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"Please Help Us": Canadian Childcare Providers' Calls for Aid during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Prentice, Susan; Protudjer, Jennifer L. P.; Nijdam-Jones, Alicia; Shaw, Souradet Y.; Kelly, Lauren E.; Gerstein, Aleeza C. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2023
COVID-19 poses serious challenges to the health and safety of childcare providers, and these challenges were particularly acute in early 2022 during the first Omicron wave when vaccines were not available for children. Childcare providers work in environments where the recommended methods to minimize COVID-19 infection were often not possible to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Caregivers, COVID-19, Pandemics
Quality in Family Child Care: A Focus Group Study with Canadian Providers
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Doherty, Gillian – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2015
A substantial proportion of American, Canadian and English preschoolers regularly participate in family child care making its quality of vital importance for the children concerned, their parents, the school system and the society in which they live. This article discusses the seven key caregiver behaviors and physical space characteristics…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Child Development, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Current State of Inclusion of Children with Special Needs in Child Care Programmes in One Canadian Province
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Wiart, Lesley; Kehler, Heather; Rempel, Gwen; Tough, Suzanne – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
Background: Access to quality child care is an important support for families with children with disabilities. The objectives of this study were to determine: (1) the current state of inclusion of children with special needs in child care programmes, and (2) the presence of child care staff practices and programme characteristics that support…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Disabilities, Inclusion
...And This Helps Me How? Family Child Care Providers Discuss Training.
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Taylor, Andrew R.; Dunster, Lee; Pollard, June – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1999
Interviewed Canadian caregivers and other stakeholders about training for family child care providers, and what they see as key training issues. Suggested that training programs be made more available and accessible, but also more relevant. Suggested that standardized core content be embedded in an adult learning process focusing on real-world…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Training, Change Strategies, Child Caregivers
Special Needs Children: Sick Children--A Challenge for Child Care.
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Kerr, Kaye – 1996
Because in the normal course of events most children become briefly ill, families are forced to deal with problems of arranging alternative child care. This article develops a model of the factors influencing family day care workers' acceptance of acutely ill children into care. The article begins with a summary of the research on which the model…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Research Connections Canada: Supporting Children and Families, Number 6.
Lowe, Elaine, Ed. – 2001
Serving as a vehicle for raising the profile of and thereby gaining recognition for the important research and development work being conducted in Canada in support of children and families, the "Research Connections Canada" series compiles research and/or development papers as well as background papers, analytical literature reviews,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Training, Child Care, Child Caregivers
Research Connections Canada: Supporting Children and Families, Number 9.
Lowe, Elaine, Ed. – 2003
Serving as a vehicle for raising the profile of and thereby gaining recognition for the important research and development work being conducted in Canada in support of children and families, the "Research Connections Canada" series compiles research and/or development papers as well as background papers, analytical literature reviews,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Training, Case Studies, Child Care
On Knowing the Place: Reflections on Understanding Quality Child Care.
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Pence, Alan R. – Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 1998
Reflects upon experiences with the First Nations' Partnerships and the European Commission Child Care Network to argue that efforts to understand quality care have been insufficiently sensitive to socioecological and cultural factors related to defining and assessing quality. Argues for a reconceptualization of early childhood care, and presents…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Defis Particuliers en Milieu de Garde. [Challenges Particular to Family Day Care.]
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Tardif, Genevieve; Coutu, Sylvain; Lavigueur, Susanne; Dubeau, Diane – Canadian Journal of Infancy & Early Childhood, 2002
This study identified developmental and behavior problems Canadian child care providers find most challenging, strategies used to cope with these behavior problems, and how providers evaluate the effectiveness of their interventions. Interview responses indicated that externalizing problems were the most frequent difficulty, involving more than…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Training