Hellos and how are yous: Predictors and correlates of communication between staff and families during morning drop-off in child care centers

Author(s): Perlman, Michal; Fletcher, Brooke A.;
Date Issued: July, 2012
Description: An examination of the quantity of communication between parents and staff during morning drop-offs at child care centers and of what is discussed, of the relationship between structural indicators of classroom quality and the occurrence of co-caring communication, of the relationship between interactions that occur at drop-off and classroom quality, and of the relationship between the quality of staff-child interactions at drop-off and the quality of staff-child interactions that occur in the absence of parents, based on data from 194 staff at 64 child care centers, 101 preschool-age classrooms, the survey responses of 652 parents, and observations of 1,000 parents
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Funder(s): Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Journal Title: Early Education and Development
Volume Number: 23
Issue Number: 4
Page Range: 539-557
Topics: Child Care & Early Education Quality

International Child Care & Early Education > Single-Country Studies

Parents & Families > Involvement In Child Care & Early Education > Parent-Provider
Country: Canada
ISSN: 1040-9289 Paper
1556-6935 Online
Peer Reviewed: yes
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