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Peer reviewedSparling, Joseph; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1991
"Early Partners" and "Partners for Learning" is a 2-part curriculum to support parent-child interactions in the first 36 months of a premature, low birthweight child's life. Analysis showed that the rate of delivering the curriculum in the child development center and the home added significantly to the prediction of 36-month…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Caregivers, Child Development, Curriculum
Popwell, Emma Pace – 1987
The study explored whether combinations of child care arrangements and sociodemographic characteristics were associated with kindergarten readiness, similar to the common effects for formal preschool intervention programs. The profile of preschool nonattenders was compared to kindergarten students within the same school who attended formal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Caregivers, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers
Peer reviewedMcCartney, Kathleen – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Hypothesizes that the amount of verbal interaction with caregivers would be a salient index of center quality, in that it would be a particularly important determinant of language skill. Three sets of measures were used to assess quality of the day care environment: children's language development, family background, and home…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Cognitive Development, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Direct linkKreader, J. Lee; Ferguson, Daniel; Lawrence, Sharmila – Child Care & Early Education Research Connections, 2005
Training and education of infant and toddler caregivers is one important factor associated with the quality of child care they provide. In response to research showing that high-quality care supports positive development in young children, policymakers have established training and education requirements for licensed providers and launched…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Caregiver Training, Infants, Child Care
