Education & Care in the Early Years

Completely revised and updated edition of this well-established textbook, which details all recent changes in Government policy and legislation within the area of childcare.

• New to this edition:
  • Describes the implementation of Aistear, the NCCA curriculum framework for children from birth to six years
    
  • Introduces Siolta, the quality assurance framework, which establishes the quality standards for the early childhood sector
    
    
• Includes essential information relevant to the Irish childcare situation
  
• Provides a strong and integrated focus on policies, laws and services within the context of Irish childcare
  
• Diversity is a central theme again throughout this new edition
  
• Contains class exercises in the form of case studies, scenarios, activities and discussion topics in all sections
  

WRITTEN FOR

- FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Childcare

- FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Community and Health Services

- CACHE, BTEC and City & Guilds qualifications in early years work

- FETAC Level 6 Certificate in Childcare