Access to Quality Child Care in Montana: Exploring Parent and Provider Perspectives
An examination of the capacity of Montana's child care system to serve Native American families and rural families of children with disabilities. The study focuses on issues of access, supply, and demand, and seeks to determine whether the availability of child care services is substantially different for Native American children and children with disabilities than for other families. Methodology includes parent and provider surveys as well as on-site assessment of child care programs.
Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
Assessing preschoolers' self-regulation in homes and classrooms: Lessons from the field
A pilot study of the Games As Measurement for Early Self-Control (GAMES) method for assessing preschool children’s ability to control their attention span and inhibitions, based on a sample of 71 children in a Head Start program
Reports & Papers
Assessment challenges and solutions with young second language learning children
A transcript of a dialog between professionals on various approaches to the education of children learning English as a second language
Other
Benefits of a comprehensive technology system in an early childhood setting: Results of a three-year study
An study of the effects of a comprehensive system of technology integration and services for children with disabilities on student engagement, fine motor skills, visual motor skills, emergent literacy, and communication and social skills
Reports & Papers
Bilingual means two: Assessment issues, early literacy and Spanish speaking children
A paper outlining issues in the instruction of two-language children in reading and writing and implications for bilingual education programs.
Other
Celebrating cultural and linguistic diversity in Head Start
A descriptive study of cultural and linguistic groups and their distribution within the Head Start population, Head Start services developed to address the needs of children and families from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, and challenges faced by Head Start programs as they address the needs of an increasingly diverse population
Reports & Papers
Child-care and early education: Policy problems and options: Latino Caucus Retreat
A briefing paper articulating basic problems confronting system of childcare and early education for Latino working families in California and policy recommendations to address those problems
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child care practices and preferences of native- and foreign-born Latina mothers and Euro-American mothers
A comparison of the child care practices and preferences of native and foreign-born Latina mothers compared to European-American mothers in southern California
Reports & Papers
Child care utilization among working mothers raising children with disabilities
An investigation into the factors influencing the utilization of child care by mothers of children with disabilities, based on a subsample of mothers and their children from the Survey on Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
Reports & Papers
A comparison of developmental gains for preschool children with disabilities in inclusive and self-contained classrooms
An investigation of the effects of inclusive and self-contained preschool education on young children's developmental outcomes, examining the effects of school day length and type of program on socioemotional development
Reports & Papers
Early Head Start and early intervention: A collaborative approach to serving infants and toddlers with disabilities in natural environments
An examination of the collaborations between Early Head Start programs and early intervention service providers for children with disabilities outlined by Part C of the 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Reports & Papers
Early literacy for inner city children: The effects of reading and writing interventions in English and Spanish during the preschool years
An article presenting selected findings from the first two years of a study of an early literacy intervention in a child care center serving Spanish-speaking children.
Other
Enhancing emergent literacy in a preschool program through teacher-researcher collaboration
A description of an attempt by a research team to implement an emergent literacy intervention in a child-care setting in a high-poverty, Spanish bilingual setting in downtown Los Angeles, working with a particular preschool teacher in order to collaboratively develop an intervention that was truly responsive to the needs of the children and the community
Reports & Papers
Entering preschool: Family and professional experiences in the transition process
An exploration of the experiences of families of 3-year-old children with special needs as they transition from infant-toddler support to preschool educational services, based on interviews with and observations of 22 families and their service providers in four regions of the United States
Reports & Papers
Inclusion of children with special needs in school-age child care programs
A discussion of the challenges in coordinating inclusive school-age child care (SACC) programs for children with disabilities
Other
''I want to see if we can make it work'': Perspectives on inclusive childcare
A study of home and center-based child care providers’ inclusion of children with special needs, focusing on providers’ commitment, finding the balance between resources and needs, problem-solving with parents, and access to emotional support
Reports & Papers
Language development of linguistically diverse children in Head Start classrooms: Three ethnographic portraits
An ethnographic inquiry into the acquisition of language skills by English-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and bilingual children, based on observations of children from three Head Start classrooms in the Boston metro-area, assessed using the revised Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-R)
Reports & Papers
A matter of urgency: Including children with special needs in child care in Canada
A study of early childhood professionals' experiences of the inclusion of children with special needs in child care centers in Canada, based on survey questionnaires from child care center directors, teachers, and consultants
Reports & Papers
Much more than words: Monitoring and encouraging communication development in early childhood
A guide for early childhood educators providing information on assessing potential speech impairments and strategies for early intervention and collaboration with parents and children for the most effective services
Other
An observational study: Examining the relevance of developmentally appropriate practices, classroom adaptations, and parental participation in the context of an integrated preschool program
A study of preschool programs integration of students with special needs, focusing on developmentally appropriate practices, special education preschool teachers adaptations, and the role and participation of parents
Reports & Papers
Phonological awareness, peer nominations, and social competence among preschool children at risk for developing learning disabilities
An examination of the relations between phonological awareness skills and socioemotional competence in a sample of Israeli preschool children considered at risk for developing learning disabilities as compared with a sample of typically developing Israeli preschool children
Reports & Papers
Policies and practices that create multicultural contexts in child care
A study identifying policies and practices that create a multicultural context in child care and director's opinions of child care centers on the use of their centers by non-English speaking families in southern Australia
Reports & Papers
Promoting development through play: A migrant Head Start parent-child enrichment program
An assessment of the effectiveness of the Padres Como Maestros (Parents and Teachers) Program in improving children’s outcomes, based on a sample of 44 low-income, Latino children from two Migrant Head Start Program centers in northern Utah
Reports & Papers
Smart Start and quality inclusive child care in North Carolina: Study highlights
Highlights of a study examining the role of Smart Start in supporting high quality inclusive child care in North Carolina based on interviews with 92 parents and professionals from inclusive child care centers nominated as high quality programs
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Summary review of developmental research on language development and emergent literacy in preschool-kindergarten-aged second language learners (SLL)
A transcript of a keynote address on ways to encourage emergent literacy skills in preschool-aged children learning English as a second language
Literature Review
