This document provides basic information on the requirements for operating child care facilities in Missouri. Included is information defining the types of child care in Missouri and describing state regulations regarding the following: (1) building and grounds; (2) furniture, equipment, and materials; (3) health and medical examinations for…

Out-of-school time (OST) programs are being developed to provide safe places and constructive after school activities for children and youth from families in which a single parent or both parents work and neither parent would be home after school. This manual is intended to help program directors, child care providers, service members, school…

This study focused on the topic of home visits from the teacher's perspective. A survey was distributed among 40 teachers who were randomly selected from New York City schools. These teachers were from Head Start, day care settings, and public and private schools. The survey focused on whether teachers find home visits to be an effective tool in…

An accreditation process that measures and assesses elements of high quality child care in New Zealand is reported. The process is based on the Early Childhood Program Accreditation procedure established by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, as modified for Australian use by personnel at the Queensland University of…

The purpose of this practicum was to offer intergenerational programming as an alternative solution to the problem of high job turnover, low staff retention, and lack of qualified personnel to fill vacancies in preschool programs. One county was chosen as the focus for the program and three seminars were designed to introduce the concept to…

This report contains the results of a nationwide survey of state and territorial regulatory agencies. The purpose of the study was to gather information on day care center licensing and regulation. In May 1991, questionnaires were sent to the central day care regulatory agency in each of 53 states and territories. In an introductory section of the…

This report provides an overview of child care in rural areas of Ontario. Chapter 1 outlines the paper's purpose, defining "child care" and "rural." It discusses the nature of rural Ontario in the 1990s and the need for child care in rural areas. Also, implications for child care provision in a rural context are highlighted.…

Although child development laboratory programs continue to be important players in the child development and early childhood arenas, these programs face a number of emerging issues and challenges as they seek to solidify their support on campuses nationwide. Child development lab programs have been charged to serve as: (1) sites for personnel…

A formative and summative evaluation was made of eight school-age child care (SACC) training workshops conducted in 1989-90 for 190 participants in upstate New York. (The focus of the SACC workshops was to "train the trainers," as well as to provide trainees with quality materials and instruction for future training with their staff…

In conjunction with Public Law 101-476, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Head Start programs are committed to including children with disabilities as 10 percent of their student population. This study sought to determine the effects of training on Head Start providers' attitudes toward children with disabilities and their knowledge…

This guidebook is a reference for family child care homes and family child care group homes licensed by the State of Alaska. It outlines licensing standards and procedures and serves as a simplified abstract of Alaska child care regulations. The first part is an overview that introduces home child care and licensing. Topics covered include…

This guide presents a 9-hour, 3-day curriculum for training family day care providers in techniques that will encourage equity and discourage sex-role stereotyping in very young children. The curriculum is suitable for the variety of settings in which day care providers seek additional professional education. Chapters in the manual are as follows:…

The finding of positive effects of developmentally sensitive interaction on children's physical health is discussed and expanded in terms of five propositions. The first is that development requires participation in progressively more complex reciprocal activities on a regular basis over an extended period of time, with at least one person…

Addressed to parents, this publication discusses issues and offers recommendations on the preparation of providers of services to infants and their families. Section I discusses parents as consumers of infant/family services. Section II discusses parents as leaders in policy development, including policies affecting the training of infant/family…

Part 1 of this annotated bibliography contains descriptive information on materials developed under the Nutrition Education and Training Program (NET). Each citation contains an abstract, format description, information on place of publication, source, and call number for further information. The materials are grouped in nine chapters by audience…