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Publication Date: 2006
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Child Care for Children with and without Disabilities: The Provider, Observer, and Parent Perspectives
Knoche, Lisa; Peterson, Carla A.; Edwards, Carolyn Pope; Jeon, Hyun-Joo
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v21 n1 p93-109 2006
This three-phase study, part of a larger study conducted by the Midwest Child Care Research Consortium (MCCRC), investigated the characteristics of child care providers in inclusive and non-inclusive center-based classrooms and family child care homes, the observed quality of care in a subset of these programs, and families' perceptions of quality and satisfaction with child care services. A telephone survey of 2022 randomly selected Midwestern providers, 36% of whom provided inclusive services, revealed that inclusive providers rated themselves higher on most quality-related indicators. Inclusion status was related to observed quality in family childcare homes (n=132), with non-inclusive homes higher, while trends in the opposite direction were observed in preschool center-based classrooms (n=112) but not in infant/toddler center-based classrooms (n=105). Six percent of the 1325 parents surveyed reported parenting a child with a disability. These parents indicated less income, and more frequent changes in child care settings than other families, and reported the quality of their children's child care as good, particularly if center-based. Improved access to inclusive child care services and enhanced training opportunities related to serving children with disabilities and inclusion, especially for family child care providers, is recommended.
Descriptors: Disabilities, Young Children, Telephone Surveys, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Satisfaction, Parent Attitudes, Parents, Inclusive Schools, Preschool Education, Mainstreaming, Child Caregivers
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