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Emotion Regulation, Harsh Parenting, and Teacher Sensitivity among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Toddlers in Child Care
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Mortensen, Jennifer A.; Barnett, Melissa A. – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: This study examined the transactional nature of harsh parenting and emotion regulation across toddlerhood, including the moderating role of teacher sensitivity in child care. Secondary data analyses were conducted with a subsample of families from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project who participated in…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Toddlers, Economically Disadvantaged
Teacher-Child Interactions in Infant/Toddler Child Care and Socioemotional Development
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Mortensen, Jennifer A.; Barnett, Melissa A. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The teacher-child relationships that develop in infant/toddler child care provide a critical caregiving context for young children's socioemotional development. However, gaps remain in researchers' understanding of the individual-level processes that facilitate socioemotional development, specifically in center-based…
Descriptors: Infants, Infant Care, Toddlers, Interaction
Evaluation of a State Initiative to Improve Child Care Quality
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Roach, Mary A.; Riley, David A.; Adams, Diane; Edie, David – Early Education and Development, 2005
Wisconsin's Early Childhood Excellence Initiative was a $15 million public policy effort designed in 2000 to increase child care quality for low-income children. An evaluation revealed significant improvement in classroom quality, the quality of caregiver interaction, and caregivers' beliefs about children following a complex multi-faceted…
Descriptors: State Government, Public Policy, Child Care Centers, Caregivers