An analysis of the perceptions and characteristics of childcare personnel regarding inclusion of young children with special needs in community-based programs
An analysis of the perceptions and characteristics of early child care workers with the willingness to care for special needs children in community-based programs in northwestern Ohio
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Anti-bias education in early childhood: Preparing teachers for diversity
An ethnographic study of how Early Childhood teacher preparation programs across Ontario prepare teachers for working with diversity
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The Be A Star community-based after-school program: Developing resiliency factors in high-risk preadolescent youth
A description of the Be a Star community-based after-school program and an evaluation of its effectiveness in helping children develop decision making skills, feelings of personal competence, cultural awareness, and refusal skills
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Caregiver perception and child-caregiver interactions in a newly inclusive infant child care center
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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Care programs for school age children in Australia
A discussion of out-of-school child care programs for children between 5 and 12 years of age in Australia
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Can early intervention prevent high school dropout?: Evidence from the Chicago Child-Parent Centers
A report relating participation in the Chicago Child-Parent Center and Expansion program to incidence of high school dropout
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The Chicago Child-Parent Centers: A longitudinal study of extended early childhood intervention
An evaluation of the implementation of the early childhood intervention program, Chicago-Parent Center (CPCs), and the Chicago Longitudinal Study among eight-grade students between 1983 and 1989
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Can intervention early prevent crime later?: The Abecedarian Project compared with other programs
A comparison of the Abercadarian Project’s study of youth crime and delinquency among its participants with other early childhood prevention programs
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College Station after-school program and time use study
A inquiry into children’s use of time during the after school hours, based on a household survey of families with the College Station Independent School District (CSISD) in Texas
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Community child care inclusion: The development of two children
An analysis of the progression of children with severe disabilities within a child care setting using a play-based curriculum
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A comparison of the effect of the type of classroom and service characteristics on toddlers with disabilities
A study of the effects of early intervention services, in a segregated versus inclusive classroom, on the developmental outcomes of toddlers
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Contextually-relevant validation of peer play constructs with African American Head Start children: Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale
An evaluation of the construct and concurrent validity of a modified version of the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS) using a sample of African American Head Start children
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Creating risk and promise: Children's and teachers' co-constructions in the cultural world of kindergarten
A survey of 21 former Head Start children as they made their transition to public school in fourteen kindergarten classrooms
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Developing early childhood programs for children and families at risk: Research-based principles to promote long-term effectiveness
A review of eight principles used to promote long-term effectiveness for early childhood interventions and a description of some of the effects of the Chicago Child-Parent Center in order to illustrate the importance of using these principles when designing early childhood interventions
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Early child care and self-control, compliance, and problem behavior at twenty-four and thirty-six months
A study into factors of family and child care experiences as predictors of self-control, compliance and problem behavior in children
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Early childhood programs and success in school: The Abecedarian Study
An analysis of the academic outcomes of low income children participating in the Carolina Abecedarian Project, an intensive early intervention
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Early childhood services for kindergarten-age children in four Canadian provinces: Scope, nature and models for the future
An observational and interview-based study of early child care education programs in New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta to describe and analyze current conditions of child care programs and to explore parent and teachers' views of future prospects for the programs
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The effects of developmentally appropriate preschool experience on at-risk children's logical-mathematical skills
A study of the effects of developmentally appropriate high-quality preschool providing hands-on activities and a play-based curriculum on the logical-mathematical skills of at-risk children, with a control group of 160 children and a treatment group of 106 children between the ages of four and five
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Effects of an extensive program for stimulating phonological awareness in preschool children
A longitudinal study of a training program consisting of metalinguistic games and exercises with the purpose of stimulating phonological awareness in Danish preschool children over an eight-month period
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The effects of the home instruction programs for preschooler youngsters (HIPPY) on children's school performance at the end of the program and one year later
A study of the Home Instruction Program for Preschooler Children, a costless two year family-oriented home-based early childhood intervention administered to low-income children; the study included assessments of the children’s cognitive skills, adaptation to the classroom, and standardized test achievement at the end of the program
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The effects of Smart Start child care on kindergarten entry skills
An examination of the effects of Smart Start-funded programs on the cognitive, language, and social skills of children entering kindergarten in Orange County, California, emphasizing the impact of family income, based on results from the Kindergarten Teacher Checklist rating scale on a group of 39 kindergarteners who attended a Smart Start funded program and a group of 272 children who attended other child care programs or received no center-based care
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Enhancing the life course for high-risk children: Results from the Abecedarian Project
An investigation into the effectiveness of participation in an early childhood program in the improvement of outcomes of at-risk children, based on findings from the longitudinal Abecedarian Project
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Evaluation of an inservice model to train child care providers about inclusion
A study of the effects of an inservice education training project focused on care for children with disabilities in home- and center-based child care programs
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Exploratory study of the effects of early childbearing for Even Start participants
An exploration of the influence of teenage parenting on participatory outcomes of an Even Start program, based on a sample of 17,636 teenage mothers
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Exploring differences in year-round and traditional calendar Even Start projects
A comparison of the characteristics and participant outcomes between year-round and standard 10-month-long Even Start Family Literacy Programs, focusing on differences in program size, staffing patterns, and types and amounts of services offered, based on a sample of 453 Even Start projects for the 1995-1996 program year
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