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Direct linkKerstin Tönsing; Shakila Dada – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
In South Africa, many children with extensive support needs--including children who require AAC--are accommodated in care centers rather than the public schooling system. Caregivers employed at these centers need training in order to support children's communication using augmentative and alternative methods. A total of 29 center-based caregivers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers
Ebrahim, Hasina Banu – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
The early childhood development (ECD) sector in low- and middle-income countries continues to be under-valued and under-funded. Birth to 3 is further marginalised in this constrained informal sector. The feminised workforce experiences economic and social injustices in an under-developed human resource system. The aim of this article is to engage…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Preschool Teachers
Lesley Wood; Marinda Neethling – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
In line with international trends in early childhood care and education (ECCE) recognising the importance of early learning, the Department of Basic Education in South Africa has pledged to professionalise the sector, increase access and improve quality. From a systemic point of view, professionalisation of the sector will require collaboration on…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Preschool Teachers, Professionalism
Casper, Virginia; Lamb-Parker, Faith – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2012
The Developing Families Project-South Africa (DFP-SA) is a community-based model of education and training for the care, support and education of vulnerable children birth-to-three and their caregivers, guardians and families in rural and peri-urban townships. The approach fosters interactive learning among community members about early care and…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Child Development
Levin, Karen; Haines, Sarah – Child Care in Practice, 2007
Orphanage life places children at risk of developmental delay, particularly with regard to speech and language acquisition. The aim of this study was to evaluate opportunities for children in an orphanage in South Africa to acquire communicative competence, by examining adult-child and child-child interactions and by evaluating the structure and…
Descriptors: Child Language, Caregiver Training, Infants, Foreign Countries
