Allowances IDENTIFIERS Caregiver Attitudes; Early Childhood Development

This paper discusses the issues surrounding the establishment of a system of professional development and training for early childhood workers and practitioners in the United Kingdom. The paper focuses on what needs to be done to accomplish an effective and efficient program of continuing professional development of practitioners. The paper first distinguishes between the definitions of two terms, development and training. The paper then notes that the effect of current policy initiatives raises an anxiety that far from increases training opportunities and requirements. Thus, paying attention to training is a relatively inexpensive strategy for improving quality. The current levels of training and development paint a worrisome picture of an early years work force because of limited and sporadic funding. Most early childhood workers have no access to training at all. There have seen a number of strategies