Sheila Wolfendale has been a teacher as well as an educational psychologist. She is currently Professor and Director of the MSc and Doctorate educational psychology programmes at the University of East London.

'An extraordinarily rich set of contributions from a wide range of contributors: teachers, a parent, a nurse, researchers, lecturers, advisors and others ... This volume provides both a sourcebook and a source of inspiration and confidence for those trying to promote better services and support for these children and their families,' - The Times Educational Supplement

• Foreword. Biographies. 1. Profiling early years and special needs: celebrations of practice Sheila Wolfendale 2. Working together in different ways: Rodney House School Pam Stanier 3. Integrating a child with Down's Syndrome into an Under Fives Education Centre Moira Evans, Moira Keating, Elizabeth Knight 4. Working with the Young Child who has Special Needs in the Hospital Setting Pamela Barnes 5. Parents supporting parents with deaf children Joy Jarvis and Karen Riley 6. Research and Practice: an evaluation of an education improvement strategy to support teachers and parents of young children with special educational needs Jo Fieldhouse, Christine Pascal, Anthony Bertram, Sheila Gatiss 7. Play Partners: parental involvement in a pre-school project for children with Communication Difficulties Fleur Griffiths 8. What is normal? Helen Penn 9. Behaviour Problems in the Early Years: the conceptualisation of behaviour problems and its relevance to management approaches Theodora Papatheodorou 10. Early intervention for hearing-impaired children in families of ethnic minority origin Wendy Lynas and Susan Turner 11. A contextual orientation to assessment Andrew Lockett 12. Sheffield Early Childhood Association - a snapshot of Sheffield Practice Sylvia Walker and colleagues