London. Cost: from £176.25. Visit www.early-education.org.uk.
- 1 July. PSED and Behaviour in the Early Years. Participants will consider developmental expectations, research and current understanding related to personal, social and behavioural learning; putting theory into practice; and effective strategies to meet challenges in personal, social, emotional and behavioural learning.
London. Cost:£120. E-mail cpd@ioe.ac.uk or call 020 7612 6589. - 1 July. Getting ready for inspection in the Early Years Foundation Stage. This course, led by Anne Nelson, is for headteachers, managers in schools, children's centres and early years settings. It will cover the new framework for inspections from September 2008, the process of self-evaluation and methods of gathering evidence, and review issues from recent Ofsted reports.
London. Cost: £141. Visit www.early-education.org.uk.
- 7 july. Brain power! Effective learning in the foundation stage. This course aims to extend participants' understanding of the factors that influence learning in the early years, look at the most recent research into brain development, consider the effect of their own and the children's developing learning styles on the way children make sense of the world, and learn about multi-intelligences and the way in which they impact on children's learning, taking away a range of practical strategies for ensuring effective learning in the Foundation Stage.
London. Cost: from £120. E-mail cpd@ioe.ac.uk or call 020 7612 6589.