Nursery World - EYFS training part 6: Key person - Understanding how to give 'professional love'

Boost your knowledge of the key person role, says Mary Evans.

When David Norman attended an early years key person training course, he found himself being encouraged to think back to his own childhood and talk about happiness. 'The starting point of any training session is so important,' says Mr Norman, assistant head of Bemerton Children's Centre, Islington. 'We talked about what attachment actually is and what it is to be a happy person.'

He attended a course run by Hand on Heart Training's Lizzie Chittleboro and Chris Blanshard, who devised it when they saw the disparity of provision among practitioners. In some cases there was a lack of understanding of the significance of the key person. They say the aspects which practitioners find most challenging vary depending on the setting. However, common themes include:

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