action that have been developed.

• 30Oct2006
  Research: Toddlers learn complex actions from picture book reading

  Parents who engage in the age-old tradition of picture book reading are not only encouraging early reading development in their children but are also teaching their toddlers about the world around them, according to a study in the November issue

• 09Oct2006
  Research: The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds

  This report discusses ther vital importance of play and addresses a variety of factors that have reduced play, including a hurried lifestyle, changes in family structure, and increased attention to academics and enrichment activities.

• 01Sep2006
  Research: the power of parenting TV programmes - help or hazard for today's families?

  An article about the results of the NFPI survey which aimed to understand more about public attitudes to parenting TV programmes and about parents' reactions to them.

• 01Jun2006
  Research: Are there effects of mothers' post-16 education on the next generation? Effects on children's development and mothers' parenting

  This report adds to a growing body of research from the Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning on the inter-generational transmission of educational success and issues of parenting skills, behaviours and attitudes.

• 01Jun2006
  Research: Promoting phonological awareness in nursery-aged children through a Sure Start Early Listening programme

  A look at the impact of the Sure Start Early Listening Programme on children's phonological awareness.

• 01Mar2006
  Research: Learning from others in 9 to 18-month-old infants

  An investigation into the use of an adult as a resource for help and instruction in a problem solving situation in 9, 14 and 18-month-old infants

• 01Mar2006
  Research: The Economic Promise of Investing in High-Quality Preschool Using Early Education to Improve Economic Growth and the Fiscal Sustainability of States and the Nation by the Committee for Economic Development

  A look at the economic benefits of investment in the early years.

• 30Sep2005
  Policy: the Children's National service framework (NSF)

  A 10-year programme intended to stimulate long-term and sustained improvement in children's health.

• 09Sep2005
  Research: The Foundation Stage: a survey of 144 settings

  This summary is extracted from the executive summary of the 2005/6 Ofsted report and highlights the elements of the report relating to communication issues.