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Download full textEuropean Forum for Child Welfare, Brussels (Belgium). – 1992
This conference report presents papers delivered during the three sessions of the conference. The first session concerned violence against children. In this session, two papers discussed the goal of achieving a healthy childhood for all children. The second session addressed the topic of early child care and education. Papers presented in this…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights, Day Care
Clyde, Margaret – 1989
A study was conducted to discover the ethical and professional concerns of people working as early childhood professionals in kindergartens and day care centers in Victoria, Australia. A survey was sent to over 50 kindergartens and 50 government-subsidized child care centers within a 100-kilometer radius of central Melbourne. The survey consisted…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Caregivers, Child Neglect, Confidentiality
Peer reviewedVedder, Paul; Kook, Hetty – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1993
Examines the quality of care and education for Curacao's children under the age of four. Notes that, whereas the children's health situation is generally good and stable, child abuse and negligence are on the rise, and there is a growing need for good quality child-care centers. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
Hepworth, H. Philip – 1979
In a time of economic crisis, Canadians are questioning their social institutions. Major welfare programs may be dismantled under political pressure. Canadians should be cautious, though, in accepting radical, new ideas. Long-term interests may be damaged by planners' reliance on short-term social indicators. Our perceptions of social phenomena…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedFein, Greta G.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1993
Reviews the following books: "Child Care in Context" (Lamb et al., Eds.); "Making Friends in School: Promoting Relationships in Early Childhood" (Ramsay); "The Epigenesis of Mind: Essays on Biology and Cognition" (Carey and Gelman, Eds.); "Moral Maturity: Measuring the Development of Sociomoral Reflection"…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect
De Mey, Wim, Ed.; Moens, Ellen, Ed.; Van Leeuwen, Karla, Ed.; Verhofstadt-Deneve, Leni, Ed. – 2000
Behavioral problems are the most common mental health problem in children and adolescents worldwide. For several decades there has been a growing body of scientific knowledge of the factors influencing the development of antisocial behavior. There are several intervention and prevention programs, the most effective of which activate parents,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems
Wong, Ruth M. – 1991
A practicum designed to strengthen and expand day care staff members' knowledge about working with preschool children from crisis families had the following goals: (1) to provide staff with information about children in stressful situations; (2) to help staff recognize child behaviors that call for special attention; (3) to help staff implement…
Descriptors: American Indians, Behavior Problems, Canada Natives, Child Abuse
Meade, Anne, Comp.; Marland, Elaine, Comp. – 1984
An educational history of the Early Childhood Unit of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research is included as an introduction to this bibliography. Bibliographic items are grouped under 19 headings: child abuse, child advocacy, child development, child language and reading, disabilities, early childhood education, educational facilities,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Miller, Forbes, Ed. – 1976
This book contains papers and speeches presented at the 14th National Conference of the Australian Preschool Association held in Melbourne in May 1976. Topics discussed include early childhood education, handicapped children, parental involvement in education, evaluating preschool programs, day care, teaching young children, interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Community Services, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Senate Committee of Canada (Ontario). Standing Senate Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. – 1978
Experiences in prenatal life and early childhood that may cause personality disorders of criminal behavior in later life are examined in these proceedings of the Subcommittee on Childhood Experience as Causes of Criminal Behavior of the Standing Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. This issue, the thirteenth in a series of 19 hearings dating…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anthropology, Child Abuse, Day Care
Cameron, Claire; Moss, Peter; Owen, Charlie – 1999
Noting that men make up less than 1 percent of childcare workers, this book details a study of gender in the workforce, exploring the experience of male childcare workers in England. Chapter 1 presents the stories of six men and women in childcare centers of various kinds and outlines the relationship between mothering, fathering, the self and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Child Care Occupations
Senate Committee of Canada (Ontario). Standing Senate Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. – 1978
Experiences in prenatal life and early childhood that may cause personality disorders or criminal behavior in later life are examined in these proceedings of the Subcommittee on Childhood Experience as Causes of Criminal Behavior of the Standing Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. This issue, the fifteenth in a series of 19 hearings dating…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alienation, Antisocial Behavior, Attachment Behavior
Davies, Gwen; And Others – 1987
This kit consists of nine booklets: an introduction and eight topical texts, each of which is made up of excerpts from materials about the lives of women from Latin America, Africa, and England. The kit is intended for use by women in English-as-a-Second-Language classes, literacy groups, and other women's groups, as a source of ideas for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Battered Women, Change Strategies, Child Abuse
McKay, Heather – 2001
One of the greatest dilemmas about implementing competency-based training in Child Studies, as prescribed by the Australian National Training Authority, is not what is stated in the training packages but what is left unsaid--the underlying assumptions. Issues such as cultural beliefs and attitudes are addressed, but generally only at the level of…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Abuse, Child Behavior, Child Care Occupations
