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3rd survey of parents of three and four year old children and their use of early years services: (Summer 1998 to spring 1999)
Blake, Margaret, March 2000
(Research Brief No. 189). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A brief description of findings of a survey of parents of three and four year old British children to determine the rates of participation in preschool programs from the summer of 1998, fall of 1998, and spring of 1999

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Adult attunement and child availability: Interaction of mother and caregiver with three-year-old Kibbutz children
Eshel, Yohanan, 2000
Infant Mental Health Journal, 21(6), 411-427

An investigation of adult attentiveness and intrusiveness in dyadic relations between children and their mothers and caregivers, in a sample of 33 three-year-old Kibbutz children in Israel

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Alternate child care options: Preferences of the hill community
Ahuja, Abba, 2000
International Journal of Early Childhood, 32(2), 91-96

An exploration of the child care needs of women living in a rural upland hill area in India

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Assessing quality in childminding
Owen, Sue, 2000
Children & Society, 14(2), 147-153

A discussion of child care quality assessments for child care centers in Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

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Attracting and keeping qualified early childhood care centre staff
Ferguson, Elaine, April 2000
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Child Care Connection Nova Scotia.

An overview of factors causing problems for the recruitment and retention of qualified child care workers in Nova Scotia

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The barriers to childcare provision: Executive summary
Callender, Claire, 2000
(Research Brief No. 231). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment.

An assessment of the nature and extent of both the demand for and supply of different types of childcare provision in Great Britain for children under the age of 16

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Barriers to lone parents' employment: Looking beyond the obvious
Speak, Suzanne, 2000
Local Economy, 15(1), 32-44

A discussion of the role of neighborhood disadvantage and policies to increase access to child care and training in the transition to employment among single parents on welfare

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A book reading intervention with preschool children who have limited vocabularies: The benefits of regular reading and dialogic reading
Hargrave, Anne C., 2000
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 15(1), 75-90

A study of the effects of storybook reading on the acquisition of vocabulary for preschool children who have poor vocabulary skills

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Caretakers, child care practices, and growth failure in highland Ecuador
Stansbury, James P., 2000
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 14(2), 224-241

An examination of the relationship between sibling and peer child care and children’s physical health and development in the highlands of Ecuador

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Changing theories, changing practice: Exploring early childhood teachers' professional learning
Wood, Elizabeth, 2000
Teaching and Teacher Education, 16(5-6), 635-647

An examination of how nine early childhood teachers changed their teaching practices and theories after being involved in a study analyzing their theories of play and how the theories relate to the teachers' classroom practices

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Changing women's lives: Child care policy in Ireland
Murphy-Lawless, Jo, 2000
Feminist Economics, 6(1), 89-94

A discussion of the growing role of women in the workforce, the changing social context of family life, and the on-going debate concerning state child care policies and funding in Ireland

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Child care and Canadian federalism in the 1990s: Canary in a coal mine
Friendly, Martha, 2000
(Occasional Paper No. 11). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto, Childcare Resource and Research Unit.

An examination of federal and provincial jurisdictional barriers that obstructed the formation of a national child care system for Canada and a discussion of the need for federal leadership involvement in the development of a national child care system

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Child care in cultural context: Issues for new research
Wise, Sarah, 2000
(Research Paper No. 22). Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.

An Australian study detailing the theoretical and empirical literature on home-child care congruity and inconsistency on child development

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Children's living conditions in Sweden: Social patterns and trends in parental accessibility, child care and economic research
Ostberg, Viveca, 2000
International Journal of Social Welfare, 9(1), 64-75

An analysis of Swedish children’s living conditions in relation to parental employment, parental accessibility, use of child care, and economic resources

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The child's start in day care centre
Thyssen, Sven, 2000
Early Child Development and Care, 161(1), 33-46

An observational study of ten children's experiences during their first few months in child care

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Community-based early intervention: The Coimbra Project
Boavida, Jose, 2000
Child: Care, Health and Development, 26(5), 343-354

An overview and assessment of the Coimbra Project, an early intervention, multi-service program designed to help support young, Portugese children with special needs and their families

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Comparison between two common methods for reporting cold and diarrhoea symptoms for children in daycare centre research
Carabin, Helene, 2000
Child: Care, Health and Development, 26(6), 471-487

A study comparing the rate that Canadian child care center staff reported toddlers' cold and diarrhea symptoms to the rate of parent reports

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Can starting summer-born children earlier at infant school improve their National Curriculum results?
Daniels, Sandra, 2000
Oxford Review of Education, 26(2), 207-220

An investigation of the effect of the length of schooling for children who were born later than their peers as compared with the effect of their age on their National Curriculum scores

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A decade of decline: Regulated child care in Manitoba, 1989-1999
Prentice, Susan, June 2000
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives--Manitoba.

An overview of early education and care services in Manitoba, Canada from 1989-1999, including a discussion of the cost and quality of services as well as developments in public policies relevant to the child care market

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A decade of decline: Regulated child care in Manitoba, 1989-1999 [Executive summary]
Prentice, Susan, June 2000
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives--Manitoba.

A summary of an overview of early education and care services in Manitoba, Canada from 1989-1999, including a discussion of the cost and quality of services as well as developments in public policies relevant to the child care market

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Demonstration of classroom survival skills in kindergarten: A five-year transition study of children with intellectual disabilities
Kemp, Coral, 2000
Educational Psychology, 20(4), 393-411

A comparison of classroom skills utilized by children with disabilities and those utilized by their peers, based on a sample of 37 children who completed a year-long model inclusive program at Macquarie University in Australia

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Development, implementation, & evaluation of a nutrition education program for informal (unlicensed) child caregivers
Burden, Trina, 2000
Journal of Nutrition Education, 32(2), 104-110

A study of the development, implementation, and assessment of a nutrition education program for informal and unlicensed child care centers in Canada

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Does the availability of child care influence the employment of mothers?: Findings from Western Germany
Kreyenfeld, Michaela, 2000
Population Research and Policy Review, 19(4), 317-337

A study of the relationship between child care use and mothers’ employment, focusing on the availability rather than the affordability of care, in western Germany

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Dutch bargee families: Partners in early childhood education
Scholten, Ursula, 2000
International Journal of Educational Research, 33(3), 275-283

An analysis of the early education system provided by the Dutch government to toddlers of barge operators (i.e., children who live with their parents on ships)

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Early child-care experiences and children's social competence between 1.5 and 15 years of age
Campbell, Jim, 2000
Applied Developmental Science, 4(3), 166-175

A longitudinal study on the role of early child care experiences in children’s social development, based on a subsample of 52 children from the Goteborg Child Care study tracked from one-and-a-half to fifteen-years old

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