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Taylor, Susan B. – Zero to Three, 2008
A significant percentage of all child care programs are offered through religious organizations. This article describes the efforts of one church located in an impoverished section of Washington, DC, to respond to the needs of low-income families with infants and toddlers. The St. Philip's Child Development Center of Anacostia serves the community…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Infants, Religious Organizations, Child Development Centers
West Chester State Coll., PA. – 1973
This manual, designed to orient new assistant teachers to the principles and routines of the Pennsylvania Research in Infant Development and Education (PRIDE) project, a center-based program enrolling 43 children ages 12-38 months, contains a brief section giving background information on the project and the project's specific guidelines for…
Descriptors: Activities, Child Development Centers, Discipline, Guides
Russell, Fay F.; And Others – 1985
Intended to help developers of early intervention programs for children with developmental disabilities, the book provides philosophy, methods, and procedures based on experiences of the Child Development Center of the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences. The first section presents a program description including information on…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Child Development Centers, Developmental Disabilities
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Daniel, Jerlean E. – Young Children, 1993
Describes how one child care center staff helps infants make the transition to the toddler group. Transition occurs over a period of several weeks, involving parent-staff consultation and continual adult support. The child manages the change in small steps, resulting in a smooth transition and allowing the child the independence and support…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Child Caregivers, Child Development Centers
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
Forrest City Public Schools, AR. – 1991
In 1988, the Forrest City Alternative School (Arkansas) began a program to provide care for the preschool children of teen mothers who wanted to obtain their high school diplomas. The children ranged in age from 8 weeks to 3 years in the infant/toddler group and 3-6 years in the child care group. These children were provided with care, preschool…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Child Development Centers
Lally, J. Ronald; Honig, Alice S. – 1977
This final report of the Family Development Research Program contains a description of the program's comprehensive family service approach to promoting child development and the longitudinal findings on program effectiveness. The program offered comprehensive services to 108 families which were low in both income and education. Services included:…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Child Development Centers, Delivery Systems
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 1978
Each of the 13 Appalachian states has described its overall program for children as well as some particularly innovative projects funded with assistance from the Appalachian Regional Commission. Reports are presented alphabetically by state with introductory comments from the state's governor prefacing each report. The programs for children,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development Centers, Children, Community Involvement