After-school activities and the development of low-income urban children: A longitudinal study
A longitudinal study of the relationships among child characteristics, academic performance, social adjustment, after school program participation and family variables for children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families in third and fifth grade
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Are there long-term effects of early child care?
An analysis of the links between early child care and school-age children's development, socioemotional functioning, and academic performance, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
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California Afterschool Outcome Measures Project field test of the Online Toolbox
Findings from a field test of the California Afterschool Outcome Measures Project Online Toolbox, an online survey of student behavior change and skill development for use in after school programs, that examines teacher and student survey administration experiences, student reports of after school program experiences, changes in student skill and behavior outcomes, and associations of student program experiences to their skill and behavior outcomes, based on data collected from students and teachers at 28 after school programs in fall 2010 and spring 2011
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Child care and the family: Complex contributors to child development
A discussion on the benefits and detriments of long term child care to child development
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Child-care usage and mother-infant ''quality time''
A study of mother’s time use and mother-infant interaction in families where infants spent more than 30 hours pet week in child care vs. 0 hours per week from birth to age 6 months
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Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: Choices in after-school care and child development
A longitudinal study of different types of after-school care, what family and parent characteristics dictate the choice of after-school care, and their effects on child development through assessment of 390 third through fifth graders
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Do effects of early child care extend to age 15 years?: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
An examination of the relationships between externalizing behavior, impulsivity, risk taking, and academic achievement at age 15 and quality of care, nonrelative child care type, care hours, and center care participation at 4 ½ years, as well as achievement and externalizing behavior at 4 ½ years and grades 1, 3, and 5, from a secondary analysis of data on 1,364 families
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Do regulable features of child-care homes affect children's development?
An analysis of the links between regulable and nonregulable features of family child care homes and infants' and toddlers' cognitive development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
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Effects of child care on psychological development: Issues and future directions for research
An overview of the opportunities for researching the effects of childcare on children's psychological development, highlighting the need for new methodologies to examine the complex relationships among quality of child care, the individual child's personality, and family variables
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Engagement in after-school program activities: Quality of experience from the perspective of participants
An examination of the relationship between selected activities in after school and levels of intrinsic motivation, concentrated effort, positive and negative mood states, and engagement from activity logs of 1596 self reports from 165 children from 8 middle schools in two middle size cities and one small town in three midwestern states
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Fathers and ''others'' as infant-care providers: Predictors of parents' emotional well-being and marital satisfaction
A study on the influence of infant care arrangements on parental emotional and marital well-being
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High Quality Supplemental Educational Services and Afterschool Partnerships Demonstration Project: An evaluation study of THINK Together programs in the Santa Ana Unified School District: 2008-2009: Year one report
An evaluation of the provision of blended supplemental educational and after school program services in the Santa Ana Unified School District, California, based on the implementation experiences of 13 study sites
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A longitudinal study of children with day-care experiences of varying quality
A longitudinal study comparing empathy, social competence and peer acceptance among students from poor and good quality early child care centers
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Preschool center quality and school readiness: Quality effects and variation by demographic and child characteristics
An examination of the relationship between preschool center quality and children's school readiness, and the moderating role of child entry demographic background, cognitive skills, attention skills, and problem behaviors on that relationship, based on data from approximately 6,250 3- to 5-year-olds from four large-scale child care studies
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Safe Haven program evaluation (1994-1995)
A study of the effects of an after school program on academic performance, conduct, conflict resolution strategies, and absences in a sample of 647 children in Madison, Wisconsin
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Safe Haven program evaluation (1995-1996)
A study of the effects of an after school program on academic performance, conduct, social skills, problem behaviors, and absences in a sample of 642 children in Madison, Wisconsin
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Safe Haven program evaluation (1996-1997)
A study of the effects of an after school program on academic performance, conduct, conflict resolution skills, and absences in a sample of 622 children in Madison, Wisconsin
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Safe Haven program evaluation (1997-1998)
A study of the effects of an after school program on academic performance, conduct, conflict resolution skills, and absences in a sample of 588 children in Madison, Wisconsin
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Specific features of after-school program quality: Associations with children's functioning in middle childhood
A longitudinal study of the relationships between three after school program quality features and child grades, work habits, and social skills, based on data from 461 first, second, and third grade children, surveys of families, and observations of after school programs in a Midwestern city
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The study of promising after-school programs: Descriptive report of the promising programs
A study examining elementary and middle school programs that feature promising practices for enhancing students’ academic, social development, emotional and physical well-being
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The study of promising after-school programs: Examination of intermediate outcomes in year 2
A study of the demographic distribution of after school programs, and the behavioral impacts of after school programs on students
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The Study of Promising After-School Programs: Examination of longer term outcomes after two years of program experiences
Findings from a longitudinal study of the relationship of elementary and middle school students' after school experiences, including participation in high-quality after school programs, to their academic, social, and behavioral outcomes, based on after school program records and teacher, student, and parent surveys
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Study of Promising After-School Programs: Follow-up report to participating school districts
A study of the concurrent and longitudinal relationships between after school program participation and students' academic, social, and behavioral outcomes, based on four-year follow-up surveys from 436 students who participated in a study of high-quality after school programs
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Timing of high-quality child care and cognitive, language, and preacademic development
A study of the relationship between exposure to different combinations of high- versus low-quality child care during two developmental periods--infant-toddlerhood and preschool, and children's cognitive, language, and preacademic development, based on data from 1,364 young children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
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Variations in child care by grandparents during the first three years
An investigation into the varying frequencies of grandparent child care and its relation to maternal employment, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Early Development Study of Early Child Care
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