Handicapped Children Service

exceptional children [ exceptional youth ]

maladjusted youth

maladjusted youth

maladjusted childhood

exceptional youth

Voluntary Force at the Service of Childhood and Health

educator | early childhood educator | child care worker

child and family services

Aside from that, I would like to emphasise the difficult issue of the directive’s scope, which excludes a number of areas, such as non-economic services of general interest and some services (social services, childcare, assistance to people, and so on) carried out by providers mandated by the State.

1. Emphasises that the foundations for a child's future educational path and well-being are laid in the early years of childhood and can help to instil the idea of lifelong learning, and that early childhood is a time when receptiveness, language learning and the ability to form social contacts – attributes that will be essential in tomorrow's society – should be encouraged so as to facilitate the child's integration into both school and society from an early age, thus combating ESL; reiterates the call contained in its resolution on early years learning in the EU for the development of a European framework for early childhood education and care services from as e ...[+++]arly an age as possible, particularly through the development of free public crèche and day-care facilities;

J. whereas staff qualifications vary markedly between Member States and between types of providers, and whereas in most Member States there is no obligation on pre-school providers to employ staff with specific qualifications,

We have drawn on research from around the world, and my report looks at the following issues: engagement with parents, which is very important for early years for young children; staff and the quality of services and qualifications required; and integrating early years services with the rest of the education systems in Member States.