Topic > In the Te Whariki Curriculum - 2770

The key person approach emphasizes the development of close relationships between key workers and children, (Elfer et al., 2013, Grenier et all.,2008, Manning-Morton and Thorp, 2003, 2006). Providers can also support the emotional well-being of children in these relationships (Miller & Pound, 2011). A child who establishes a relationship "with an adult not only becomes susceptible to educational influence in a very welcome way, but shows more vivid and varied facial expressions, develops individual qualities and unfolds his whole personality in a surprising way" (p. 57, Burlingham And