Review

Key Persons in the Early Years

By Peter Elfer, Elinor Goldschmied and Dorothy Y Selleck (Routledge, 19.99, ISBN 9780415610391)

This second edition has been fully updated in line with the EYFS and includes a new chapter on the approach with threeto five-year-olds. Drawing on the work of the late Elinor Goldschmied, it explains what a key person is, the theory behind the role and the practicalities of implementing it. Chapter five explores the 'Key person journey: its benefits and challenges and takes the reader through a number of case studies in different types of settings.

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