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Khadeejah Alaslani; Haifa Alroqi; Alaa Almohammadi; Yara Aljahlan; Roaa Alsulaiman; Aalya Albeeshi; Abdullah Murad; Fahad Alnemary – Discover Education, 2025
This study examines the landscape of childcare providers (CPs) in Saudi Arabia, focusing on their pivotal role in supporting children's language development. While fundamental, understanding CPs' knowledge of child language development, self-efficacy, and professional training remains limited in this context. This study aims to provide a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Faculty Development, Child Caregivers
Ereky Stevens, Katharina; Siraj, Iram; Kong, Kimberley – International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2023
Refugee children are some of the most vulnerable populations in the world. Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) for refugee children can have positive impacts on child outcomes, however most of the evidence stems from research from high income countries. This paper reports on a critical review, carried out to evaluate what we know about…
Descriptors: Refugees, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Educational Benefits
Shahidullah, Jeffrey; Forman, Susan; Norton, Amy; Harris, Jill; Palejwala, Mohammed; Chaudhuri, Anindita – Infants and Young Children, 2020
Early identification of young children at developmental risk is important for linkage to needed services. Yet, despite guidelines for developmental screening, many pediatricians do not systematically use screening tools. Because many young children spend time in childcare settings, conducting screening in these settings may improve rates of early…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Disability Identification, Screening Tests, Attitudes
Karisa, Amani; Samuels, Chantal; Watermeyer, Brian; McKenzie, Judith; Vergunst, Richard – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2022
Background: South Africa has migrated the responsibility for early childhood development (ECD) centres from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Basic Education. This functional shift has ushered in consultations and discussions on how best to implement ECD, including opportunities the change may bring. Aim: By anchoring the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Disabilities, Young Children
Van keer, Ines; Maes, Bea – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2018
Background: In typical development, primarily contextual factors at the family level are clearly associated with child developmental outcomes. In contrast, knowledge about the contextual factors influencing the developmental characteristics of children (0-12 years) with severe to profound intellectual disability is scarce. Method: Through…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Context Effect, Child Development, Young Children
Leading Highly Performing Children's Centres: Supporting the Development of the "Accidental Leaders"
Coleman, Andy; Sharp, Caroline; Handscomb, Graham – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
There is wide recognition that early childhood experiences are critical to a child's development and their subsequent life chances. However, little research has been undertaken into leadership in early years settings, which is so influential in this regard. This article summarizes research into the leadership of Sure Start Children's Centres,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Child Development, Literature Reviews
Friedlaender, Diane – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2019
What does it take to transform a large, bureaucratic institution with a fractured culture and a compliance orientation into a nurturing, collaborative, vision-directed organization? This report and the accompanying research brief endeavor to answer that question by examining a humanistic and systems thinking approach to cultural change that took…
Descriptors: Humanism, Organizational Change, Change Strategies, Systems Approach
Papadopoulou, Kalliroi; Tsermidou, Lia; Dimitrakaki, Christina; Agapidaki, Eirini; Oikonomidou, Despoina; Petanidou, Dimitra; Tountas, Yiannis; Giannakopoulos, George – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Existing research underscores the significance of early childhood experiences in the childcare context for the development of socioemotional skills and competencies. However, the practices adopted within childcare for the enhancement of children's socioemotional development and the factors mediating these practices are less adequately researched.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Social Development, Emotional Development, Well Being
Huang, Denise; La Torre Matrundola, Deborah; Leon, Seth – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2014
Researchers are increasingly interested in the issue of school accountability. Despite this, program standards for afterschool programs are not as fully developed as in other fields. This study bridges that gap and presents the results from a study to identify benchmarks and indicators for high quality afterschool programs. This research employed…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Educational Quality, Educational Indicators, Benchmarking
Layzer, Carolyn J.; Layzer, Jean I.; Wolf, Anne – Administration for Children & Families, 2010
This report describes the design and implementation of the three interventions tested in Project Upgrade, one of four experiments conducted as part of the Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies. The evaluation was a multi-site, multi-year effort to determine whether and how different child care subsidy policies and procedures and quality…
Descriptors: Mentors, Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary Development, Knowledge Level
Prusso, Kenneth W. – 1977
The results of an evaluation of the Philadelphia Get Set Day Care Program are reported for five program components: child development, social services, health services, staff development and parent involvement. Findings with regard to the child development component showed that: (1) the program provided a moderate level of emphasis in most areas…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Whiteley, Helen E.; Smith, Chris D.; Hutchinson, Jane – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2005
This paper reports on a project aimed at providing skills and resources to support nursery staff in identifying areas of strength and need in 3- to 5-year-old children. The six participating nurseries were all in areas of high socio-economic disadvantage. Staff were trained to administer, score and interpret a wide-ranging screening inventory.…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Identification, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
Southard, J. K. – 1975
This document reports on the Southwest (Region VI) Child Development Associate (CDA) assessment program during the 1973-74 and 1974-75 school years. Activities conducted through the office of the regional coordinator of CDA assessment are listed. An assessment system was developed and implemented to meet three needs: (1) to screen and rank CDA…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Competency Based Teacher Education, Credentials
Palmerus, Kerstin; Pramling, Ingrid – 1991
This paper reports on a study designed to increase the psychological and educational knowledge of day care staff and develop content and methods appropriate for toddlers in day care settings. Preschool teachers and nursery nurses in three day care centers participated. They were interviewed at the beginning of the study, and 19 months later at the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Competency Based Teacher Education, Day Care Centers
Mecklenburg County Dept. of Social Services, Charlotte, NC. – 1972
This document contains a brief report on the development of a county-wide day care program which serves more than 400 children at 12 facilities in housing projects or churches in both black and white low income communities. The report describes the initial project development, the physical facilities, and progress made at staff development and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Development, Classroom Observation Techniques, Day Care
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