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Moore, Evelyn K. – Inequality in Education, 1972
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Development, Child Development Centers, Child Development Specialists
Mondale, Walter F. – Inequality in Education, 1972
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Development Centers, Child Development Specialists, Day Care
Peer reviewedWilliams, Donald L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1972
Descriptors: Child Development Specialists, Consultants, Consultation Programs, Counselor Role
Peer reviewedSolomon, Richard; And Others – Infants and Young Children, 1994
This article describes community-based developmental assessment (CDA) sites as one means for early identification of infants and toddlers with disabilities. At CDA sites, developmentalists assess referred children for developmental status and serve as liaison between the referring physician and the early intervention system. CDA sites are cost…
Descriptors: Child Development Specialists, Community Services, Disabilities, Disability Identification
Download full textThomas, Nancy G., Ed. – Social Policy Report, 1995
These three newsletter issues present scholarly developmental research results pertaining to social and public policies that affect children. The first 1995 issue, "Escaping Poverty: The Promise of Higher Education" (Erika Kates), discusses results of a study that explored the ways in which institutions of higher education provide a…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Development Specialists, Childrens Rights, Family Violence
Seifert, Kelvin L.; Handziuk, Deborah – 1991
A study compared the informal theories about the child held by 10 preservice education students with those held by 8 educational leaders with experience in the elementary grades. During interviews, students and educators were asked to define "the child" in everyday terms. They were also asked to categorize and respond to 32 statements…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Child Development Specialists, Children, Comparative Analysis
Ranzoni, Patricia Smith – 1984
Research indicates that sexual abuse of children is widespread and underreported. Since child development workers are among children's first contacts, the emotional and physical well-being of the young children in their care depends to a large degree on workers' awareness of characteristics of sexually abused children and abusive parents. In turn,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development Specialists, Child Neglect, Course Content
Hertz, Thomas W., Ed.; Dennis, Deborah Ellis, Ed. – 1978
In a conference convened to evolve new research approaches to the study of child development within the family, workgroups discussed emerging issues and priorities in research on children and families, information on children and families (needs and sources), and current methods and approaches in child development research. Workgroup I evaluated…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Development Specialists, Children, Conference Reports
ECKERSON, LOUISE O.; SMITH, HYRUM M.
ACCORDING TO A SURVEY OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, THE SERVICES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS (CDC'S) HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN. ALMOST 13,000 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAD CDC'S IN 1962-63. OF THE PRINCIPALS IN SCHOOLS WITHOUT CDC'S, THREE-FOURTHS EXPRESSED NEED FOR SUCH SERVICES. CDC'S DESCRIBED AS HAVING A BACKGROUND IN…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Child Development Specialists, Counseling Services, Educational Research
Anderson, Scarvia B. – 1968
Educators have rationalized the traditional school starting age of 6 by saying that children have by then normally acquired sufficient muscular control and language ability to begin reading instruction. When it became apparent that many children did not begin to read at the supposedly proper time, further rationalizations developed concerning…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Child Development, Child Development Specialists, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedMcBride, Brent A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1996
Identifies emerging issues and challenges facing lab schools nationwide as they attempt to build support for their programs. Offers recommendations for strengthening the roles lab programs play in the early childhood field, such as expecting staff to be involved in leadership activities (like outside workshops) and making facilities attractive to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Development Specialists, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research
Peer reviewedMcCollum, Jeanette A.; Thorp, Eva K. – Infants and Young Children, 1988
Issues related to training of personnel working with handicapped infants/toddlers and their families center on two major areas: content of training and process of training. Following an analysis of within-discipline and cross-discipline content and within-discipline and cross-discipline training processes, recommendations are offered concerning…
Descriptors: Child Development Specialists, Course Content, Disabilities, Family Involvement
Peer reviewedRosenblith, Judy F. – Developmental Psychology, 1992
Bayley's major contributions to developmental psychology are reviewed. These include her concern with measurement and methodology and her early anticipation of such topics as behavior genetics. Her work in such areas as androgyny and body build, motor and mental development, and maternal and child behaviors is summarized. (LB)
Descriptors: Androgyny, Child Development Specialists, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology
Direct linkChild & Youth Services, 2007
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a very personal series of reflections on the current debate on risk and accountability in child protection and child and youth care as the former strives to come out of a period of volunteerism and professionalize itself (McElwee, 1998; Share & McElwee, 2005). Irish culture has grown more individualist…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Risk Management, Accountability, Social Environment
Brendtro, Larry K. – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2006
Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917-2005) was a pioneer in studying the behavior of children in their natural life space of family, school, peer group, and community. His concept of the ecology of human development is transforming practice for effective work with children and youth. Bronfenbrenner's research highlights the power of human relationships to…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Development, Individual Development, Ecology
