Working Together for Young Children : Multi-Professionalism in Action Book

	List of figures and table
	List of contributors
	Preface and acknowledgements
	Introduction
1	What's so special about families?	1
2	In sickness and in health	15
3	Childminders and children	26
4	Teachers and young children in educational establishments	35
5	Voluntary agencies, young children and their families, preschool playgroups	47
6	Daycare and nursery education as a business. The private sector: an overview	66
7	Becoming a special family	81
8	When parents separate - having two homes	93
9	Supporting 'children in need' - the role of the social worker	104
10	Young children in the care system	119
11	Making a difference for children 'in need': 'educare' services	133
12	Young children in day nurseries and combined centres run by the Social Services department - practitioner research	145
13	Training to work with young children	159
14	Coordinating provision - the story so far in one local authority	170
15	Postscript. Supporting children and families - an optimistic future?	182
	Name index	185
	Subject index	188