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Assessing the Quality of Home Visit Parenting Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Leer, Jane; Lopez-Boo, Florencia – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Home-visit parenting programmes have been linked to positive developmental outcomes among participating children, yet few studies have explored the mechanisms behind this impact. We observe 40 home visits across seven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, using an observational tool to assess visit content, coaching strategy, and the…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Child Rearing, Program Effectiveness, Home Programs
Seeing Infants Differently: Magda Gerber's Contributions to the Early Care and Education Field and Their Continuing Relevance
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Hammond, Ruth Anne – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
A pioneer in the infant/family field in the United States, Magda Gerber was the founding director of Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE), known for its unique two-generation approach to the care and education of young children. This paper offers a summary of Gerber's teachings from the late twentieth century with citations pointing to their…
Descriptors: Standards, Infants, Child Caregivers, Child Care
The Relative Emphasis of Play Rules between Experienced and Trainee Caregivers of Toddlers
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Gyöngy, Kinga – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Content analysis of a large-scale (N = 920) qualitative data set with MAXQDA12 from a nationwide questionnaire of nursery practitioners in Hungary was able to demonstrate various types of rules during free play: social, health and safety, and environment-related rules. Environment-related rules, which govern space utilisation in toddler groups,…
Descriptors: Play, Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Qualitative Research