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Ranck, Edna Runnels – Child Care Information Exchange, 1990
Role of government in early child care and education and the characteristics of legislative and administrative process involved with licensing laws are discussed in an effort to identify the functions of early child care and education laws and regulations. Laws and regulations offer directors and regulators a structure and a forum in which to…
Descriptors: Administrators, Ambiguity, Certification, Early Childhood Education
Caldwell, Bettye – Child Care Information Exchange, 1997
Details the methods and findings to date of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development study of early child care. Findings concern economic factors and maternal attitudes associated with use, program characteristics associated with positive caregiving and child outcomes, the importance of family factors, program quality, and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Caregiver Child Relationship, Day Care, Day Care Effects
Walton, Terrell – Child Care Information Exchange, 2001
Recounts the experience of a parent of a special needs child attending an early child care center that embraces inclusion. Describes: (1) the search for a center; (2) her child's experience at school; (3) making inclusion possible; and (4) integration of all the parts. Asserts that all the children in the center benefit from inclusion. (SD)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Lutton, Alison – Child Care Information Exchange, 2000
Describes biases in early child care profession against home-based providers. Encourages: (1) crossing bridges to learn with and from each other; (2) crossing bridges to build a profession; and (3) building bridges between home and center-based providers. Recommends that professionalism be defined by commitment to high quality care and not…
Descriptors: Bias, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Elkind, David; Parr, Jerry; Duffy, Vincent; Strader, Bill; Stephens, Karen – Child Care Information Exchange, 2000
Presents five articles on humor in early child care: (1) "What Makes Young Children Laugh?" (David Elkind); (2) "Humor as a Tool in the Workplace" (Jerry Parr); (3) "Vincent's Vignettes" (Vincent Duffy); (4) "Family Humor" (Bill Strader); and (5) "Books to Tickle Funny Bones" (Karen Stephens). (SD)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Comedy
Neugebauer, Bonnie – Child Care Information Exchange, 1991
Focuses attention on the experiences and needs of substitute caregivers in early childhood child care programs. Personal experiences and insights of several substitute caregivers highlight the discussion. (BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Caregiver Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers
Allen, David – Child Care Information Exchange, 1998
Explores six trends affecting the demand for center-based child care and early education: growing numbers of working women; growing minority populations; increases in early education enrollment; preference for center-based care; increases in number of families requiring financial assistance to access services; and increases in public funding for…
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Employed Women
Zeece, Pauline Davey – Child Care Information Exchange, 1991
Maintains that staff guidance in early childhood and child care programs can be optimized when it functions within the guidelines of developmentally appropriate practices in regards to staff age, stage appropriateness, and individual appropriateness. Differences in individual staff temperament and cognitive styles are considered. (BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Age Differences, Child Caregivers, Cognitive Style
Hendrick, Joanne – Child Care Information Exchange, 1986
Offers suggestions for training inexperienced, untrained child caregivers in early childhood care programs. (HOD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Child Development Specialists, Day Care Centers
Mann, Mary Beth; Thornburg, Kathy R. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1998
The concepts, causes, and issues surrounding maternal guilt have significant implications for early childhood professionals. Child care providers can assist parents in choosing appropriate child care; promote positive communication and rapport with parents; reassure parents that maternal anxiety is normal; promote understanding of the concept of…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers, Day Care
Caldwell, Bettye M. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1988
Predicts that in the future dramatic changes in the family will continue and that the fields of early childhood education and child care will merge completely. Also discusses the future of early childhood education with regard to pedagogy, curriculum, special programs, continuity, quality, and family support. (NH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
Carter, Margie – Child Care Information Exchange, 1990
Presents a two-part training activity by means of which teachers can learn the quality components of accreditation of child care and early childhood programs. (BB)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Community Colleges, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Caldwell, Bettye – Child Care Information Exchange, 1987
Maintains that child care workers should be committed to personal, professional, and informational advocacy in working to gain public support for quality child care and early childhood education programs. (BB)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Child Advocacy, Child Caregivers, Day Care
Albrecht, Kay; Banks, Margaret; Calhoun, Gwen; Dziadul, Linda; Gwinn, Carla; Harrington, Brooke; Kerr, Brenda; Mizukami, Masami; Morris, Amy; Peterson, Chreyl; Summers, Rene Rhoads – Child Care Information Exchange, 2000
Presents the Primary Teaching model of early caregiving whereby a child and family are assigned to a primary teacher with whom they stay throughout the child's time in care. Focuses on components of primary teaching, the continuity of care, and the benefits and problems of this approach. (KB)
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Day Care, Developmental Continuity, Early Childhood Education
Carter, Margie; Jones, Elizabeth – Child Care Information Exchange, 1990
In this dialogue between two specialists in staff development of child caregivers, the roles of early childhood teachers and child care directors are considered. The need for teachers to observe play and the ways in which training can motivate teachers to observe play are discussed. Directors need to model observation skills for novice teachers.…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Observational Learning
