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Vladescu, Jason C.; Day-Watkins, Jessica; Schnell, Lauren K.; Carrow, Jacqueline N. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2020
Annually, thousands of infant deaths are classified as sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUIDs). In an effort to reduce the risk of SUIDs, the American Academy of Pediatrics has made a number of recommendations to educate caregivers, childcare providers, and healthcare professionals on safe infant sleep practices. The purpose of the current study…
Descriptors: Sleep, Infant Mortality, Infants, Caregiver Training
Zano, Galit – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
This research addresses caregivers and infants in the infant class in the day-care centre. It focuses on an intervention programme with the goal of getting to know the attitudes of caregivers and examining their influence on infants. In the programme, the caregivers will be given the possibility of sharing with peers and of learning contemporary…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Infant Care, Infants, Child Care Centers
Lashley, Cynthia O'Nell – Young Children, 2010
Finding high-quality infant care continues to be challenging for many families. Such challenges are even greater for single mothers with limited resources and English language skills. Several years ago, this challenge formed the basis for an urban, center-based program called the Pregnant-Mothers Support Group (PSG). The PSG served single,…
Descriptors: Mothers, Disadvantaged Youth, Pregnancy, Infants
Branscomb, Kathryn R.; Ethridge, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2010
Teacher research served as both the content and frame of analysis for this study. Parallel teacher research projects took place over the course of a year as preservice teachers engaged in their first experience with teacher research as part of an infant-toddler development course and the first author (their instructor) engaged in teacher research…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Toddlers, Infants

Carlson, Joseph R. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1998
The effectiveness of a live-in nursery program for women inmates is studied. Measurement standards were determined and tested to establish a known base line in the first two years. Goals of the nursery program in Nebraska and profiles of inmates are presented. Cost issues are addressed. (Author/EMK)
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Costs, Infant Care, Infants

Wendland-Carro, Jaqueline; Piccinini, Cesar A.; Millar, W. Stuart – Child Development, 1999
Evaluated an intervention designed to influence mothers' sensitive responsiveness toward their infant by presenting information about the newborn's competence to interact and promoting affectionate handling and interaction. Found that the enhancement group showed greater frequency of co-occurrences involving vocal exchanges, looking to the…
Descriptors: Affection, Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Comparative Analysis

Brown, Melanie; Yando, Regina; Rainforth, Maxwell – Early Child Development and Care, 2000
Examined impact of a year-long course to enable new mothers to become more knowledgeable, observant, and responsive to their infants' cues. Found that compared to the non-intervention group, intervention group mothers significantly increased their knowledge of infant development, were more proactive with regard to infant medical care, and their…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis, Infant Care