Our November issue: Risk and hazard and ASD interventions road-tested

Best practice features:

• What is risk and are some risks beneficial? Sarah Watkins has a comprehensive guide
• Interventions for children with ASD are road tested and refined by Thomas Coram Nursery School/centre
• We consider if the word ‘tantrum’ is now out of date by speaking to experts on both sides of the debate
• We consider how to resource for storytelling in the context of the inspirational work of Vivian Gussin Paley
• Jan White provides guidance on supporting challenging play
• We consider the health impacts of poverty in our monthly health and nutrition article
• Special report: Parent friendly apps

Our annual Nursery Management supplement is included – see more here

Activities:

• Michael Rosen teams up with Boogie Mites on rhythm and rhyme in the latest of our music series
• Our series on enhancements to continuous provision continues with C for celebration
• Our project follows a setting which set up its own night vision cameras and spied a host of amazing wildlife
• Lala Manners looks at walls in her physical development on a budget series
• You would not be-leaf all the rich ways there are to explore leaves – one of the key joys of autumn, says Julie Mountain in her Outdoor Calendar

Management:

• Where are we at with T levels?
• In part three of her series on leadership qualifications, Charlotte Goddard looks at pedagogical leaders
• Childcare counsel: holiday entitlements for part-year workers
• Manager’s problem page: Charging parents for holding a place

Analysis:
We look at the status of childcare reforms and the impact of the associated uncertainty in a time of political turmoil

Opinion: Michael Pettavel on Why early years settings need to be accessible to all

Interview: Jack Bedder, NW apprentice of the year

Poster: Investigating light, part 3: shadows