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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
Crystal S. Williams; Michaelene M. Ostrosky – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2024
Caregiver coaching in early intervention (EI) can lead to positive outcomes for young children with delays and disabilities and their families. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, some EI providers reported coaching caregivers more frequently. However, EI providers' use of caregiver coaching is inconsistent, and there is a need for more…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Child Caregivers, Caregiver Training, Professional Development
Tigist Zerihun; Mersha Kinfe; Kamrun Nahar Koly; Rehana Abdurahman; Fikirte Girma; Charlotte Hanlon; Petrus J. de Vries; Rosa A. Hoekstra – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Autism and other developmental disabilities are common in low- and middle-income countries. The World Health Organization developed the caregiver skills training programme to address the needs of families having children with developmental disabilities globally. This study explored the acceptability and feasibility of the caregiver skills training…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Children, Child Caregivers
Ashley R. Brien; Tiffany L. Hutchins – Topics in Language Disorders, 2024
Autobiographical memory (ABM) is memory for past personal experiences and is foundational to the development of many cognitive processes. As such, ABM and social learning are developmentally intertwined and functionally dependent, and impairments in each are well-documented in autism. Evidence suggests that elaborative reminiscing (ER) causally…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Early Adolescents, Socialization
Maria Lotty; Eleanor Bantry-White; Audrey Dunn-Galvin – Child Care in Practice, 2024
This article presents the findings of a qualitative study of foster carers' and multidisciplinary practitioners' perceptions of foster carers' needs and existing practices in foster care in Ireland. This study explored participants' perceptions of the development of a trauma-informed care (TIC) psychoeducational intervention for foster carers.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trauma Informed Approach, Foster Care, Child Caregivers
Jyotsna Pattnaik; Mary Lopez – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
The world has faced challenges from a variety of viral respiratory illnesses over the past few decades, including the 2002 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and the 2009 swine-origin pandemic (H1N1) influenza. However, the disaster management guidelines for Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs in California were limited to earthquake and fire…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Optimising Malaysian Childcare Safety Performance, in Light of Management, and Babysitting Practices
Download full textAidanazima Abashah; Che Azlan Taib – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024
Background: Safety practices play a vital role in childcare business, as childcare entails managing children's daily life routines and preventing them from any harm. Aim: This study aims to explore the perspectives and awareness of childcare centres regarding the importance of childcare safety practices, babysitters' traits and safety performance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Child Caregivers, Child Safety
Iulia Moisi; Kirsty McDonald; Elena Chamberlain – National Literacy Trust, 2024
Early Words with Childminders is a programme aiming to support the practice of childminders by providing them evidence-based activities and strategies that foster children's early language development, and confidence and skills to engage with parents. Piloted between September and December 2023, the programme provides practitioners with training…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Caregivers, Preschool Children, Evidence Based Practice
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
