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Educational Product Report Number 32, 1971
Discusses briefly new books available on the subject of preschool education. (JF)
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education
Morgan, Gwen G. – Compact, 1969
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Development Centers, Coordination, Day Care
Peer reviewedCaldwell, Bettye M. – Teachers College Record, 1989
Child care and early childhood education should be fully integrated. The roots and consequences of the current separation are examined. A description is provided of the Kramer Project, a day care school. Obstacles to fully integrated day care and educational services are discussed. (IAH)
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1966
PROVISIONS FOR PILOT CHILD CARE CENTERS FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND MENTALLY RETARDED MINORS WERE MADE BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE IN 1959. ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE PROVIDED IN 1961 AND 1965. BY NOVEMBER 1965, FOUR CENTERS WERE IN OPERATION AND FOUR MORE CENTERS WERE BEING ESTABLISHED. THESE EIGHT CENTERS SERVED 348 HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Day Care, Mental Retardation, Physical Disabilities
Beaglehole, Ruth – Edcentric, 1973
The organizer of the Silverlake People's Playground in Los Angeles describes the playground's beginnings, its objectives, its struggles with city bureaucracy and its part in the national movement for quality day care. (Editor)
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Child Development Centers, Day Care, Education
Goldman, Joyce – Compact, 1973
Describes arguments for and against federal involvement in early childhood development. Proposed federal legislation on childhood development is discussed. (JF)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Development Centers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedBaumrind, Diana – Young Children, 1973
Research supported by National Institute of Child Health. (DS)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Development Centers, Child Development Specialists, Day Care
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1988
This revised Program Quality Review Instrument focuses on the evaluation of seven functional components of center-based, preschool-age child development programs in California. The components are: (1) philosophy, goals, and objectives; (2) administration; (3) assessment of child and family; (4) developmental programming; (5) parent education and…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment
Greenberg, Polly – Compact, 1969
Purposes that States take advantage of early childhood education to initiate a variety of programs to consider the problems of children in grades 1-12 in the seventies. (MF)
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Curriculum Guides, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedKlein, Jenny W. – Educational Leadership, 1973
Article discusses the origins and development of the Child Development Associate Program for training professional staff in child care. (GB)
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Peer reviewedBillups, Lucyann; Ernst, Richard J. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1977
Reviews the initiation of child care services at Northern Virginia Community College and concludes that both the college and the community have come to recognize this service as an essential and integral part of the programs and services provided by the college. (JG)
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Community Colleges, Day Care, Day Care Centers
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Child Development. – 1981
This report describes the organization and function of general child care and development programs, special programs and the State Preschool Program administered by the California State Department of Education. Also examined are the funding sources, eligibility criteria for participation, and program requirements. In addition to child development…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Community Services, Day Care, Eligibility
Appalachia, 1973
The Carterville and Calhoun centers are representative of the 6 local child development programs in rural northwest Georgia. The day care centers are for the children of working mothers. The outreach program provides workers who go into the homes to help nonworking mothers improve their child-rearing skills. (FF)
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Child Rearing, Community Involvement, Day Care
Hansen, Orval – Inequality in Education, 1972
The Republican Congressman of Idaho believes it is the federal government's responsibility to insure all parents that adequate day care services are available if needed instead of the band-aid'' care currently offered. (DS)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Development Centers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedHowe, Maryalice B. – Young Children, 2000
Discusses the factors leading to quality improvements in military child care. Presents reasons why military child care system has been more effective than the civilian system in promoting quality. Describes the specific policies that have supported the high rate of accreditation among military child development centers. Asserts that the Military…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Change Strategies, Child Development Centers, Day Care
