Training Family Day Care Providers to Work with Special Needs Children.

Jones, Sylvia N.; Meisels, Samuel J.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Training Family Day Care Providers to Work with Special Needs Children.

Jones, Sylvia N.; Meisels, Samuel J.

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, v7 n1 p1-12 Spr 1987

Post-training assessment of family day care providers (N=13), who participated in Family Day Care Project training sessions and biweekly on-site consultations and then mainstreamed young handicapped children (N=27) into their homes, demonstrated an overall significant positive change in knowledge and attitudes toward disabilities and improved day care services. (CB)

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Child Caregivers, Consultation Programs, Disabilities, Family Day Care, Institutes (Training Programs), Mainstreaming, Program Effectiveness, Young Children

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Language: English

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