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Fuchs, Kirsty; van der Linde, Jeannie; Eccles, Renata; Swanepoel, De Wet; Graham, Marien Alet; du Toit, Maria – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Children in low-income communities are at risk for developmental delays and sensory losses. mHealth screening tools enable community health workers to detect developmental delays and sensory losses. This study aims to describe a combined (developmental and sensory -- hearing and vision) mHealth-supported screening programme conducted by community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Screening Tests, Auditory Tests, Vision Tests
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Weston, Gill; Tyler, Mary – Management in Education, 2015
This article reviews the process and achievements of leadership of an improvement and development programme for children's centres in the context of public value and Ofsted inspection. It analyses how the capacity has been developed of children's centre managers to work more strategically and collectively. Distributed leadership theory is applied…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Improvement Programs, Leadership, Child Development Centers
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Isaac, Patricia; Trodd, Lyn – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
The National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL) is a programme that supports children's centre leaders to develop their own leadership capability. This research highlights the effect the particular constructivist teaching and learning methodology has had on individual tutors' and mentors' professional development.…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Mentors, School Administration, Tutors
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John, Karen – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
Leadership mentoring is a central component of the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL), which is designed to develop robust, creative and courageous children's centre leaders. Mentoring provides a safe, supportive and confidential space in which leaders can discuss the challenges of leading their centres.…
Descriptors: Integrated Services, Mentors, Role Perception, Leadership Effectiveness
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Whalley, Margy; Chandler, Rachel; John, Karen; Reid, Lindsay; Thorpe, Sheila; Everitt, John – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
In 2004, the UK government launched a new programme for early years leaders in England--the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL). In collaboration with the National College for School Leadership, Pen Green led the development, pilot and rollout of this M-level training programme, which by 2006-07 involved 17…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Public Policy
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Colmer, Kaye – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
Established in 1940, Lady Gowrie Child Centres in Australia provide integrated early childhood programs and develop and share project work, information, resources and training at local and national levels. While changes in social policy compromised their provision of integrated programs, the centre in Adelaide has made real strides towards moving…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Professional Training, Foreign Countries, Child Development Centers
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Lubetzky, Hasia; Shvarts, Shifra; Galil, Aharon; Tesler, Hedva; Vardi, Gideon; Merrick, Joav – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Under Israeli law, national health insurance covers basic health care for all of the nation's residents, but health services users have to copay for medications and therapy. This study examined whether the requirement to copay for therapy services among certain subpopulations influences their compliance with meeting rehabilitation therapy…
Descriptors: Health Services, Jews, Health Insurance, Developmental Disabilities