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Direct linkKathy Leadbitter; Louisa Harrison; Sophie Langhorne; Ceri Ellis; Richard Smallman; Amelia Pearson; Latha Hackett; Leo Kroll; Alison Dunkerley; Hilary Beach; June Gilbert; Amy van Gils; Tessa Hutton; Jonathan Green; Penny Bee; REACH-ASD Team – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Caregivers can experience significant challenges following their child's autism diagnosis and often seek informational, relational and emotional support. Post-diagnostic support for caregivers has received relatively little research attention and represents a significant gap in the international evidence base. We used an iterative codesign process…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parents, Caregivers
Download full textElizabeth Doran; Davis Straske; Natalie Reid; Charlotte Cabili; Tutrang Nguyen; Xinwei Li; Myah Scott; Aden Bhagwat; Will Ratner; Judy Cannon; Jeffrey Harrington; Addison Larson; Ashley Kopack Klein; Katie Gonzalez; Nikki Aikens; Sara Bernstein – Administration for Children & Families, 2024
Head Start is a national program that helps young children from families with low incomes prepare to succeed in school. It does this by working to promote children's early learning and health and their families' well-being. In 2021, the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Federal Programs, Social Services, Low Income Students
Schindler, Holly S.; Fisher, Philip A.; Shonkoff, Jack P. – Child Development, 2017
This article presents a description of how an interdisciplinary network of academic researchers, community-based programs, parents, and state agencies have joined together to design, test, and scale a suite of innovative intervention strategies rooted in new knowledge about the biology of adversity. Through a process of cocreation, collective…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Educational Researchers, Educational Innovation, Interdisciplinary Approach
Sharp, William G.; Burrell, T. Lindsey; Jaquess, David L. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Feeding problems represent a frequent concern reported by caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorders, and growing evidence suggests atypical patterns of intake may place this population at risk of nutritional and/or related medical issues, including chronic vitamin and mineral deficiencies, poor bone growth, and obesity. This…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Parents, Food
Edie, Dave – Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, 2011
YoungStar is a program of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) created to improve the quality of child care for Wisconsin children. YoungStar is designed to: (1) Evaluate and rate the quality of care given by child care providers; (2) Help parents choose the best child care for their kids; (3) Support providers with tools and training to…
Descriptors: Parents, Child Care, Young Children, Child Caregivers
Edie, Dave – Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, 2011
YoungStar is a program of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) created to improve the quality of child care for Wisconsin children. YoungStar is designed to: (1) Evaluate and rate the quality of care given by child care providers; (2) Help parents choose the best child care for their kids; (3) Support providers with tools and training to…
Descriptors: Child Care, Parents, Young Children, Child Caregivers
Forry, Nicole; Anderson, Rachel; Zaslow, Martha; Chrisler, Alison; Banghart, Patti; Kreader, J. Lee – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2011
The Community Connections preschool program (herein referred to as Community Connections) was developed to help prepare children in home-based child care for success in school and in life. It has three goals: (1) to make state prekindergarten classroom experiences available to children in home-based care, (2) to extend classroom learning…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Child Language, Toddlers, Child Care
Orr, J. Evelyn; Baker, Sue; Schirling, Elsa; Sanders, Lee; Huffman, Lynne; Mendoza, Fernando – 2000
This study examined the effects of a pediatric clinic-based intervention program, Reach Out and Read (ROR), on the literacy beliefs and behaviors of caretakers of children ages 9 months to 5 years. Doctors' beliefs about literacy and parent behavior were also examined. Data were collected through structured interviews conducted with 22 caregivers…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Comparative Analysis
Lincoln Park Zoological Society, Chicago, IL. – 1992
It is important to understand the ways in which zoos can serve as a resource in the development of classroom teachers, parents, and community organization staff members as environmental educators. This project consists of three distinct, but related investigations of zoo use by different groups of educators. The project methodology included…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Community Organizations, Educational Resources
Peer reviewedDore, Martha Morrison; Doris, Joan M. – Child Welfare, 1998
Examined relationship between program involvement, status of addiction treatment, and outcomes for caregivers and children participating in a placement prevention program for substance-abusing mothers and other primary caregivers reported for child maltreatment. Findings indicated that nearly half the participants were able to complete addiction…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Caregivers, Child Welfare, Day Care
Texas State Dept. of Community Affairs, Austin. Office of Early Childhood Development. – 1976
This pamphlet defines and discusses the family day home system. A family day home is a private home where six or fewer children under 14 years of age, including the day care giver's own children, are cared for during a part of the 24-hour day. Several family day homes under the auspices of one agency comprise a family day home system. Usually the…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, Certification, Child Caregivers
Wilson, Valerie; Hall, Stuart; Rankin, Nicola; Davidson, Julia; Schad, Dominic – 2003
This report presents the findings of an examination of the costs, benefits, and characteristics of Sitter Services, a program in Scotland offering child care in the child's home to parents working atypical hours or respite care for families of children with developmental disabilities. The study also explored users' and providers' knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Children
Roberts, Lynn – 2000
This report describes how the Parent Services Project (PSP) is being implemented in the communities of Bushwick and Washington Heights/Inwood in New York City, focusing on the progress made and the challenges encountered in the first 18 months of the program's implementation. Information for the report was obtained through on-site observations as…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Early Intervention
