Other policy

TTYB research other policies:

• 13May2010
  Research: Parenting Infants and Toddlers Today

  Many parents could benefit from information about the importance of reading and talking to very young babies and newborns.

• 24Feb2010
  Research: press reviews

  A selection of press reviews of research articles related to the early years.

• 03Oct2009
  Research: Early childcare and child development

  A look at the impact of grandparents' care on child development.

• 01Jun2009
  Research: Language and Social Disadvantage: Theory into Practice

  A book edited by Julie Clegg and Jane Ginsborg exploring the relationship between language-learning and social disadvantage.

• 13May2009
  Research: Social skills 'learned by talk about feelings'

  Nursery World reports on a study from the University of Sussex called, "The Relation Between Parenting, Children's Social Understanding and Language”, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

• 26Mar2009
  Research: nurturing parenting capability - the early years

  This study of 1,136 mothers from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, investigated how mother and child characteristics and contextual sources of stress and support predict mother-child interactions observed at one and five years.

• 04Feb2009
  Research: Differences in early gesture explain SES disparities in child vocabulary size at school entry

  Children with a large vocabulary are known to perform better at school. This study of 50 young families with 14-month-old children from different socio-economic backgrounds suggested that early gesture plays a direct or indirect role in word learning.

• 08Sep2008
  Research: The next generation

  A policy report from the Early Years Commission looking at how to support parents in raising their children.

• 01Sep2008
  Research: 12-month-olds communicate helpfully and appropriately for knowledgeable and ignorant partners

  An investigation into whether 12-month-old infants gesture differently towards an informed versus uninformed adult, finds that infants' early pointing is indeed premised on an understanding of others' knowledge and ignorance.

• 31Jul2008
  Research: Effective and efficient use of resources in services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs

  This study, commissioned to support the Bercow Report, found substantial variation in service provision and practice across six case studies.