The final six months of the Community Family Day Care Project are reported, together with a summary of the total project, recommendations for the future, and an analysis of the cost of replicating such a project. In the final six months of the project, the staff was concerned with building supports for the self-help organization Women Attentive to…

The purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics of paraprofessional child care workers as determined by ratings given on the Mazyck Rating Scale for Paraprofessionals (MRSP). The scale was developed for this study and comprised two categories of characteristics, Personal-Social, and Educational-Biographical-Working Relationships.…

Individual profile analysis of 13 Handicapped Children's Early Education Program day care programs and handicapped (N=23) and nonhandicapped (N=22) children served in the programs revealed a wide range of functional capabilities of the children and the frequently cited goal of socialization of all children. (Author/CB)

Examines the nature and breadth of the pediatric Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) problem in the context of what human services delivery systems are in place and will be put in place. (RWB)

This discussion is a response to the Saarni commentary (Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, October 1987) on the Miller and Sperry report (Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, January 1987) on the socialization of anger and aggression. (PCB)

Examines causes of mistrust between a board of directors of a child care center and child care staff. Presents ways in which a center director can help build positive relations between board and staff members. (RWB)

Interviewed 667 adult children with elderly parents to investigate motivators and inhibitors of attitudes of filial obligation. Found that degree of obligation was explained by structural and demographic factors such as distance and role conflict. Associations of predictor variables with filial obligation varied by parent type and gender of adult…

Describes powerful cultural ideologies which inform reactions to instances of sexual abuse at childcare facilities. Subtle and persistent beliefs and assumptions about mothering, families, children, and sex influence social, political, and legal reaction to this problem. These beliefs can distort our vision of reality and possibility. (Author/LHW)

Maintains that by focusing on natural strategies to facilitate language interaction, adults can become instrumental in expanding the foundations of literacy of young children. Strategies include planning stimulating learning experiences utilizing contextual cues; encouraging personalized development of child language events; anticipating and…

Observation of 39 preschool maltreated children from 13 child care facilities revealed that ratings of the quality of care were significantly correlated with the children's social competence in child care. Aspects of social behavior were related to program organization, physical facilities, traits of the caregiver, and caregiver expectations.…

Discusses the problems that separation anxiety in young children pose for the secondary caregiver. Offers a number of strategies to facilitate separation from the parent or primary caregiver and to lessen the intensity of the child's anxiety response. (DR)

The behaviors of 57 mothers, their preschool-age children, and their infants were observed using a modified "strange situation" to explore the older siblings' potential to act as subsidiary attachment figures. Gamelike tasks were used to assess the conceptual perspective-taking abilities of the older children. (Author/RH)

Describes and analyzes changes in career patterns of residential child care workers in Israel during the last 50 years. Argues that present low status of child care work in Israel is related to: (1) changing social mandate of residential care and changing kinds of clients in system: and (2) lack of fit between existing needs and models of…

Presents five perspectives used by early childhood educators to resolve problems: personal, legal, employment, social theory, and professional ethics. Included is the National Association for the Education of Young Children's 1985 public policy survey on professional ethics. (AS)

Demonstrates how established marketing concepts and techniques can help early childhood organizations better specify their objectives, determine the most appropriate product-market strategies to fit available resources, develop a viable plan of action for each product offering, and establish a control/reappraisal plan. (Author/RDN)