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Collaboration in Early Care and Education: What Can and Should We Expect?
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Kagan, Sharon L.; Rivera, Ann Marie – Young Children, 1991
Discusses the reasons for the popularity of collaboration in early care and education. Defines the term "collaboration." Discusses results of a national study of early care and education collaborations in terms of the achievements of collaborations and the situations in which they work best. Also offers suggestions for making…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Childhood Needs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Cooperation
Sex Education with Young Children.
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Koblinsky, Sally; And Others – Young Children, 1980
Discusses guidelines (developed by the Oregon State University Early Childhood Sex Education Project) for developing teacher-parent cooperation in providing sex education to young children. The guidelines concern how to talk about body differences and body functions; how to deal with masturbation, sex play and obscene language; and how to involve…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Sex Education, Sexuality
Guiding Groups of Parents of Young Children.
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Kelly, Francis J. – Young Children, 1981
Discusses how teachers can effectively begin and lead discussion groups for parents of young children. Needs for and characteristics of parent guidance groups are indicated, aspects of the role of the group leader are specified, and ways to begin a parent guidance group are suggested. In conclusion, common concerns of parents are described.…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Early Childhood Education, Guidelines, Leadership Qualities
Effective Techniques for Involving "Difficult" Parents.
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Boutte, Gloria S.; And Others – Young Children, 1992
Discusses six types of difficult parent behaviors: antagonistic, know-it-all, complaining, negative, shy or unresponsive, and illiterate. Provides teachers with suggestions for working with parents who exhibit these behaviors. (BB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Guidelines, Parent Grievances, Parent Teacher Conferences
Ideas That Work with Young Children. Make a Difference! Make Your Program More Developmentally Appropriate!
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Greenberg, Polly – Young Children, 1991
Presents 15 ways for teachers to make early childhood programs developmentally appropriate. (BB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Guidelines
Unhappy Endings.
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Jacobs, Nancy L. – Young Children, 1992
Discusses circumstances that lead to a child's sudden departure from a school. Provides school administrators and teachers with suggestions for ways to ease children's sudden departure from a school. (BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Affective Behavior, Early Childhood Education, Family School Relationship
Including Young Children With "New" Chronic Illnesses in an Early Childhood Education Setting.
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Fauvre, Mary – Young Children, 1988
Presents suggestions for successfully including young children with "new" life-threatening, chronic illnesses -- various types of cancer, heart, liver, and kidney diseases -- in early childhood education classes. (BB)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Chronic Illness, Class Activities, Discipline