1 to 3-year-old children in day care centres in Finland: An overview of eight doctoral dissertations
A comparative summary of 8 Finnish doctoral dissertations, published from 1994 through 2009, on center-based care for infants and toddlers
Literature Review
Arkansas framework for infant and toddler care
A compilation of guidelines for educators, parents and the community to promote, establish and continue high quality child care for infants and children in Arkansas
Other
Babies, television and videos: How did we get here?
An overview of selected research on babies' use of television since the 1950s, the increase in screen media for babies, evidence of educational benefits of educational television for preschoolers, and parental beliefs about educational media
Other
Better beginnings: Developing home-based early learning systems in East Yakima and White Center
A summary of the development and implementation of home visiting program models in White City and East Yakima, Washington
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Better beginnings: Partnering with families for early learning home visit observations
A summary of a study of the content and quality of home visits conducted through Partnering with Families for Early Learning, a home visiting program developed as part of the Early Learning Initiative in White Center and East Yakima, Washington
Fact Sheets & Briefs
A better start in life: The early childhood development program in the Philippines
An overview of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Project and impact evaluation strategies in the Philippines, and an evaluation of the program’s influence on children’s health and development
Reports & Papers
A better start in life: The early childhood development program in the Philippines [Executive summary]
A summary of an overview of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Project and impact evaluation strategies in the Philippines, and an evaluation of the program’s influence on children’s health and development
Executive Summary
Better strategies for babies: Strengthening the caregivers and families of infants and toddlers
An overview of state and local efforts to provide assistance to low income parents, currently in or moving into the workforce, in the areas of infant and toddler child care, healthy parent child relationships, and economic security
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Blending work and family: A case study
A study and discussion of the impact of employer-based infant-care programs on mothers, infants and the workplace
Reports & Papers
The Boots Books for Babies project: Impact on library registrations and book loans
An overview of the Boots Books for Babies project, which was designed to increase awareness with parents and caregivers of infants of the importance of shared book reading with infants and an evaluation of the impact of the project on the number of infants registering as members of participating libraries
Reports & Papers
Buenos principios: Latino children in the earliest years of life
An overview of demographic and school readiness characteristics of the Latino infant and toddler population in the United States, with an examination of four federally-funded early childhood education programs that address Latino families' early childhood needs
Other
Caregivers' mediation and toddlers' emotional responses in the child care context
A naturalistic observation study of the quality of interaction between caregivers and 18 to 30 month old children in child care centers
Reports & Papers
Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care: Policy framework summary
A summary of a framework establishing four supports that infants and toddlers in child care need for healthy development, with 15 recommendations for state policies to address these supports
Executive Summary
Child care and our youngest children
A review of national studies examining the current state of infant and toddler child care and how it affects children's development
Other
Childcare workers' and centre directors' beliefs about infant childcare quality and professional training
A qualitative study of the beliefs of child care center staff on the topics of staff training, program quality, and common practices in infant and toddler care environments, based on the interviews and observations of 6 workers and 6 directors from 6 center-based infant and toddler programs in an Australian city
Reports & Papers
Child culture, play and child development
An exploration of the relationship between children's development and their behavior and social interactions in child care settings, based on data gathered from a research project on 1.5 to 2.5 year old children
Reports & Papers
A comparative study of structural and process quality in center-based and family-based child care services
A comparison of both process and structural quality and a study of predictors of process quality in 53 center-based and 36 family-based regulated child care settings in Montreal serving children 18 months old or younger
Reports & Papers
The complexity of bodily events through an ethnographer’s gaze: Focusing on the youngest children in preschool
A critical ethnographic examination of 1 and 2 year old children that focuses on young children’s becoming, knowing and representation through bodily practices from the author’s participation in daily life in 2 preschools in Norway
Reports & Papers
A contemporary glimpse of play and learning in Aotearoa New Zealand
An analysis of the nature of young children’s play and learning, using videos of the activities of six children, aged between 16 and 26 months, within five different child care centers in New Zealand, and reactions to the videos from parents and educators, as expressed in in-depth interviews
Reports & Papers
Continuity of care, professional community, and the policy context: Potential benefits for infant and toddler teachers’ professional development
A study of the benefits of a continuity of care (COC) in a military child care context in which caregivers care for the same children from birth to age two, an examination of the approach to caregiver professional development used in this context, and the role of military policy in the work and professional development of center staff, based on interviews with four staff members of an Air Force child development center (CDC)
Reports & Papers
Cultural competence in infant/toddler caregivers: Application of a tri-dimensional model
A study of the cultural competence of infant toddler child care workers as measured by the Infant/Toddler Caregiver Cultural Rating Scale
Reports & Papers
Decline in pre-school use in post-socialist societies: The case of Bulgaria
An overview of the use of state-run infant toddler child care centers and preschools in socialist and post-socialist societies, including an analysis of Bulgarian preschool enrollment from the years 1986 to 2000
Reports & Papers
Early childcare and physical aggression: Differentiating social selection and social causation
A comparison of the frequency of physical aggression shown by two- and three-year-olds in group child care or maternal care, using a family risk index to control for social selection
Reports & Papers
Early day care, infant-mother attachment, and maternal responsiveness in the infants' first year
A longitudinal study on the impact of non maternal child care on mother-child relationships and infants’ insecure maternal attachments
Reports & Papers
The Early Education Pilot for Two Year Old Children: Age five follow-up: Research report
A comparison of the child developmental outcomes at age 5 of children who participated in a pilot program in England offering 2-year-old children 7.5 hours of early education for 38 weeks with the outcomes of a matched group of children who did not participate, based on data from a national education database for 959 pilot and 1,080 comparison children
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