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Child Care News for Parents & Carers
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November 10, 2021
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Kia ora, this week we take a close look at the EROs new resource What Matters Most For Your Child and their Learning in an Early Childhood Service. Also, new research reveals a surprising link between sibling age gaps and the likelihood of an autism diagnosis.
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What matters most in quality early learning
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The Education Review Office (ERO) is all about quality education. This government agency evaluates and reports on early learning services and schools to show what's working well and where there's room for improvement.
They publish review reports and research papers for parents, and have released a new resource called What Matters Most For Your Child and their Learning in an Early Childhood Service.
This guide explains what you can expect from an early childhood service, and suggests questions you can ask about its quality, so let's look at the resource a little closer and see what guidance it gives.
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Research into autism and sibling age gap
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There are lots of reasons why parents might have a large or small gap between their children.
Some people like the idea of having kids close together to get the nappies and sleepless nights out of the way in one go, while others prefer to have a breather between pregnancies. Some parents choose to replicate the age gap between their own siblings or conceive when the time is right for work and life. And for others, an age gap isn't chosen at all - a baby just happens.
Now, new research suggests that age gap can have a bearing on how likely it is that a child will be diagnosed with autism when they have an autistic sibling.
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