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Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 127-139). New York: Guilford Press

A description of demographic, family context, income, and developmental characteristics of Head Start children and their families at 3 years of age, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

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Beginning school ready to learn: The impact of the Head Start Early Childhood Education Program on Hispanic children
Reyes-Dott, Kimberly Cummings, 2008
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Alliant International University, Fresno, CA

An examination of the relationship between attendance at Head Start's Early Childhood Education Program and Hispanic children's ability to begin kindergarten ready to learn from in depth interviews with 11 female employeees at a Head Start program in Southern California

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Child care and children's peer interaction at 24 and 36 months: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001
Child Development, 72(5), 1478-1500

A study of how time spent in child care, child care quality, and availability of peers relate to children's peer social competence at 23 and 36 months, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Child care and common communicable illnesses in children aged 37 to 54 months
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 157(2), 196-200

A study of the relationship between experience in child care and common communicable illnesses in children aged 37 to 54 months

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Child care and common communicable illnesses: Results from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 155(4), 481-488

An examination of the relationship between experiences in child care and communicable illnesses (gastrointestinal tract illness, upper respiratory tract infection, and ear infections or otitis media) through a child's first 3 years of life, and an investigation of the relationship between the increased frequency of these illnesses and language development, school readiness, and behavior problems

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Child care in the first year of life
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 340-360

An analysis of the hours, type, and stability of child care used in infants' first year of life based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Does amount of time spent in child care predict socioemotional adjustment during the transition to kindergarten? [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 297-317). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged reprint of a study of how children's socioemotional development is affected by the cumulative amount of time spent in nonmaternal care from birth to the preschool years, and the quality, type and other characteristics of child care, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Early care experiences: Their relation to social skills and behavior in kindergarten
Smith, Amanda Potoczak, August 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach

An investigation of the relationship between the number of years children receive parental care and their social skills in kindergarten, and an examination of the mediating variables of gender and socioeconomic status, based on data collected from 43 children at a kindergarten in Murrieta, California

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Early child care and mother-child interaction from 36 months through first grade
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003
Infant Behavior & Development, 26(3), 345-370

A study of the relationship between early child care experiences in a child's first 3 years of life and mother-child interaction through the child's transition to school

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Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1997
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 59(2), 389-408

An analysis of the familial, social, economic, and psychological factors associated with child care type and quality for infants, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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How duration of relationship with a care provider and creating connected care with parents impacts resilience in infants and toddlers
Beasley-Sullivan, Kristin L., 2010
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA

A study of the relationships between the time duration of care between infants and substitute care providers and child initiative, attachment/relationship, self regulation scores of infants and toddlers, and care providers' views of the children from 154 care provider respondents in 14 licensed infant and toddler child care centers and 7 licensed family child care homes, in Fresno County, California

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Preschool aged girls exposed and non-exposed to domestic violence: Differences in behavior problems, play processes, and pretend themes
Berger, Wendy B., 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology at Alameda, Alameda

An examination of the impact of exposure to domestic violence on the behavioral outcomes and play behaviors of preschool aged girls, based on a sample of 30 four-to five-year old girls attending a Head Start program in Northern California

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Private safety net: Childcare resources from the perspective of rural low-income families
Katras, Mary Jo, 2004
Family Relations, 53(2), 201-209

A journal article on the strategies used by and challenges facing low-income rural families' in their attempts to access child care resources to meet their needs

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A quantitative outcome analysis examining the effects of a Head Start preschool program
George, Anice, 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Alliant International University, Los Angeles

A quantitative study assessing the effects of a Head Start program on preschool children's development (cognitive and socioemotional) as well as comparing assessment results of children attending the full-day program with assessment results of children attending the half-day program

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The relation of child care to cognitive and language development
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2000
Child Development, 71(4), 960-980

An examination of the relationship between early child care experiences and cognitive and language development among 1,364 children, from 10 sites in the United States, enrolled at birth and followed until age 3 to examine cognitive development, language production, and language comprehension as a function of quality and amount of child care

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Relations between family predictors and child outcomes: Are they weaker for children in child care?
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1998
Developmental Psychology, 34(5), 1119-1128

An analysis of the mediating effect of nonparental child care on the influence of family factors on infant and toddler cognitive and behavioral development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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This is not baby school: Deficit-based assumptions about young children of color in urban public preschools
Hawley, Rebecca, Spring 2010
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Mills College, Oakland, CA

A case study of teachers' and children's responses to curriculum mandates in two child development centers affiliated with a large urban district in California, from 6 weekly observations of 48 minority preschool children, open-ended interviews with 2 head teachers, document analysis of mandated curriculum, and children's work samples

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