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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 textRobinson, Louester A. S. – 1999
Noting that in many areas, family child care providers lack both available training to enhance their professional skills and an organized professional network for continual support, this practicum project implemented and evaluated the effectiveness of a curriculum to prepare family child care providers for state certification through a community…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Certification, Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedColeman, Mick; Toledo, Carlos – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2002
This study examined child care providers' use of different HIV/AIDS information sources in relationship to their knowledge about HIV/AIDS and their response to common childhood behaviors and classroom situations involving an HIV-infected child. Results suggest that different types of information sources were associated with different aspects of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Training
Lander, Dorothy A.; Graham-Pole, John R. – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2006
The authors integrate poetry and narrative into their self-study application of the research methodology known as Appreciative Inquiry (AI) focused on: (a) their personal and professional practice and development; (b) their teaching practice in universities and informal/popular education settings; and, (c) their educational research in the area of…
Descriptors: Medicine, Physicians, Research Methodology, Inquiry
Huhn, Susan – 1990
This Child Development Associate training module explores the multifaceted aspects of family child care, including zoning, certification, insurance, hours of care, fees, advertising, programming, and parent/provider agreements. The module's purpose is to help individuals interested in a career in family child care understand the CDA requirements…
Descriptors: Advertising, Business Administration, Career Development, Caregiver Training
McReynolds, 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
Whitehead, Judith, Ed. – 1999
Serving as a vehicle for raising the profile of and thereby gaining recognition for the important research and development work being conducted in Canada in support of children and families, the "Research Connections Canada" series compiles research and/or development papers as well as background papers, analytical literature reviews,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Case Studies, Child Care, Child Caregivers
Scottish Office Education and Industry Dept., Edinburgh. Research and Intelligence Unit. – 2001
This study by the Scottish Executive examined attainment of Higher National Certificates (HNCs) and Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs) (types of educational qualifications) by child care providers in Scotland, noting the perceptions of key participants. The study had five key objectives: (1) to determine levels of uptake and, if possible,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers
Kagan, Sharon L.; Cohen, Nancy E. – 1997
This report of the Quality 2000 Initiative documents the quality crisis in early care and education in the United States, discussing the reasons for this crisis and suggesting a plan for improvement. Part 1 of the report: describes the mediocre quality of care cited in the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes Study, the erosion of quality since 1980,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Child Caregivers
Belk, Jo Ann; Thomas, George; Ruciman, Carol; McNaughton, Kathryn; Iversen, Sandra – 2002
As the interdependence of nations becomes increasingly evident and necessary, so too must our understanding about education become shared property. This monograph examines the early childhood education and care systems in four English-speaking nations with strong elements of common heritage. Systems in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Early Childhood Education
Anderson, Parker – 1998
The Families Matter series of papers from the Harvard Family Research Project advances the concept of family-centered child care, advocating an approach to early childhood education that addresses the development of the child and family together. Grounded in family support principles, which build on family strengths and work from a community's…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Lee, Lisa; Seiderman, Ethel – 1998
The Families Matter series of papers from the Harvard Family Research Project advances the concept of family-centered child care, advocating an approach to early childhood education that addresses the development of the child and family together. Grounded in family support principles, which build on family strengths and work from a community's…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedTayler, Collette – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1994
Outlines some of the challenges facing tertiary education courses in early childhood in Australia, including the competency movement, university and TAFE (technical and further education) restructuring, articulation between courses, and effective communication in a field which spans children from birth through age eight. Notes that outcomes of…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Early Childhood Education, Education Majors, Educational Change
Peer reviewedDavies, Margaret; Pollnitz, Lois – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1994
Describes the development and features of an innovative field experience program, in the form of an internship, for early childhood student teachers, as part of a four-year Bachelor of Education Degree at Australia's University of Newcastle. Discusses participants' perceptions of the internship as a professionalizing experience. (HTH)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Caregiver Training, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedRhodes, Sinead; Hennessy, Eilis – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2000
Examined effects of a 120-hour preschool training course on caregivers' behavior and children's development in early-years settings in Ireland. Found that caregivers who received training made significant gains in positive relationship and decreased in detachment levels. Children in their care made significant gains in complex social and cognitive…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Child Development
