Child Care and Children with Special Needs: Challenges for Low Income Families

Author(s): University of Southern Maine;
Date Issued: Summer 2010
Publisher(s): Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Description: This project was a mixed-method, multi-level study of low income families of children with special needs and the system which serves them, focusing primarily on child care, employment and balancing work and family. In the first year of the study, qualitative research was conducted to learn directly from parents about their experiences. In the second and third years, a field study of three communities was conducted as well as statewide surveys and analysis of national data bases to supplement the data collected in the first year.
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Funder(s): United States. Child Care Bureau
Source: Ward, Helen, and Lisa Morris. Child Care and Children with Special Needs: Challenges for Low Income Families, 2002-2005 [Computer file]. ICPSR27001-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-06-11. doi:10.3886/ICPSR27001
Note: More information about this study including information about the parent interviews, field study, and analysis of data from National Survey of America?s Families (NSAF) can be found on the Child Care and Children with Special Needs website - http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/specialneeds/index.htm.
Topics: Children & Child Development > Special Needs Children & Special Child Populations > Special Needs
Date of Collection: 2002--2005
Period Coverage: 2002--2005
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