Inclusion and Early Years Practice

Kathy Brodie is an Early Years Consultant, author and Lecturer. She delivers training on planning, observations, schema, working with under 2s, outdoor play, EYFS sustained shared thinking, profiles and Special Educational Needs. Kathy has also been an Early Years Professional assessor and mentor for NW Early Years Transformation Group (Chester, Liverpool Hope and Cumbria Universities) and previously lectured on the University of Chester's Early Childhood Studies course. Keith Savage taught in primary schools and colleges for more than 20 years before retiring. He is currently a councillor on High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire.

1. Children, Young People, Inclusion and Social Policy 2. Documenting & assessing: including the voice of the child 3. Creating an Inclusive Environment for Supporting Children with English as an Additional Language 4. Accent, Dialect and Phonics: Encouraging Inclusion 5. A family’s perspective of Special Educational Needs and Inclusion 6. Re-thinking Children’s Wellbeing and Inclusion in Practice 7. Practitioner’s Flexibility: including Gypsy, Roma and Travelling Families 8. Gender and Sexuality: the experiences of families/carers and Early Years practitioners 9. Challenging the assumptions of multiculturalism inclusion 10. Using research to develop inclusive practice in the Early Years 11. Some practical steps towards a more inclusive practice Index