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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Children's centres
Charlton, Angela, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW010). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A study of characteristics of Sure Start children's centers, which provide integrated child development services including child care, in the United Kingdom, including centers' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of center managers

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Access to supplemental education services in central region states
Barley, Zoe, July 2007
(REL 2007–No. 007). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.

An exploration of the access of students in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming to supplemental education programs as required by the No Child Left Behind Act

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Access to supplemental education services in central region states: Summary
Barley, Zoe, July 2007
(REL 2007–No. 007).Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.

A summary of an exploration of the access of students in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming to supplemental education programs as required by the No Child Left Behind Act

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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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Applying a response-to-intervention model for early literacy development in low-income children
Gettinger, Maribeth, Winter 2007
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 27(4), 198-213

A description of the design and implementation and a preliminary evaluation of the Exemplary Model of Early Reading Growth and Excellence (EMERGE) early literacy program in 15 preschool classrooms in low-income areas of Milwaukee

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Assessing the role of book reading practices in Indian bilingual children's English language and literacy development
Kalia, Vrinda, October 2007
Early Childhood Education Journal, 35(2), 149-153

An examination of the impact of Indian bilingual parents’ book reading practices on the development of their children’s English oral language, narrative, and literacy skills, testing the skills of 24 bilingual children from two preschools in Bangalore, India

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Attitudes about shared reading among at-risk mothers of newborn babies
Berkule, Samantha B., January-February 2007
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 7(1), 45-50

An examination of low income, multi ethnic mothers' attitudes in terms of shared book reading with their infants, the number of books in their homes and the relation between sociodemographic characteristics and the mothers' attitudes

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The Birth to School Study: Evidence on the effectiveness of PEEP, an early intervention for children at risk of educational under-achievement
Evangelou, Maria, November 2007
Oxford Review of Education, 33(5), 581-609

Findings from the Birth to School Study (BTSS), a longitudinal evaluation of the Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP), a family-focused program aimed at promoting early literacy, numeracy, and self esteem in the United Kingdom

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Challenging behaviors and the role of preschool education
McCabe, Lisa A., December 2007
(Preschool Policy Brief Issue 16). New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A review of research on the relationship of children's participation in child care and early education, including curricula targeted at building social skills, and challenging behaviors

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Characteristics of early childhood system building initiatives in communities: A summary of the scan of thirty-two local early childhood initiatives conducted by Zero To Three
Zero to Three (Organization). Policy Center, May 2007
Washington, DC: Zero to Three Policy Center.

Findings and conclusions from a survey of the structure, governance, planning, services, financing, and accountability of 32 community intitiatives focused on developing comprehensive systems of services and policies for young children aged birth to five

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Children and place: Reggio Emilia's environment as third teacher
Strong-Wilson, Teresa, 2007
Theory into Practice, 46(1), 40-47

A discussion of the notion from the Reggio Emilia approach that the environment acts as a third teacher and can be arranged to be used as a key source of educational promotion and insight

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Children With autism illuminate the role of social intention in word learning
Parish-Morris, Julia, July 2007
Child Development, 78(4), 1265-1287

A comparison of the impact of methods of social interaction on word learning among autistic and non-autistic children between the ages of 2 and 5, based on observational data

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The Collier County Early Literacy Partnership for Educational Success: 2006-2007: Year 3 implementation and evaluation report
Wehry, Stephanie, Summer 2007
Jacksonville, FL: Florida Institute of Education.

Findings from an implementation and program evaluation of the Early Literacy and Learning Model (ELLM) and the Skills-based Educational Experiences Delivery System (ELLM/SEEDS) programs to improve children's early literacy skills in Collier County, Florida, during the 2006-2007 year

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Common vision, different paths: Five states’ journeys toward comprehensive prenatal-to-five systems
Zero to Three (Organization), 2007
Washington, DC: Zero to Three.

An examination of the people, perspectives, processes, and products of the comprehensive and coordinated systems for children aged prenatal to five in California, Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania

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A comparison of the effects of two social skill training approaches on teacher and child behavior
Hyatt, Keith J., Fall 2007
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 22(1), 85-96

A comparison of the social skills of preschool children engaged in art activities following an 8-day period of intervention in three inclusive classrooms: one using a social skills curriculum, one in which a teacher used verbal reinforcement in response to children’s target behaviors, and one in which neither strategy was used

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Complexity, movement, and text familiarity: Correlates of visual attention to onscreen print
Linebarger, Deborah L., 30 April, 2007
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Children's Media Lab. (No longer accessible as of December 19, 2012).

A study of the relationship of onscreen movement and text complexity in Between the Lions, an educational television program, to children's visual attention to onscreen text

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Can toddlers learn vocabulary from television?: An experimental approach
Krcmar, Marina, 2007
Media Psychology, 10(1), 1-23

An investigation of young children?s ability to learn vocabulary quickly from television programs, also known as fast mapping, based on a sample of 48 toddlers between the ages of 15 and 24 months

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Cultural diversity and Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage in England
Ling-Yin, Lynn Ang, June 2007
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 15(2), 183-195

A discussion of the extent of the promotion of cultural diversity and difference in English early childhood education and in the curriculum

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Culture and language elements within nine state early learning standards documents
Wright, Michelle S., December, 2007
Cross Lanes, WV: Build Initiative.

A description of states’ recognition of cultural and language components of early education as reflected in early learning standards in nine states

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Curriculum-based emergent literacy assessment in early childhood
Hall, Kendra M., February 2007
Seminars in Speech and Language, 28(1), 3-13

A discussion of curriculum-based assessment processes for identifying young children's emergent literacy skills, particularly for at risk children who struggle with certain tasks in terms of emergent literacy

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Depressive symptoms in young adults: The influences of the early home environment and early educational child care
McLaughlin, Andrea E., May/June 2007
Child Development, 78(3), 746-756

An examination of the relationship among depressive symptoms in young adults, quality of early home environment and early educational child care using adults from the age-21 longitudinal follow up of participants in the Abecedarian study

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Desired family outcomes of the early childhood transition process
Harbin, Gloria, December 2007
Lexington: University of Kentucky, National Early Childhood Transition Center.

A description of the Transition Conceptual Framework, an outcomes-based system for selecting policies and practices to prepare special needs children for their transitions to preschool and school

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Early childhood comprehensive systems: A Key Topic Resource List
Child Care & Early Education Research Connections, July 2007
New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections

A compilation of selected Research Connections resources focused on early childhood comprehensive systems (ECCS), including a summary of issues addressed in the literature, and a listing of resources in the following areas: overview of and recommendations for building early childhood systems; state examples, results, and findings; and funding and maximizing resources for early childhood systems

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Early Head Start and infant mental health
Chazan-Cohen, Rachel, March/April 2007
Infant Mental Health Journal, 28(2), 99-105

An introduction to a special issue of the journal Infant Mental Health Journal, focusing on aspects of Early Head Start designed to promote infant and maternal mental health

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Early Head Start and infant mental health [Special issue]
Chazan-Cohen, Rachel, March/April 2007
Infant Mental Health Journal, 28(2)

A special issue of the journal Infant Mental Health Journal, focusing on aspects of Early Head Start designed to promote infant and maternal mental health

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