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Integrating Resources and Strategies into an Emerging System of Professional Development: The Case of PITC in California
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Mangione, Peter L.; Lally, J. Ronald; Poole, Janet L.; Tuesta, Alicia; Paxton, Arlene R. – Zero to Three (J), 2011
States have placed high priority on developing early care and education systems that include early learning guidelines, curriculum, program guidelines or standards, and early childhood educator competencies. To explore how professional development and quality improvement initiatives are being integrated into emerging infant-toddler care systems,…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Infants, Guidelines, Professional Development
The Science and Psychology of Infant-Toddler Care: How an Understanding of Early Learning Has Transformed Child Care
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Lally, J. Ronald – Zero to Three (J), 2009
Recent research on how infants and toddlers grow and learn has provided new evidence for creating child care practices that support healthy development. The author describes 6 program practices drawn from this research. The article discusses practices that support secure attachments, identity formation, family practices, attention to developmental…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Child Care, Infants, Best Practices
The Human Rights of Infants and Toddlers: A Comparison of Child-Care Philosophies in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States
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Lally, J. Ronald – Zero to Three (J), 2005
This essay describes and analyzes economic rationalism, instrumental, and enrichment approaches to early care and education policy in the United States and abroad. The author proposes that differences in infant-toddler care and other services among nations can stem from differences in the way that societies define the basic rights of their…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Infants, Foreign Countries, Child Care
Infant-Toddler Child Care in the United States: Where Has It Been? Where Is It Now? Where Is It Going?
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Lally, J. Ronald – Zero to Three (J), 2003
The author summarizes trends in infant-toddler child care before 1960 and describes how interdisciplinary meetings on early development at the Mental Health Study Center of the National Institute of Mental Health in the 1970s led to the founding of The National Center for Clinical Infant Programs (now ZERO TO THREE) in 1977. Periodic legislative…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Toddlers, Infants, Child Care