Key Topic Resource Lists
Research Connections staff create bibliographic lists on key topics by conducting advanced searches, then selecting the most relevant resources from the search results. Each Resource List includes a description of the search terms and subsequent selection criteria for that topic. To see the unabridged list of resources for a topic, including any resources added to the collection since selection of the Resource List, click on Create Updated Search Result.
If you would like to suggest new topics for Key Topic Resource Lists, please email them to contact@researchconnections.org.
Child Care Decision-Making (April 2009)
- Resource List on:
- Choice by parental characteristics: income, marital status, race/ethnicity, culture, language, immigrant status, mental health, & location
- Choice by child characteristics: age (infant/toddler & school-age) & special needs
- Choice and parental employment: employment status, work schedule (i.e. full-time, part-time, & non-standard hours) & welfare-to-work participation
- Selection of child care type
- Parent values/perceptions of quality
- Child care market characteristics: price, supply, and regulation
- Financial assistance: subsidy receipt, pre-k, Head Start
- Consumer education
- Research Reviews, guides, and instruments on Parental Choice
- Create Updated Search Results
- Additional Resources
Child Care Health and Safety (May 2010)
- Resource List on:
- Health and safety standards, assessments, and strategies
- Child Care environments
- Emergency Preparedness
- Create Updated Search Results
Child Care Licensing (March 2010)
- Resource List on:
- Regulatory policies and practices
- Relationship of licensing to quality of care and child outcomes
- Relationship of licensing to child care and labor markets
- Create Updated Search Results
Child Care Subsidy Administration (November 2011)
- Resource List on:
- Child care subsidy administration
- Child care subsidy access and use
- Coordination of child care subsidies and Temporary Assistance
to Needy Families and other federal support programs - Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) database
- Create Updated Search Results
Child Care Subsidy Use and Employment Outcomes of TANF and Other Low-income Families (November 2012)
Dual Language Learners (June 2009)
- Resource List on:
- Language and literacy development of young English Language Learners
- Involving families who speak English as a second language
- Teacher characteristics and interactions with young English language learners
- Interventions and assessments with young English language learners
- Serving young English language learners: Policy and practice considerations
- Create Updated Search Results
Early Care and Education Collaboration (July 2011)
- Resource List on:
- Defining, Measuring, and Evaluating Collaboration
- Collaboration and Early Care and Education Programs
- Evaluations of Collaborations in Early Care and Education
- Create Updated Search Results
Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (August 2007)
- Resource List on:
- Overview of and Recommendations for Building Early Childhood Systems
- State Examples, Results, and Findings
- Funding and Maximizing Resources for Early Childhood Systems
- Create Updated Search Results
Early Mathematics (February 2010)
- Resource List on:
- Programs and Instruction
- Skills and Knowledge
- Parents and Home Environments
- Standards and Policies
- Program Evaluations and Mathematics Assessment
- Create Updated Search Results
Family Support (April 2007)
- Resource List on:
- Overview of family support
- Child care, early education, and family support
- Evaluation of family support programs
- Create Updated Search Results
Father Involvement in Early Childhood Programs (July 2008)
- Resource List on:
- Father involvement in early childhood programs
- Head Start/ Early Head Start father initiatives
- Create Updated Search Results
Linking Health and Child Care and Early Education Services (April 2007)
- Resource List on:
- Overview of health services in child care and early education
- Health care consultants in child care and early education
- Health services in Head Start/Early Head Start
- Create Updated Search Results
Linking Mental Health and Child Care and Early Education Services (August 2007)
- Resource List on:
- Links between Child Mental Health and Child Care and Early Education Services
- Mental Health Consultation in Child Care and Early Education
- Mental Health Services in Head Start/Early Head Start
- Create Updated Search Results
Non-parental Caregiver Depression (March 2008)
- Resource List on:
- Depression in non-parental caregivers and child outcomes
- Supports for non-parental caregivers
- Create Updated Search Results
Obesity Prevention in Early Childhood (March 2012)
- Resource List on:
- Food and Nutrition
- Exercise and Physical Activity
- Prevention Programs and Interventions
- Policies, Regulations, and Monitoring
- Create Updated Search Results
Parenting Education (May 2007)
- Resource List on:
- Overviews and recommendations for parent education programs
- Even Start/ family literacy
- Head Start/Early Head Start
- Healthy Steps
- Effects of parent education programs on parents and children
- Create Updated Search Results
Play in Early Care and Education (March 2011)
- Resource List on:
- Play and development
- Play and early literacy
- Play and early math
- Play and children with disabilities
- Teachers' perceptions and use of play
- Create Updated Search Results
Precursors to Early Literacy (June 2007)
- Resource List on:
- Reviews and Evaluations
- Early Skills and Oral Language
- Home Environment
- Social Emotional Factors and Play
- Create Updated Search Results
Quality Rating Systems (July 2008)
- Resource List on:
- Recommendations for designing child care quality rating systems:
- Planning and Implementation
- Financing
- Administration
- Workforce Improvement
- Accreditation
- Informing Parents
- Evaluating quality rating systems
- Quality rating systems for after school programs
- Recommendations for designing child care quality rating systems:
- Create Updated Search Results
