This collection of selected readings on day care issues was compiled to provide a more manageable compendium of resources for national policy makers. The selections included date from 1970 to 1972 and were drawn from a wide variety of federally sponsored studies. The readings are organized into six chapters: (1) Day Care as a National Priority,…

This booklet describes the results of a study involving the development, administration, and analysis of a job inventory of Texas day care positions. The inventory of tasks was used to determine the job performance of 684 child care workers in Texas day care centers and to determine the opinions of child care experts, center directors, licensing…

This report describes the results (to date) of an ongoing exploratory study of the impact of home day caregivers on the children in their care with specific attention to the nature of the child-caregiver interaction. From in-depth interviews with the caregivers and naturalistic observation, the one factor which emerged as most salient in terms of…

This booklet contains suggestions for suitable play activities for preschool children. In an attempt to answer the questions of homemakers and mothers an explanation of the place of play in a child's life, and some ways that an adult can help are presented. Also discussed is the vital importance of play in the total development of the child.…

The present report describes a system for the care of children during the day in Denmark: care in private family homes. Begun in 1966, this program organized a formal system of family day care homes initiated and supervised by the government; this is an extension of the former system of licensing privately initiated family day care homes. From the…

This report describes the training of two kinds of paraprofessionals in child care in Denmark: the family helper who has considerable educational background, and the family day care mother for whom there are no educational prerequisites. The funding, the training, and the curriculum design of the paraprofessional programs are discussed. There is…

Based on a survey of legislation relating to full-day care for preschool children of working mothers and a study of records, this report: (1) covers the number of registered child care centers in Australia and the number of children being served, (2) sets the conditions applying to registration of centers, (3) indicates the extent and levels of…

Phase I of a research and demonstration project was devoted to establishing, operating, and evaluating a demonstration nursery center to provide for the daytime care of 30 infants and toddlers ranging in age from 2 months through 3 years. During this phase, some emphasis was also given to recruiting and training the center's nursery assistants,…

A survey of the operators of 969 licensed and 431 unlicensed child care facilities in Indiana was conducted to: (1) help standardize and facilitate the utilization of occupational titles, duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of four levels of child care specialists (CCS) arranged into a career ladder, and (2) provide educational,…

This report describes the use and training of paraprofessionals at the Syracuse University Children's Center. The Center's primary task is supplying supportive services to low-income families and provides, as part of their day care experiences for the children and their families, staff from various backgrounds and situations so that the children…

Summarizes conference proceedings, including: (1) background information; (2) a survey of child care training programs; (3) six speeches relating program design, student selection, professional issues, evaluation, and child advocacy to the structure and delivery of child care training; and (4) key conference findings and implications for the…

Discusses emotional and practical stress factors confronting child care workers, especially those in adolescent intake residences or group homes. Makes recommendations to agencies on ways to improve administration-worker communication and staff training and emphasizes need for clear-cut goals, schedules and work routines. Suggests ways for workers…

Examines the influence of the live-in environment on the child care worker through a study of certain basic stress indicators (life space, conflict-triggering situations, support, need congruence, opportunity, environmental mutability, vigilance, regimentation and crisis). (BF)

Comments on worker-selection process, cycle of involvement, and personal and professional concerns in child care work. Discusses intervention in the emotional fatigue cycle, young workers' development, administrative support, and promotion of commitment to child care work as a profession. (BF)

A questionnaire addressed to 70 parents and 30 staff members of an early intervention program revealed no substantial discrepancies in their respective evaluations of a number of child behavior characteristics (mainly social). Even when parents subjectively perceived some value dissonance, their satisfaction with the day care program was not…