The aim of this booklet is to provide answers to the most frequently asked questions about the Child Development Associate (CDA) credentialing program. These questions are (1) What is the CDA program? (2) Who are CDAs? (3) Why is the CDA program important? and, (5) What is the future of the CDA program? In addition to answers to such questions,…

Mindful of the potential hazards associated with products intended for young children, this article examines pediatric accidents involving strollers and walkers. According to the latest figures available from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System of the United States (NEISS), more than 11,800 stroller injuries in 1987 were serious…

Caregiving studies often focus on the impaired elder who is the care receiver and the one family member who is perceived as the primary caregiver. Such studies fail to consider all members of the family, whether or not they are involved in providing care. This study was conducted to explore the effects of an elder's health-related dependency on…

Research examined the relation of early childhood practitioners' concepts of the purpose and meaning of caregiving to their stage of career development. Research questions included: (1) What are the notions of caregiving held by practitioners in direct and indirect work? (2) Do these concepts of caregiving expand as the practitioners move from…

Questionnaires completed by 226 child care providers in licensed child care centers in Salt Lake City, Utah; Eugene, Oregon; and Boise, Idaho were used to develop a demographic profile of current child care providers in the three states. The instrument assessed dimensions of professionalism in the day-to-day activities of child caregivers.…

This consultant's manual aims to assist those who conduct training and technical assistance sessions for early childhood programs and staff. Section 1 offers background theory about effective ways to teach or to guide adults through a learning experience. Section 2 introduces the assistance process as a cycle progressing from assessment through…

Early childhood educators are advised to confront difficulties arising from Alaska's economic problems by establishing coalitions between families with young children and service providers, with the intention of creating new programs and maintaining existing family support and education programs. Evidence of the desirability of a wide range of…

Trainees in a Title XX project were taught skills in working with parents. To measure training effectiveness, a questionnaire measuring parent attitudes toward the center and the caregivers was given to parents of center children, before and after the training. The parents indicated on the second questionnaire that they were less satisfied with…

Materials for organizing and replicating a 10-week training program for improving the skills of family day care providers are offered in this manual. The training program consists of discussion and workshop sessions and a concurrent onsite internship experience for trainees. In the first section, guides for setting up the course of instruction are…

A questionnaire designed to measure a number of topical issues regarding child care providers and child care provision was sent to all licensed family day care home providers in the state of Connecticut. The questionnaire focused on six major areas of investigation: the service provider's history in the area of day care, issues surrounding…

Intended for use by parents and child care providers, this short booklet offers practical information about many common childhood illnesses, providing suggestions for making decisions which concern the sick child. Information is given relating to how parents (especially working parents) can be prepared for their child's illnesses, specific…

The report reviews 1 year of operation of an outreach project for minority mildly handicapped developmentally delayed high risk children. The project identified 10 day care replication sites within North Carolina, trained staff to use the model, and assisted in the implementation of the curriculum model. Teleconferencing was used in training, and…

This report summarizes issues discussed at an invitational meeting on family day care associations sponsored by the Southern Regional Education Board. Participants in the meeting included the presidents of six family day care associations from Tennessee, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Also included were representatives from the Children's…

This paper focuses on the process of staff selection of child care staff at a residential treatment center for children, ages 8-16. Phases of candidate selection, an "open-door" interview procedure, the orientation of hired candidates and the agency's philosophy, procedures and practices are discussed. (GO)