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Assessing Initiatives for Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care: An Overview of Models and Evaluations. Research-to-Policy Connections No. 5
Porter, Toni – Child Care & Early Education Research Connections, 2007
This paper presents an overview of current efforts to document or evaluate initiatives for family, friend, and neighbor child care. The initiatives are grouped into two categories: those that view these caregivers through the child care lens and aim to improve the quality of care that they provide to children; and those that see these caregivers…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Caregivers, Models, Caregiver Training
Family Day Care Advocacy Project, 1991.
Children's Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1991
This report contains the results of a nationwide survey of state regulatory agencies and is intended to update family day care licensing information gathered in 1990. In May 1991, the central regulatory agency in each of 50 states and the District of Columbia was asked to verify information gathered in the 1990 survey and answer further questions…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Discipline Policy, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care
Day Care Center Licensing Study, 1991.
Children's Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1991
This report contains the results of a nationwide survey of state and territorial regulatory agencies. The purpose of the study was to gather information on day care center licensing and regulation. In May 1991, questionnaires were sent to the central day care regulatory agency in each of 53 states and territories. In an introductory section of the…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Abuse, Day Care, Day Care Centers
English Literacy Levels of the Early Care and Education Workforce: A Profile and Associations with Quality of Care. Who Leaves? Who Stays? A Longitudinal Study of the Early Care and Education Workforce in Alameda County, California.
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Phillips, Deborah; Crowell, Nancy; Whitebook, Marcy; Bellm, Dan – 2003
Research on parents has shown the critical contribution that linguistic input plays in fostering early literacy, but there have been no systematic studies of the literacy of the early care and education workforce and its role in fostering quality early learning environments. This report examines the literacy levels of early childhood educators in…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
Impact of Training and Education for Caregivers of Infants and Toddlers. Research-to-Policy Connections No. 3
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Kreader, J. Lee; Ferguson, Daniel; Lawrence, Sharmila – Child Care & Early Education Research Connections, 2005
Training and education of infant and toddler caregivers is one important factor associated with the quality of child care they provide. In response to research showing that high-quality care supports positive development in young children, policymakers have established training and education requirements for licensed providers and launched…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Caregiver Training, Infants, Child Care
Are Our Children Ready To Learn? Hearing of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session on Examining Early Childhood Education and Related Services.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1998
These hearing transcripts present testimony before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the 105th Congress on early childhood education and related services. Participants provided different perspectives on early education, focusing on the academic achievement of American students, especially in comparison to students in other countries;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accreditation (Institutions), Benchmarking, Caregiver Training