Some food for thought in your professional career Encouraging Positive Behaviour in the Early Years: A practical guide. By Collette Drifte. (Sage, ISBN 1 4129 0136 7, 15.99, 020 7324 8500) Encouraging ...

About two in five (40 per cent) of people in Britain say that programmes or advertising on TV has inspired them to partake in positive acts such as donating to charity, eating healthily, driving ...

SPORT can be a fantastic unifier, bringing people together with a love of their team, their sport and ideally by mutual respect. It can also be a fantastic way to help children build confidence and ...

Police are handing out on-the-spot tickets - for good behaviour. Officers in south Manchester have started dishing out the tickets to children and teenagers they see behaving well on the neighbourhood ...

The Department of Health’s two-year Positive and Safe initiative, launched last month, is the latest in a succession of pieces of work to stem from the Winterbourne View concordat. Norman Lamb, the ...

Encouraging children to behave well in shops is among the aims of a Teesside school’s good citizenship scheme. Pupils at St Patrick’s Primary School in Thornaby have devised “children’s charters” to ...

Why this is important:- Behaviour that challenges is common in children with a learning disability and can have a considerable impact on them and their family members or carers. It is a common reason ...

Encouraging curiosity and showing that learning is a continuous process can inspire children to value education. (Image: Canva) Modelling positive behaviour for children is one of the most powerful ...

Christmas is now just 19 days away, and parents up and down the country are preparing to welcome Santa into their homes as he embarks on his annual gifting spree. M&S shoppers says they have been ...