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On the Horizon: New Policy Initiatives to Enhance Child Care Staff Compensation.
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Young Children, 1992
Discusses federal and state initiatives to enhance child care quality and child care teachers' compensation. These initiatives have resulted from the passage of the Child Care and Development Block Grant in 1990. (BB)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Caregiver Training, Compensation (Remuneration), Day Care
High Quality Infant Toddler Care: Issues and Dilemmas.
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Honig, Alice S. – Young Children, 1985
Considers issues that challenge parents and professionals faced with the need for infant group care: nurturing in the infant caregiver, staff stability, economics of staff/infant ratios, the role of language in caregiving, altruism in babies, group versus individual time, control and power issues, caregiver training, and "people…
Descriptors: Altruism, Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Day Care
Infant/Toddler Day Care versus Reality. Viewpoint.
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Meyerhoff, Michael K. – Young Children, 1992
Maintains that the real solution to demands for high-quality, affordable, readily available infant/toddler child care is society's recognition of the value of parenting both for the nation as a whole and for individual development, and the movement of child care roles and responsibilities from the exclusive realm of motherhood to include fathers.…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Rearing, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Responding to Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Child Care and Early Childhood Education Programs.
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Mikkelsen, Edwin J. – Young Children, 1997
Notes that allegations of sexual abuse against early child care providers are serious, but relatively rare. Presents guidelines for preventing sexual abuse in child care and early childhood programs; guidelines include attention to staff selection, training, and supervision, and good parent-staff relations. Also offers advice for dealing with both…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Abuse, Child Caregivers, Child Welfare
Book Reviews.
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McBride, Brent A.; Palm, Glen F. – Young Children, 1994
Reviews two books on involving father figures in early childhood and on early education as a career choice for males: "Getting Men Involved: Strategies for Early Childhood Programs" (J. A. Levine, and others), and "Men in Child Care and Early Education: A Handbook for Administrators and Educators" (edited by B. G. Nelson and B. Sheppard). (TJQ)
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Child Relationship, Career Choice, Caregiver Training
Improving Child Care Quality and Supply: The Impact of the Child Care and Development Block Grant.
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Blank, Helen – Young Children, 1993
Surveys how states are investing new federal money in child care quality and supply. Examines several key areas: child care licensing and monitoring; resource and referral services; child care for infants, school-agers, and children with special needs; child care for low-income families; comprehensive and enriched services; provider training;…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Caregiver Training, Certification, Day Care
Project REACH: Training Rural Child Care Providers.
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Matthews, Michelle C.; Thornburg, Kathy R.; Espinosa, Linda; Ispa, Jean – Young Children, 2000
Project REACH is a specialized 2-year training program building on the strengths and addressing the limitations of rural Missouri child care providers. The mission of the project was to improve the quality of rural child care and children's cognitive and social development by providing child care providers with local training, support,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Community Support, Day Care