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Devore, Simone; Hanley-Maxwell, Cheryl – Exceptional Children, 2000
A study explored how six childcare providers who have included children with special needs are able to provide care on a daily basis. Factors included the providers' commitment, finding the balance between resources and needs, problem-solving with parents, access to emotional support and technical assistance, and access to other supports.…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Disabilities

Straub, Susan – Infants and Young Children, 1999
Argues that reading children's picture books to babies is an underestimated resource for addressing parenting skills and developmental issues, for providing emotional attachment and satisfaction, and for promoting basic literacy. The program "Read to Me" is described as an inexpensive, nondidactic and pleasurable intervention model for use with…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Early Intervention, Family Needs

Cryer, Debby; Hurwitz, Sarah; Wolery, Mark – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2000
Explored practices around transitioning infants/toddlers to new classes. Responses to mail survey indicated that relatively few programs provided caregiver continuity. Most programs considered attainment of developmental milestones, age, and available space when making transition decisions for infants/toddlers. Most centers used a few practices to…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Goin, Robin P.; Nordquist, Vey M.; Twardosz, Sandra – Early Education and Development, 2004
The early childhood years are critical for literacy development, and there is evidence that the home environments of young children with delays or disabilities are not as rich in literacy opportunities as those of their typically developing peers. The purpose of this study was to obtain information about how parents of infants and toddlers with…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Infants, Computer Software, Literacy
Seefeldt, Carol – Early Childhood Today, 2004
This article discusses how teachers and parents can help build children's communication skills. Children's language develops in predictable stages. Here, the author outlines these stages. She also gives suggestions to parents on how to help build their communication skills at home. Language learning takes place throughout the classroom. The author…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
Kowalski, Helen S.; Wyver, Shirley R.; Masselos, Grace; de Lacey, Philip – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2005
Forty-eight toddlers aged 17 to 31 months attending long-day childcare participated in this project, which examined some of the influences of the day-care context on their emerging pretend play. Ninety minutes of video-taped observations were collected for each participant as they engaged in free play with their same-age peers and their…
Descriptors: Play, Attendance Patterns, Toddlers, Teaching Methods
US Department of Education, 2007
This 2005 Annual Report to Congress has two volumes. This volume consists of tables that also were compiled from data provided by the states. Such data are required under the law. In fact, collection and analysis of these data are the primary means by which the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) monitors activities under the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Public Education, Special Needs Students, Federal Legislation
McWilliam, R. A.; And Others – Early Childhood Research Institute: Service Utilization Findings, 1995
This report presents preliminary findings concerning early intervention services, based on data from in-depth interviews with 75 families with infants, toddlers, or preschool children receiving early intervention special services. Additional data included reviews of Individualized Family Service Plans and Individualized Education Programs,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Busch, Robert F. – 1996
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of the M-TIKES (Missouri-Training Individuals to Care for Exceptional Students) Outreach Project, which used a "train-the-trainer" model to increase the number of child care providers trained to integrate children with and without disabilities. The project's major objectives were…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Consultation Programs, Day Care
Provence, Sally, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This anthology contains 19 articles selected from the "Zero To Three Bulletin" from 1984 through the spring of 1992 and organized into five sections. The section on relationships in infant/toddler child care includes: "Infants in Day Care: Reflections on Experiences, Expectations, and Relationships," by J. H. Pawl; and…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Child Development Centers
Lally, J. Ronald, Ed.; And Others – 1992
One of several guides developed by the California Department of Education for caregivers in centers and family child care homes, this guide offers information based on current theory, research, and practice that will support the language development and communication of infants and toddlers and their families. Each of the five sections focuses on…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Caregiver Speech, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Cesarone, Bernard, Ed. – 1994
This monograph consists of seven papers that discuss issues related to the teaching approach used in the preschools of Reggio Emilia, Italy. The papers are: (1) "Images from the World: Study Seminar on the Experience of the Municipal Infant-Toddler Centers and the Preprimary Schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy" (Lilian G. Katz), which…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Art Activities, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Pawl, Jeree, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1992
This newsletter presents five articles focusing on the social development of infants and very young children. The first article, "Sympathetic Behavior in Very Young Children," by Lois Barclay Murphy, gives examples of early sympathetic behavior, traces the development of sympathy, identifies individual patterns of sympathetic response,…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Conflict Resolution, Disabilities, Emotional Development
Holmes, Tony – 1991
Drawing from the personal visits of an early childhood specialist to centers for infants and toddlers in Britain and the United States, this paper focuses on issues of teacher education, deregistration, and professionalism. Introductory material describes the child care situation in Aotearoa, New Zealand, highlighting the increasing demand for…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers, Educational Quality
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Special Needs Populations. – 1992
These three videotape recordings focus on provision of inclusive, family-centered programs for children with disabilities, birth through age 8. The first video is 14 minutes long and is titled "ICC Parents Share Their Stories." In it, four parents who serve on state interagency coordinating councils (ICCs) for early intervention share…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Delivery Systems, Disabilities