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Act up, calm down: Mental health consultants for preschools surprise with their success
Waldman, Hillary, 18 June, 2007
Hartford Courant,

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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The aftermath of nonsubstantiated child abuse allegations in child care centers
Bordin, Judith A., 1996
Child & Youth Care Forum, 25(2), 73-87

A study of staff, policy and ethical implications of unproven child sexual abuse allegations, examining staff attrition rates, type of allegation, investigatory agency rating and staff support in 28 California child care centers

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Allegiances or attachments: Relationships among infants and their daycare teachers
Farran, Dale, 1984
In R. Ainslie (Ed.), The child and the daycare setting: Qualitative variations and development (pp. 133-158). New York: Praeger Publishers

A study of infants’ social interactions and relationships with alternative caregivers in child care

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Bleach exposure in child care settings: Strategies for elimination or reduction
Agana, Luz, March, 2011
San Francisco: San Francisco Asthma Task Force.

A field test of new disinfecting and sanitizing methods and products to reduce bleach exposure and associated asthma risks in child care workers and children in San Francisco

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Caregiver perception and child-caregiver interactions in a newly inclusive infant child care center
Recchia, Susan L., 1998
Early Childhood Education Journal, 26(2), 111-116

A study of child care provider’s perceptions about and behavior toward developmentally disabled infants and toddlers in an inclusive child care setting

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Caregivers' cortisol levels and perceived stress in home-based and center-based childcare
Groeneveld, Marleen G., Q1 2012
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(1), 166-175

A comparison of professional caregivers' perceived and physiological stress at work and at home, a comparison of stress between home-based and center-based child care providers, a study of associations between stress and quality of provider care, and examination of the moderating influence of working hours on stress and caregiver behavior, based on data from 55 female caregivers from child care homes and 46 female caregivers from child care centers in the Netherlands

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Child care employment: Implications for women's self-sufficiency and for child development
Whitebook, Marcy, 1999
New York: Foundation for Child Development.

A study of the poor conditions of the child care workforce, focusing on the profession’s role in employing low-income women, especially those coming off of welfare

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The child care labor market
Blau, David M., 1992
Journal of Human Resources, 27(1), 9-39

An analysis of the labor market behavior and characteristics of child care workers in the United States from the 1977-87 March Current Population Surveys

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Child care providers' experiences caring for sick children: Implications for public policy
Heymann, Jody, 2002
Early Child Development and Care, 172(1), 1-8

An examination of the experiences of preschool and school age child care providers with the care of sick children, based on interviews with public, private, and home-based providers in Cambridge, an urban area in the northeastern United States

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Child care work environments: The relationship with learning environments
Lower, Joanna K., Winter 2007
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 22(2), 189-204

A study of the relationship between classroom global quality and the quality of the workplace environment for teachers, based on data collected from 225 teachers at 26 preschools

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Child care work environments: The relationship with learning environments
Lower, Joanna K., Winter 2007
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 22(2), 189-204

A study of the correlations between global quality and organizational climate among staff, based on a survey of child care directors and teachers at 30 child care centers across the state of North Carolina

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Child care workers in the aftermath of September 11th
Phillips, Deborah A., 2003
University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.

A survey of the impact of September 11, 2001 on 174 early childhood workers and the children in their care approximately 4-6 months after the tragic event in Alameda County, California

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Climates in Swedish day care centers: Children's behavior in differing centers
Hedin, Anna, 1997
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 11(2), 181-187

A discussion of the effects of adult work environments on child behavior in Swedish child care centers

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Climates in Swedish day care centers: A methodological study
Ekholm, Bodil, 1995
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 9(2), 97-111

A study investigating adult behavior and organizational climates in different child care centers in Sweden

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A conceptual model for studying turnover among family child care providers
Deery-Schmitt, Deanna, 1995
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 10(1), 121-143

An article developing a theoretical framework for analyzing turnover among family child care providers, with a discussion of its use for future research

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Development of the Child Care Worker Job Stress Inventory
Curbow, Barbara, 2000
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 15(4), 515-536

A journal article on the development, reliability, and validity of the Child Care Worker Job Stress Inventory, a survey instrument whose scales measure job stress in family child care providers and child care center workers

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Development of a questionnaire assessing teacher perceived support for and attitudes about social and emotional learning
Schultz, David, November 2010
Early Education and Development, 21(6), 865-885

A report on the deveopment and testing of Teacher Attitudes About Social and Emotional Learning (TASEL), a questionnaire of teacher attitudes towards social and emotional learning programs, based on the responses of 145 Baltimore City Head Start preschool teachers

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The devil goes to day care: McMartin and the making of a moral panic
deYoung, Mary, 1997
Journal of American Culture, 20(1), 19-25

A sociological analysis of the progression, context and impact of the moral panic following the satanic sexual abuse rituals at McMartin child care center during the 1980s

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The dynamic relationship between child care work environments and learning environments
National-Louis University. McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership, Winter 2008
(Research Notes Winter 2008). Wheeling, IL: National-Louis University, McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership.

A summary of a study of the relationship of the work environments in child care centers to the child care quality in those centers

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Early childhood teachers coping with educational change
Kilgallon, Pam, March 2008
Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 33(1), 23-29

A study of coping strategies used by 63 early childhood educators in Perth, Australia, when adopting mandated changes to their teaching practices

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Early childhood voices: Who is really talking?
Batycky, Jennifer, June 2008
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 9(2), 173-177

A commentary on the inclusion of the voices of teachers in the formation of early childhood curricula in Canada

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Early childhood workforce retention rates: What factors impact the statistics?
Midwest Child Care Research Consortium,
University of Missouri--Columbia, Center for Family Policy & Research.

Highlights of findings from a study on the correlation between working conditions of child care workers and program quality, based on a sample of 2,022 child care providers in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri

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Early years, low status?: Early years teachers' perceptions of their occupational status
Hargreaves, Linda, 2006
Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 26(2), 171-186

A study of early childhood teachers’ perceived feelings of status compared to elementary and secondary teachers in the United Kingdom

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Education level and stability as it relates to early childhood classroom quality: A survey of early childhood program directors and teachers
Mims, Sharon, Winter 2008
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 23(2), 227-237

A study of the association between classroom quality and the length of time teachers stay in one position, and a study of the association between program quality and the educational backgrounds of directors, based on data collected from several hundred teachers and directors employed at licensed care facilities for three years or longer

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Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies: Findings from Project Upgrade in Miami-Dade County
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 2007
Washington, DC: U.S., Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Findings from an experimental study of the impacts of three different language and literacy interventions on teacher behavior, classroom environment, and children's language development and early literacy skills in classrooms of 4-year-olds at child care centers serving children from low-income families in Miami-Dade County

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