Valerie Jackson

Valerie is an experienced, well-qualified consultant who has worked within child care organisations and training bodies for the last 30 years. She is a published author as well as a regular columnist for Children Web Mag. Her passion is working to inform others about the consequences and impact of abuse in childhood in the expectation that prevention is most effective where there is awareness. The services and skills she can provide can be viewed at www.valeriejacksonconsultancy.co.uk and she can be contacted through the same company.

Children's Rights

Children's Rights

The Chance to Make Choices

by Valerie Jackson

How children’s rights relate to circumstances

Foster Care

Foster Care

Attachment During a Foster Care Placement

by Valerie Jackson

And the impact on the development of children’s brains

Child Care Articles

Child Care Articles

Soapbox : A Letter to Gordon Brown

by Valerie Jackson

Don’t undermine the family!

Play

Play

What is Play?

by Valerie Jackson

Explaining the importance of play

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

The Things Children Say

by Valerie Jackson

The complexities of words, grammar and tones of voice

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Tested to death?

by Valerie Jackson

Children need to grow and learn at their own pace, … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Family Therapy and Family Life

by Valerie Jackson

The impact on victims of abuse where the family keeps … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

The Toolbox

by Valerie Jackson

What role do you play in the team - at … read more

Education

Education

Campaign for Common Sense Child Care and Education

by Valerie Jackson

Making teaching reading fun and learning to read natural

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Childhood

by Valerie Jackson

Observers of life
I have been reading histories of childhood … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Childhood

by Valerie Jackson

Childhood is a concept that has intrigued researchers for … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Accountability and Resolutions

by Valerie Jackson

Over the last few months I have been waxing lyrically … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood, Seminars

First Children Webmag Seminar

by Valerie Jackson

Well, it’s happened and it wasn’t at all bad … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Playing in Safety

by Valerie Jackson

Then

A hundred years ago, when I was very young, … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Accountability

by Valerie Jackson

Last month I introduced the concept of accountability as opposed … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Accountability

by Valerie Jackson

As part of the articles I intend to write … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Open Invitation

by Valerie Jackson

This month my article is different. The Webmag … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Intergenerational Child Care

by Valerie Jackson

Our world is changing so much; it is … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Every Child Matters : Economic Wellbeing

by Valerie Jackson

The last in a series of five essays which … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Every Child Matters – Making a Positive Contribution

by Valerie Jackson

Every child responds more favourably when they feel they … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Every Child Matters : Enjoying and Achieving

by Valerie Jackson

How do we encourage very young children to enjoy … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Every Child Matters : Outcomes for Children and Young People : Being Safe

by Valerie Jackson

To feel safe and secure is the right … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Low Wages for Nursery Workers

by Valerie Jackson

This article first appeared in Nursery Management Today but … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Every Child Matters – Outcomes for Children and Young People : Being Healthy

by Valerie Jackson

This article is part of a series considering … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Every Child Matters

by Valerie Jackson

The first in a series of essays taking an … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Taking Stock

by Valerie Jackson

I am writing this with one ear open for … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Where Do I Come From?

by Valerie Jackson

This question is the one that most parents anticipate, … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Are Children Boring?

by Valerie Jackson

One of the advantages of being self-employed is … read more

Child Care Articles

Child Care Articles

Do parents and teachers have the right to information which may protect children?

by Valerie Jackson

I am a parent, a teacher, a qualified therapist … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Back to School

by Valerie Jackson

These words used to strike a chill into my … read more

In Care

In Care

In Care : Yes, but ….. : 2

by Valerie Jackson

Caitlin had found herself at The Haven, and … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Children Playing in Safety

by Valerie Jackson

Times Past A hundred years ago, when I was … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Tantrums

by Valerie Jackson

Most parents and early years practitioners will be familiar … read more

Child Care Choices

Child Care Choices

Making Choices : Karen

by Valerie Jackson

When we married, we lived in Lincolnshire. I … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

The Big World on our Doorstep

by Valerie Jackson

When I was a child, I loved the idea … read more

In Care

In Care

In Care: Hard To Believe : 3

by Valerie Jackson

Joey’s parents died while he was young, and when … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

The Quiet Revolution

by Valerie Jackson

There is a revolution in the Child Care Industry. … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

A Response to Steve Biddulph

by Valerie Jackson

This wasn’t the … read more

In Care

In Care

Hard to Believe : 1

by Valerie Jackson

It’s hard for anyone to believe now that back … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

What Price Child Care?

by Valerie Jackson

This is an exciting time to be working … read more

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

What Has Happened to Parents?

by Valerie Jackson

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In Care

In Care

Valerie’s Story

by Valerie Jackson

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Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Quality Time

by Valerie Jackson

Conflicting messages?Being a parent isn’t easy at the best of … read more

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