With this Child Development Associate (CDA) training manual the CDA intern can learn to teach language arts to preschool children in ways that foster their cognitive development. Upon completing the module, the trainee is expected to know how to read a story to preschool children, teach a lesson using an experience chart, set up a reading and…

This study analyzes the effects of costs on day care center quality for a total of 13 high cost ($40-50 per week for each child) and low cost ($20-30 per week) day care centers in three New York counties. A mail survey questionnaire (included in Appendix) was used to gather data on program operations, core services, and budget expenditures.…

In 1960, the Child Welfare League of America began the Day Care Project to survey research to clarify and revise day care services. A three stage program assessed attitudes and practices in seven communities. Stage I tapped community opinions (namely, working mothers) on child welfare issues. Stage II utilized field techniques to survey…

As more and more women enter the working force, the demand for good, universal child care development programs has become critical. In this volume, day care directors, social workers, sociologists, educators, and other concerned professionals examine every facet of child care programs in terms of racism, sexism, and class inequalities. (CS)

This document presents Part Three (pages 673-930) of the joint hearings held May 27 and June 16, 1971 before two subcommittees of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. The hearings were designed to amend the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to provide for a comprehensive child development program in the department of Health, Education and…

This curriculum guide for child care workers is oriented toward fulfilling the Maryland State requirements for personnel in early childhood programs. A tabulated summary of qualifications is presented for personnel in early childhood programs as required by State Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene, Education, Employment and Social Services.…

This longitudinal study was concerned with infants' reactions to being greeted by a caregiver upon arrival at the nursery, being left by the parent with the caregiver, and to reunion with the parents. Observations were made twice weekly in the natural setting of the nursery foyer where parents normally arrive with their infants. An affectivity…

This study analyzes infant distress (fussing and crying) and the resulting responses of caregivers in an infant day care nursery. Six babies (mean age 4.8 months when the study began) and their caregivers were observed in seven sequences of observations over a total span of 10 months. Each sequence of observations took place on six days during a…

This research describes the interpersonal relationship between parents and caregivers in group child care settings, identifies variables predictive of parent-caregiver communication, and examines the degree of congruence in the childrearing beliefs of parents and caregivers. A total of 212 parents and 89 caregivers in 12 day care centers were…

Critical assumptions affecting the design of research and intervention for single-parent, mother-headed families of handicapped children involve: extent of father involvement; contribution to child-rearing of persons other than parents; socioeconomic differences between one-parent and two-parent families; heterogeneity of single-parent families;…

Presents a National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Ethics Commission member's comments and suggestions about how early childhood educators can best make sound decisions about the ethical dilemma of the welfare of the child and the confidentiality of its divorced parents. (BB)

Presents a philosopher's comments on how early childhood educators may view and deal with the issues of confidentiality and the family's right to privacy on the one hand and the parents' right to know on the other. (BB)

Examines the various communication phenomena operating between parents and preschool teachers and offers suggestions for enhancing teacher-parent communication skills. (RWB)

Parents considering placing a disabled child in a residential facility should evaluate and choose a school by visiting at both "peak" and "off-peak" hours to learn about the physical surroundings, structured activities, the child-care staff, the teaching staff, the administration, and treatment plans. (CB)

Examines the application of group level behavior modification techniques to a group of ten fifth-and sixth-grade antisocial children, and discusses the success of efforts to increase the incidence of prosocial behavior and decrease nonsocial and antisocial behavior. Describes an assessment procedure for behavioral measurement. (MS)