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ERIC Number: EJ584428
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0044-0728
Designing Infant Child Care Programs To Meet the Needs of Children Born to Teenage Parents.
Cottrell, Barbara Hansen; DeJong, Lorraine
Young Children, v54 n1 p37-45 Jan 1999
Describes successful practices and procedures for designing effective infant care programs for children born to teenage parents, including supervisory support for nurturing caregiver-child relationships, continuous staff training in infant development, low teacher-child ratios, active parent involvement, a child development curriculum, and sensitivity to the noneducational needs of the child and family. Recommends books of activities for infants. (KB)
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Childhood Needs, Day Care, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Parenthood, Family Needs, Infant Care, Infants, Parent Participation, Program Design, Staff Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Caregiver Child Ratio; Day Care Quality; Program Characteristics