This paper summarizes a project which assessed and evaluated three alternative master planning alternatives and a final master plan for Children's Village, a residential center for children with severe emotional disturbances in Detroit, Michigan. The paper first presents an assessment of the current facilities and program of the center and then…

Notes that the physical environment is an important aspect of child care quality. Summarizes the need for new scales under development for the quality assessment of key aspects of child care physical environments, critiques other scales currently available, and suggests components of the new scales based on principles for good planning of child…