This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Early Years Advisory Teacher, Karen Loft, for the attention of all Early Years and Childcare Practitioners.
In November 2022, the DfE launched Early years child development training online.
About the Early years child development training
The training aims to help early years practitioners and childminders strengthen their child development knowledge. It builds on the reforms to the early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework and supports our aim of improving outcomes for children at age 5.
The flexible online course:
● has been developed in consultation with early years experts
● has been tested with early years practitioners and experts, and refined based on feedback
● provides a greater understanding of child development
● gives practical advice for supporting children in early years settings
● reinforces understanding through videos, learning check questions and end of module tests
● allows you to pause and restart the training at any time
● offers the chance to download certificates of achievement for each module
The first four modules of the course available now are child and brain development, PSED and communication and language, and further modules will be added throughout 2023.
The DfE want as many early years practitioners and childminders as possible to complete the training, supporting raise expertise in the EY workforce and improve outcomes for all children.