Started 25 years ago by a group of parents in Madison, Wisconsin, the Red Caboose is one of the oldest independent day-care centers in the United States. This book recounts observations of the activities at the center for 1 year, exploring what makes a good day care center successful and what obstacles a center is up against. Interspersed among…

Children, parents, and child caregivers are vulnerable to several infectious diseases as a result of contact with child care centers. This pilot program, implemented in a rural county in a southeastern state, was designed to enhance knowledge and skills related to improved hygiene practices in a child care setting. The target audience for the…

Noting that accurate recordkeeping for tax purposes is extremely important for family child care providers, this calendar provides a format for recording typical family child care expenses and other information. Included are the following: (1) monthly expense charts with categories matching Schedule C; (2) attendance and payment log; (3) payment…

This resource includes: a videotape of the film "Damien," which was locally produced in Hawaii in the late 1940s; instructional modules and resources for the classroom; additional information to support the instructional modules and videotape viewing; and an annotated bibliography. Major goals of the teacher resource materials are to…

A successful course in catering and one in child care are described as they have evolved at McKinley High School in Washington, D.C. (MU)

Examines factors found among low income groups that differentiate the adequate parent from the neglectful parent. A more extensive version of this paper was presented at the CWLA South Pacific Regional Conference at San Francisco in 1969. (NH)

Describes an inservice teacher education project designed, over a period of 3 years, to upgrade the quality of care provided to children in 10 day care centers in a six-county area of southwestern Wisconsin. (RH)

A survey of parents, foster parents, and guardians whose children were group home residents indicated the need for programs with different levels of parent involvement. Written contracts between houseparents and children's parents are recommended. (Author/DB)

Describes a program for training day care providers in which resource specialists visited caregivers in Seattle and surrounding suburban and rural areas in a specially equipped and staffed van. Outcomes of the program as well as trainee characteristics are reported. (RH)

Provides a historical overview of private household workers and builds a demographic profile of today's domestic workers. Discusses changes in women's employment which may upgrade the status of household workers. (SK)

Evidence points to increased parental dependence on group care for their preschoolers, infants, and toddlers. Demographic, economic and attitudinal factors, and public policy have contributed to this trend and can be expected to play a major part in the future demand for and supply of day care. (Author)

Reviews professional and popular literature on the effects of nonmaternal care on preschool children. Concludes that, although data show that high quality nonmaternal care does not adversely affect the young child's social, emotional, and intellectual development, popular books and magazines have only recently begun to reflect this perspective.…

The significant difference between life-event scores of mothers providing adequate care and of mothers providing inadequate care indicates that environmental stress is an important factor in the etiology of child abuse and neglect. However, there are multiple causes and stress is only one part of the explanation. (Author)

Describes state level development of a television series for family day-care training and a two-year work/study paraprofessional program for day-care providers. (RH)