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Supporting children's development
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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Isobel Shelton and Sue McKeogh (staff tutors at The Open University). Contributions were made by Katie Harrison (teacher and member of the ATL Union).

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The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course.

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Figures

Developing and managing relationships

Figure 1: © Agelika Schwarz/iStockphoto.com; © Elena Ellisseeva/iStockphoto.com

Figure 2: © The Open University

Figure 3: © The Open University

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Figure 5: Left to right: © PeopleImages/iStockphoto.com, Shapecharge/iStockphoto.com, ImagePhotography/iStockphoto.com, Sebra 1/iStockphoto.com

Figure 6: © The Open University

Figure 7: © The Open University

Figure 8: © The Open University

Behavioural management

Figure 1: © The Open University

Figure 2: © The Open University

Figure 3: © The Open University

Figure 4: courtesy Kate Harrison (Teaching Assistant)

Special needs

Figure 1: © The Open University

Figure 2: Credit: Christopher Futcher/iStockphoto.com (models for illustrative purposes only)

Figure 3: Fuse/Getty Images (model for illustrative purposes only)

Video

Activity 3

The Strange Situation – Mary Ainsworth transcript: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=QTsewNrHUHU#t=16 thibs44

Activity 6

Boys will be boys transcript: Georgia State University in ITunes U

Activity 7

TES video https://www.tes.com/ teaching-resource/ low-level-disruption-6344146 https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 2.0/

Special needs: Activity 6

Transcript from video, Let’s fight it together, Childnet http://www.childnet.com/

Professional development plan: Activity 1

Video and transcript © The Open University (2016)

Professional development plan: Activity 4

Adapted from The Open University Careers Advisory Service including video © The Open University