2007–2008 Great Start Readiness Program: Program quality assessment: Statewide data report
Findings from an assessment of the quality of preschool classrooms, based on data on 1,129 Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) preschool classrooms in Michigan during the 2007 - 2008 program year
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2008 - 2009 Great Start Readiness Program: Program quality assessment: Statewide data report
Findings from an assessment of the quality of preschool classrooms, based on data on 1,213 Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) preschool classrooms in Michigan during the 2008 - 2009 program year
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Abuse and neglect in nonparental child care: A risk assessment
A study evaluating the validity of risk factors typically associated with child abuse and neglect in nonparental child care settings
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Accentuating the positive?: An analysis of teacher verbalizations with young children
An evaluation of the quality of child care teachers' in-class verbalizations before and after receiving training at a local community college
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Act up, calm down: Mental health consultants for preschools surprise with their success
An overview of Connecticut’s Early Childhood Consultation Partnership, a measurement of the effect of the child- and classroom-management advice of mental health professionals on the number of classroom behavior problems, and the quality of teacher-child interaction, and teacher beliefs, practices, and job satisfaction
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Adding two school age children: Does it change quality in family child care?
A study of family child care provider quality and caregiver sensitivity before and after enrolling two additional school-age children to these programs
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Addressing disruptive behaviors in the preschool classroom: An adaptation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for Head Start teachers
A study describing the development, implementation, and evaluation of an early intervention program designed to improve teaching strategies and practices for Head Start children with behavioral problems
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Adult-child processes and early schooling
A discussion on the relationship of school outcomes to social processes
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Adult-child relationships in early childhood programs
A discussion of research on the impact of the caregiver-child relationship on healthy child development during the preschool and early elementary school years.
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Advancing the measurement of quality for early childhood programs that support early language and literacy development
A review of assessment tools for the measurement of the quality of children's language and literacy development in center-based and family child care settings
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Advocacy and early childhood educators: Identity and cultural conflicts
A discussion of how early childhood educators manage their conflicting roles as caregivers and advocates
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After-school child care programs
An inquiry into the program quality and experiences of children in after-school programs, with an emphasis on the influence of after-school program participation on children?s outcomes
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After-School Initiative evaluation
An assessment of a five-year after-school project that provided support to over 30 after school providers across Colorado, based on a survey of program administrators that reported youth outcomes and described program activities, resources, partnerships and environments, including a literature review of after-school programming and evaluation
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Anthropomorphically speaking: On communication between teachers and children in early childhood biology education
An analysis of a type of figurative speech used in the context of science activities in a preschool, based on data collected from 3 teachers and 15 children
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"Are you done?": Child care providers' verbal communication at mealtimes that reinforce or hinder children's internal cues of hunger and satiation
A study of verbal communication between child care providers and preschool children about internal and non-internal hunger and satiation cues at mealtime based on video observation transcripts of 29 Head Start staff and 127 children at 26 licensed centers
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The art of teaching children the arts: Music, dance and poetry with children aged 2-8 years old
A theoretical framework of developmental pedagogy presented as a tool for studying and developing children's knowledge within the domains of music, poetry, and dance
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Assessing the quality of provision in community nurseries
A study of the quality of child care provision for preschool children and the quality of community-based nurseries versus traditional nursery schools in the United Kingdom
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The association between the occupational stress of early childhood teachers and their beliefs and practices concerning the assessment of young children
A survey-based examination of the relations among preschool teachers' occupational stress and their beliefs and practices in terms of assessment of young children
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At the crossroads: Overcoming concerns to envision possibilities for toddlers in inclusive child care
A case study describing the experiences of three developmentally delayed children and their caregivers during their first semester in an inclusive child care setting, using data collected through parent interviews, caregiver journals, and child observations
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Attachment in daily separations: Reconceptualizing day care and maternal employment issues
A study of the impact of daily mother-child separations and multiple caregivers on development and maintenance of attachment
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Attachment relationships as predictors of language skills for at-risk bilingual preschool children
A study of the association between both English and Spanish language competence and the type of attachment relationship between preschool children and both their teachers and parents, and an examination of differences by child gender and level of parental acculturation, based on data collected from a sample of 468 Hispanic American children attending 7 urban child care or early childhood centers
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The attitudinal context of family-day care relationships
A discussion on the relationship between parents and child care givers and the possible influence on the child
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Back to sleep: Can we influence child care providers?
A study attempting to determine whether an educational program for child care providers regarding sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and safe sleep environment is effective in 1) providing basic information and understanding regarding SIDS risk reduction practices, 2) changing child care provider behavior, and 3) promoting development of written sleep position policies
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Beginning literacy with language: Young children learning at home and in school
An edited text with multiple authors reporting on research regarding the relationship between early interactions and children's language and literacy skills, as part of the Home School Study of Language and Literacy Development
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Beginning to "unpack" early childhood mental health consultation: Types of consultation services and their impact on teachers
The goal of the current study was to examine the impact of the frequency of two types of early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC) activities (time spent in the class and time spent meeting with teachers) on teacher-child interactions, use of positive classroom-management techniques, and the intent to quit the childcare profession. We addressed these questions with a sample of 115 teachers from private childcare settings participating in a midlength (6-8 months) consultation partnership, using pre- and posttest data collected from structured classroom observations and teacher surveys. Results suggest that ECMHC time spent in the classroom was associated with less teacher punitiveness, permissiveness, and detachment, and more use of positive classroom-management strategies at the posttest assessment (controlling for baseline teacher behaviors). The frequency of meetings with teachers did not impact teacher-child interactions; however, in an exploratory analysis, the frequency of meetings with the teacher was associated with a reduction in teachers' intent to leave the profession of childcare. (author abstract)
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