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Nash, Margaret; And Others – 1993
This document is the Spanish-language version of a resource guide for the care of infants and toddlers. It is designed for childcare providers who are interested in furthering their professional growth but who do not have access to inservice courses. The guide can also be used as a primary or supplementary text for childcare training courses, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Caregivers, Child Development, Child Health
Whitebook, Marcy; And Others – 1990
The comprehensive National Child Care Staffing Study confirmed that American children are in jeopardy because their teachers are poorly compensated and minimally trained. An increasing number of local and state efforts have begun to face this crisis head-on. This booklet reviews these efforts, focusing primarily on strategies for raising salaries.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Advocacy, Child Caregivers, Collective Bargaining
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Rose, Bobbie, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2005
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Communicable Diseases
Pascal, Christine; Bertram, Tony – 1999
Based on the view that the quality of adult educative interactions with young children is critical in determining the effectiveness of educational provision and in improving early childhood settings, this paper examines the quality of adult engagement experienced by 3- and 4-year-olds in 9 types of early education and care settings from the…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Comparative Analysis
Tan-Niam, Carolyn, Ed.; Ling, Quah May, Ed. – 2000
Informed by current thinking and supported by data gathered in Singapore, this volume compiles a selection of papers presented at the First Singapore Conference on Preschool Education: Promoting Quality Care and Education for Preschoolers. The papers are: (1) "Introduction: Issues in Quality Provision for Preschool Care and Education"…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Conference Proceedings, Day Care
Kalbaugh, Christine, Ed. – Journal of Child-Care Administration, 1998
This document is comprised of the four 1997-1998 issues of the Journal of Child-Care Administration, which addresses the concerns of child care centers, learning centers, preschools, nursery schools, kindergartens, and intergenerational centers. Issue 214 includes the following articles: (1) "Turning Your Staff into a Team: The Basics";…
Descriptors: Administrators, Child Caregivers, Child Health, Day Care
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Jankowski, Stephen – Social Work, 1996
Reports findings of intensive, semistructured interviews with 11 confidants to persons with AIDS (PWAs). AIDS has a devastating impact on the social support networks of those most closely involved with PWAs. Numerous changes were observed in the confidants' supportive resources, network structure, and functioning. (Author/FC)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Caregiver Role, Caregivers, Counselor Client Relationship
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Tardif, Genevieve; Coutu, Sylvain; Lavigueur, Susanne; Dubeau, Diane – Canadian Journal of Infancy & Early Childhood, 2002
Reviews and summarizes the literature on developmental and behavior problems displayed by young children. Focuses on the definition and classification of problems found in family or child care settings, prevalence of problems as reported by epidemiological studies, and the relative stability of behavior problems from preschool to adolescence.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Caregiver Role, Child Care
Miller, Karen – Child Care Information Exchange, 1995
Discusses issues of concern related to children who spend long days in childcare centers. Suggests that mother-child attachment is the biggest concern, and that consistent long days for babies require special planning for both parents and teachers. Suggestions for reducing children's stress in these situations by making life predictable and calm…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Development, Day Care
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Eaton, Deborah – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1997
Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of adding school-age children to family child care programs, based on personal experience as a family day care provider. Notes that a safe, nurturing environment is as important for school-age children as preschoolers. Suggests that every family child care provider's capacity and program needs are…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Caregiver Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Childhood Needs
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Emerson, Eric; Robertson, Janet; Wood, Justin – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Background: The aim of the present study was to identify factors associated with the level of psychological distress reported by family carers of children with intellectual disability living in a large urban conurbation. Method: Information was collected by postal questionnaire (or interview for family carers who did not have English as their…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Psychological Patterns, Stress Variables, Caregivers
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Cadell, Susan; Marshall, Sheila – Death Studies, 2007
The aim of this study was to explore individuals' self-construals after the loss of a partner from HIV/AIDS for whom they were a caregiver. Seven gay or transsexual bereaved caregivers were interviewed after the death of their partners. The data revealed patterns suggestive of A. Aron and E. N. Aron's (1986) "inclusion of others in the self" (IOS)…
Descriptors: Grief, Role, Social Influences, Communicable Diseases
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Beverly, Claudia J.; McAtee, Robin E.; Chernoff, Ronni; Davis, Gwynn V.; Jones, Susan K.; Lipschitz, David A. – Gerontologist, 2007
The Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock is addressing one of the most pressing policy issues facing the United States: how to care for the burgeoning number of older adults. In 2001, the Institute created the Arkansas Aging Initiative, which established seven satellite centers on…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Social Work, Rural Areas, Hospitals
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Gordon, Shirley C. – Journal of School Nursing, 2007
Head lice infestation is a worldwide phenomenon that affects persons of all ages. For reasons that are not entirely clear, a number of children experience persistent head lice infestations lasting weeks, months, or years. Little is known about the impact of caring for children with persistent head lice on parents/caregivers. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Participant Observation, Caregivers, Child Health
Schiller, Pam – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2007
In this article, the author discusses the characteristics of an intentional caregiver and the importance of "windows of opportunity". The author states that when caregivers use the guidelines provided by the "Windows of Opportunity," they create a purposeful classroom. All caregivers and teachers of young children face the same challenge--finding…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Caregivers, Learning Experience, Teacher Behavior
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