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Peer reviewedYoung 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
National Women's Law Center, Washington, DC. – 2001
This report discusses women's need as parents for affordable, high-quality child care, and women's need as providers of child care services for compensation, training, and advancement opportunities that reflect the value of the important work they undertake. Regarding mothers' needs, the report provides a discussion of statistics on: (1) mothers…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Compensation (Remuneration)
Download full textMcReynolds, Jackie L.; Peterson, Karen L. – 1994
Intended for students, professionals responsibile for policy development, and advocates for children and family, this selected annotated bibliography cites a variety of publications, journals, and books concerned with social policy and child care. The 58 entries highlight issues such as: (1) quality from the child's perspective; (2) caregiver…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Caregiver Training, Day Care
Peer reviewedHonig, 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
Peer reviewedMatthews, 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
Blank, Helen – 1994
New federal money for child care, flowing to the states as a result of the landmark 1990 child care legislation, titled the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, has prompted states to make significant improvements in state child care programs and policies. Based on a national survey conducted in 1993 by the Children's Defense Fund (CDF),…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Certification, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Bradbard, Marilyn R.; Endsley, Richard C. – Dimensions, 1991
Presents six myths about early childhood education and care. Myths concern day care quality, the impact of day care on families and communities, academically oriented curricula, the importance of caregiver training, and parent involvement. Emphasizes that professionals need to dispel these myths, recognize the complexity of good child care, and be…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Care Effects, Child Caregivers, Community Role
