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Deskins, Lynn – 1984
This curriculum guide provides materials for a course in child care and guidance. Fourteen modules are provided. They are self-contained and require little effort on the instructor's part aside from scoring posttests and providing equipment. Each module consists of a cover sheet that details job skill, performance objective, and materials and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Whitebook, Marcy, Ed.; Ginsburg, Gerri, Ed. – 1984
This curriculum guide is organized around six major concepts that students must understand to become effective advocates for children, families, and themselves. The concepts are (1) the process of social change; (2) the social and economic organization of society; (3) multi-cultural perspectives; (4) the value and image of child care; (5) the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Child Caregivers, Cultural Awareness
Download full textSponseller, Doris Bergen – 1980
By surveying the viewpoints of parents receiving public assistance and practitioners who provide publicly supported child care, this study explored some of the values which underly child care policy and some of the practical problems in delivering child care services. A mailed questionnaire was sent to 1,200 parents (of whom 800 were receiving…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Attitude Measures, Child Caregivers, Day Care
Sponseller, Doris Bergen – 1981
This report describes the results of the second phase of a study of child care policy conducted for the Michigan League for Human Services (MLHS). (The report on the first phase of the study described the results of a mailed survey sent to parents receiving public assistance and to practitioners who provided and/or monitored publicly supported…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Attitude Measures, Child Caregivers, Day Care
Loveless, Susan Catlett; And Others – 1981
One hundred and twenty-four learning activities designed to give Child Development Associate (CDA) trainees many opportunities to practice and demonstrate knowledge of child development and related skills are provided in this training module. Section One of the module consists of 21 general learning activities that enable the trainee to develop…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Competency Based Teacher Education
Center for Systems and Program Development, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
Guidelines to help parents select day care centers are presented in this book. Four aspects (the caregiver, the setting, the quality of the day care activities, and the cost of care) which constitute good quality day care and which parents need to consider before beginning their search are discussed in Part One. Suggestions for the selection of a…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Caregivers, Childhood Needs, Day Care
Texas A and I Univ., Kingsville. – 1978
This volume, the fourth in a series of seven, contains the two learning modules which focus on the third Child Development Associate (CDA) competency, building positive self-concept and individual strength in young children, in the performance based curriculum of the Texas A & I Bilingual Bicultural Child Development Associate Training…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Child Caregivers
Bowen, Uvelia S. A. – 1971
Framing a comprehensive training plan for household occupations are accounts of the Household Employment Association for Reevaluation and Training's history, philosophy, and innovative program for upgrading household employees' status and skills by training employees to be competent, self-esteeming technicians. Seven instructional units for the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Cleaning, Cooperative Education, Course Content
Ahrens, Thea – 1972
The second in a series of four Quinmester courses, this course is planned for any junior or senior high school student interested in possible employment as a Child Care Aide, or as a worker with exceptional children. It focuses on the stages of childhood growth and development, emphasizing the achievement of a positive self-concept. The main…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Manthe, Karen, Ed. – 1973
The major focus of the conference described in this report was an attempt to refine responses to three questions: (1) What qualities should be required for Family Day Care Consultants and home visitors? (2) How can we develop these qualities through training? and (3) How can we locate the resources we need to get the training done as it should be?…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Child Caregivers, Child Development Specialists, Day Care Centers
Colbert, Janice C.; And Others – 1976
The research project described in this report (Educational Services for Home Day Care Sub-Professionals) examines the education/training needs of a group of women who are licensed home day caregivers and who provide day care services to preschool children for a fee. This project represents an attempt undertaken by an urban university working in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education
Merro, John; And Others – 1976
Interviews on the quality of day care in the United States are presented in this transcript of a program broadcast in the National Public Radio weekly series, "Options in Education." Writers, day care center personnel and others describe and evaluate the current situation. Federal legislation concerning children is examined, and…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Haverson, Susan; Nissani, Helen – 2002
As increasing numbers of culturally and linguistically diverse young children enter preschool through second grade classrooms, teachers are faced with complex challenges as they struggle to meet children's needs. This document is comprised of the first two parts of a three-program videotape training series designed for preservice teachers, child…
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Caregivers, Diversity (Student), Early Childhood Education
Boston Medical Center, MA. Doc4Kids Project. – 2002
Suggesting that very young children spend every waking minute getting ready for kindergarten, this videotape for caregivers and early childhood teachers shows how to support early literacy skill development by sharing stories, relationships, and books with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in care and education settings. The 25-minute videotape…
Descriptors: Books, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Care, Child Development
Shadoin, Linda M.; Cook-Griffin, Joni; Peterson, Jane L. – 1999
This book is designed to assist practitioners who work with families teach life skills to parents, caregivers, and older teenagers to help families solve daily living problems. Chapters 1 through 3 of the book describe the development of and need for this practitioners' guide, discuss the importance of skill teaching, and present the organization…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Child Caregivers, Daily Living Skills
