There has been little interest in, and only slight illumination of, the impact of therapeutic camping for emotionally disturbed children. This study seeks to validate the belief that camping is therapeutic. Subjects were 52 boys, 5 to 11 1/2 years of age. Results support the hypothesis. (Author/HMV)

A national technical assistance conference aimed at advancing the knowledge and skills of family day care providers in their roles as caregivers and as leaders in the day care field was convened in April, 1981. Presentations and discussions at the conference focused on four broad topic areas: (1) the family day care provider as a caregiver, (2)…

This handbook, designed to assist a beginning Head Start caregiver, includes guidelines for planning and organizing class activities in order to meet the individual child's needs and interests. First, the document outlines some effective ways for dealing with discipline problems, planning classroom sessions, encouraging the child's self-selection…

This monograph describes the rationale for the Conference-Research Sequence in Child Care Education Project and reports the outcomes of the project's initial conference. The three-year project is designed to encourage communication among child care educators on a national level by soliciting information and disseminating outcomes of the project.…

A credential called the Child Development Associate (CDA) was the focus of this study. Based on the competence of child care staff, it offers two benefits: it may be fair and accurate without resorting to impractical requirements of education and experience, and its recognition may benefit workers' careers. Credentialed and noncredentialed groups…

This manual was developed by the United Day Care Services, Inc. and is intended to serve as a guide for others who are planning to work in the area of family day care. The history of the development of the United Day Care Services' family day care unit is summarized and a brief resume of how the unit operates is presented. The areas covered in the…

A handbook for citizens taking on the responsibility of running a day care program for the first time, starting at the beginning and presupposing nothing, is presented. Sections are provided on: organizing to establish a day care service; getting started as a sponsoring group; functioning as an ongoing board of directors; board-staff relations;…

A child care agency has developed a career ladder to make the child care position more attractive to young people. As another step toward professionalization of the child care field, it could serve as a model for other agencies. (GO)

This study describes the construction and validation of an instrument designed to measure adults' caretaking experience with infants and young children. (BD)

Presents insights on issues that need to be considered when one tries to implement changes in day care programs. Such changes involve training and learning efforts; individual characteristics of staff members; staff and program development; effective training programs; and individual motivation techniques. (BB)

Comparison of 22 home and 21 institutional three-month-olds' interaction with their primary caregivers revealed that biological mothers differed from institutional caregivers in three behaviors. Mothers more frequently rocked their infants while holding them, touched them affectionately, and talked to them in a face-to-face manner. (RH)

Describes a project conducted by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service to market the Family Day Home Care Providers Program to an unknown clientele. Discusses the problems involved in identifying and reaching the target audience. (JOW)

Administration of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory and a Work Satisfaction Questionnaire to 228 day care employees at 40 centers found an inverse relationship between child abuse potential and both clarity of job expectations and overall job satisfaction. Employees generally rated "high" had lower abuse scores than employees rated…

Examines issues and problems related to leave policies in day care centers. Offers recommendations on the formulation and implementation of vacation, sick, and personal leave, leave without pay, jury duty, military leave, and bereavement leave. (RWB)

Examined aspects of patient status and caregiver perceptions in 46 pairs of elderly psychiatric patients and their caregivers. Found that significant predictors of caregiver burden included disruptive patient behavior, caregiver distress, and patients' functional limitations. Findings suggest that predictors of caregiver burden vary with patient…