Provides a brief overview of the Child Development Associate (CDA) program on the occasion of the award of the ten-thousandth CDA credential. (RH)

Discusses techniques that child care workers can utilize to foster the development of coping skills in young children. Emphasizes the difference between psychological immunity to stress based on problem-solving abilities and pseudo-immunity created by overprotectiveness. Holds that challenges build children's competence and self-esteem.…

Describes the National Day Care Home Study (NDCHS), a study of sponsored, regulated, and unregulated family day care homes in Philadelphia, San Antonio, and Los Angeles. Results of the study are discussed. (Author/RH)

Parents' child-rearing sex-role attitudes were investigated to determine their relationship to social issue sex-role attitudes. Parents' sex and child caretaker choice were related to both social issue and child-rearing sex-role attitudes. Income, employment status, and family unit type appeared to have less influence. (CT)

Advocates forming clear policies in order to foster a mutually understanding business relationship between parents and family day-care providers. (CM)

Discusses the role of punishment and discipline in teaching children to develop their own inner controls. (MS)

Describes a residential program for disturbed children in which the use of child care workers during the school day makes possible an integrated program of activities. (MS)

Discusses how providing developmentally appropriate choices to toddlers can prevent conflicts during caregiving tasks and daily routines in child care settings. Emphasizes maintaining a balance between children's needs and adult issues of time and space. Notes the importance of examining one's feelings and values to increase awareness of one's…

Notes caregivers' responsibility to protect children from too much exposure to ultraviolet radiation and the potential for melanoma. Provides suggestions on how to prevent children from sunburn and skin cancer, including the proper way to apply sunscreen. (MOK)

Reviews research on common "practitioner advice" given to early childhood teachers on the phrasing and presentation of classroom and school rules. Notes that typical classrooms have more rules than the optimal four or five, and that positive phrasing may be unrealistic for very young children, who may need behaviorally specific…

Skills/competencies for aides/child care workers (entry) and teachers/directors (advanced) were rated by 11 day care directors, 38 teachers, 5 workers, and 18 aides. More than half of the skills were identified as important for entry level. The only areas rated solely advanced were communicating with parents and working with special needs…

Discusses ideas for establishing rituals and celebrations to ease enrollment and staffing transitions during the child care center school year. Recommends ways to make transitions part of the curriculum through the use of daily routines, picture books, celebrations, and gift giving to mark significant events and changes. (JPB)

Examined attitudes of Scottish 9- to 12-year-olds toward their siblings. Found that siblings were perceived to be a significant source of support and help and were especially important for children with few other supportive relationships. Sibling caretaking was viewed positively by both parties. Siblings held special importance even if they did…

Examined development of displaced reference in four deaf children who used homesign and in 18 hearing children. Found that deaf children referred to the nonpresent less frequently and at later ages than hearing children, both groups followed similar developmental paths. Deaf children evoked the nonpresent by generating novel gestures, modifying…

Explores the concept of enablement and provides a framework for the counselor and counselor educator to use in facilitating client- or student-directed goals. Examines use of enablement, enablement versus co-dependency, the use of the enablement framework in the counseling role, and clinical examples of the enablement framework. (RJM)