Child caregivers are in a particularly strong position to be child advocates, as they have the most current and effective information about child development. Advocacy is a fundamental responsibility of NAEYC, which is exploring ways to increase its advocacy activities. Effective advocacy requires a variety of individuals with an extensive range…

Observed the transitions between different caregivers and between waking and sleeping for a male toddler. The transitions were rated according to the affect displayed by the toddler. Results indicated that transitions involving the toddler coming into the care of his parents were less disturbing than those involving his coming into the care of…

Examined the impact of an educational intervention on knowledge of speech-language development among 66 caregivers of children. An educational handout containing information about basic speech and language development milestones was provided to the intervention group. Results of pre- and posttests indicated that the intervention group increased…

This critical review of the literature finds little evidence to indicate that parents of children who stutter differ from parents of children who do not stutter in the way they talk with their children. Similarly, there is little support that parents' speech behaviors contribute to children's stuttering or that modifying parents' speech behaviors…

From an intergenerational training program for caregivers of children and frail elderly emerged a model for making program decisions. The model clusters potential activities in five categories: recreation/leisure, education, health promotion, public service, and personal development. It has four levels of selection criteria: match activities to…

Suggests that early childhood professionals need effective communication tools for individual conversations with colleagues, staff meetings, conversations with parents, and parent meetings. Describes ORID, a focused discussion method involving objective, reflective, interpretive, and decisional questions, that heighten the participants' awareness…

Coping with the impact of a family member's head injury is one of the most difficult tasks that can confront a family. An overview of head injury etiology, sequelae, and impact on families is presented. Provides guidelines for counseling families of persons with head injuries and suggestions for research. (Author/JBJ)

The successful selection of a child care provider can be accomplished by breaking down the process into manageable steps: (1) selecting the day care type; (2) obtaining referrals; (3) listing desired attributes in a provider; (4) conducting personal interviews with providers; and (5) checking providers' references. (SM)

Using data from interviews with single mothers and records of child abuse, mothers' boyfriends' overrepresentation in child abuse was traced to five conditions, including the single parent situation, their gender, the absence of genetic relationship to the children, perceived illegitimacy as caregivers and family members, and rivalry with the…

Ways to alleviate the stresses of providing care for elderly relatives include corporate-sponsored assistance programs, informal respite care, a parent care system, nonkin back-up system, support services for the care recipient, and cognitive restructuring. (SK)

Replication in Virginia of Missouri's Volunteer Information Provider Program (to help rural families with caregiving) had mixed results, suggesting that the program should be revised before transfer to different populations. Length of training and volunteer time commitment were also barriers. (SK)

Examined bereavement among 38 daughters who were caregivers to their elderly mothers. Comparing bereavement feelings at two months to feelings at 6 months following mother's death, daughters reported decreases in grief resolution behavior and feelings of emotional shock, anger, and helplessness. Comparison to elderly widows indicated similarities…

Identified five major types of motivation for parent care in a survey of 130 filial Koreans: respect for parents, filial responsibility, harmonization of family, repayment of debts, and filial sacrifice. Discusses qualitative dimensions of parent care in cultural context of Korea. Discusses importance of nurturing filial morality and need for…

Reviews existing studies of use of formal care by families of Alzheimer's sufferers with special attention to findings relevant to access, particularly perceptions of appropriateness and acceptability or consistency with other needs and values. Applied conceptual model represented by these findings to narrative that serves as proxy for real case.…

Discusses Project Assist, a project designed to study efficacy of time-limited psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral therapies for experienced and recent caregivers. Claims Project Assist offers psychotherapy that can assist caregivers in separating their own emotions, identity, and well-being from those of care receiver, a process which appears…