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Portraits of Partnership: The Hopes and Dreams Project
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Giovacco-Johnson, Tricia – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2009
This article describes an innovative practice in family involvement developed by one early care and education center engaged in professional development. The Hopes and Dreams Project documented family involvement in children's lives and education through the pairing of pictures and narratives about their lives, histories, priorities, goals, and…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Parent Caregiver Relationship, Parent School Relationship
The Journey from Babysitter to Child Care Professional: Military Family Child Care Providers.
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Nielsen, Dianne Miller – Young Children, 2002
Describes the transformation of women from babysitters to child care professionals as a result of becoming a family child care provider in the U.S. military Family Child Care (FCC) program. Discusses application process, orientation training, the use of peer mentors, initial setup, inspections, enrollment, caregiver training, and accreditation.…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Care, Child Caregivers
The Parent Services Project. Families Matter.
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
The California Child Care Initiative: Ten Years Later and Still Going Strong.
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Brown, Jan; Lee, Ted – Children Today, 1995
The Child Care Initiative Project, a public-private partnership designed to build the supply of child care throughout California, has achieved remarkable success in recruiting and training providers and increasing the number of child-care spaces in family day-care settings. Community-based organization and strong evaluation instruments have been…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Cooperative Programs, Day Care Effects
Growing Up in Child Care: A Case for Quality Early Education.
Mardell, Ben – 2002
As the numbers of children enrolled in child care from infancy have increased, there is a growing acceptance of this now prevailing mode of childrearing. Asserting that the "necessary evil" perception of child care contributes to the mediocrity of the American child care system, this book contends that this characterization is misguided…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Attitude Change, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Care
Family Support in Early Education and Child Care Settings: Making the Case for Both Principles and Practices.
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Miller, Shelby H.; And Others – Children Today, 1995
Notes that early education and child-care programs are more often child-centered than family-centered, and that currently, the trend is to integrate family support services with them. Provides a conceptual framework for this integration and examples of the design and implementation of family support services in different types of early education…
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Day Care Effects