The Reality of Early Childhood: Head Start and the Child Development Associate (CDA).

Peters, Donald L.|Deiner, Penny L.

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Publication Date: 1987

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The Reality of Early Childhood: Head Start and the Child Development Associate (CDA).

Peters, Donald L.; Deiner, Penny L.

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, v7 n3 p48-58 Fall 1987

The article reviews the role of Head Start in providing educational services to young handicapped children and discusses the problem of the lack of adequately trained teachers to provide such services, suggesting the Child Development Associate Credentialing and Training Program as a means to alleviate this problem. (JDD)

Descriptors: Child Development Specialists, Disabilities, Federal Programs, Paraprofessional Personnel, Postsecondary Education, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Shortage, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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