Defining wellbeing -- Wellbeing and children's rights -- Wellbeing and young children -- Chapter conclusion -- Personal, social and emotional wellbeing -- Attachment theory -- At-risk children -- Attachment theory, emotional wellbeing and the early years setting -- Measuring wellbeing within the early years setting -- Developing self-regulation in the under threes: learning for the future -- Self-regulation and wellbeing -- Self-regulation, babies and children under three: the role of the early years practitioner -- Chapter conclusion -- Wellbeing, the early years practitioner and the early years setting -- Wellbeing within the early years setting (the work environment) -- Impact of staff wellbeing on the care environment -- Working as a team -- Supporting individual wellbeing -- Wellbeing and the role of the individual practitioner -- An observation tool: the Adult Engagement Scale --

Supporting wellbeing through understanding the newborn baby: seeing the world in black and white -- Chapter conclusion -- Drawing the threads together -- The notion of educare -- Wellbeing and quality provision within the early years setting -- Final thoughts.

The impact of practitioner wellbeing on children's wellbeing -- Chapter conclusion -- Wellbeing within the early years setting: supporting babies and children under three -- The relationship between practitioner and child: the key worker approach -- Considerations for wellbeing in babies and children under three -- The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child -- 1. The right to a childhood -- 2. The right to be educated -- 3. The right to be healthy -- 4. The right to be treated fairly -- 5. The right to be heard -- Listening and responding: helping children under three to know what will happen next -- Making expectations clear for children under three -- Chapter conclusion -- Wellbeing: principles behind and into practice -- Supporting wellbeing: developing a high-quality early years setting -- Supporting wellbeing: creativity within the early years setting -- Supporting wellbeing: wellbeing and experiences --