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Are state child care regulations meeting national oral health and nutritional standards?
Kim, Juhee, July/August 2012
Pediatric Dentistry, 34(4), 317-324

A study of state child care regulations in the United States in terms of their inclusion of selected oral health and nutrition standards related to early childhood dental cavities, based on a review of regulations in 50 states and the District of Columbia, from the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education

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Assessing Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) investments in child care quality
Porter, Toni, 2002
New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of August 16, 2012)

A catalog, directory, and report on the evaluations of 104 local and state child care quality improvement initiatives funded through the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)

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Caregiver-parent relations: Testing the buffer hypothesis
Shpancer, Noam, 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

An examination of the caregiver-parent relationship focusing on the ‘buffer’ hypothesis, which predicts that parents will primarily seek out caregiver contact under negative or difficult situations

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Child Care Health Consultant Project: Child care provider survey
Cole, Patricia S., 2001
Bloomington: Indiana Institute on Disability and Community. (No longer accessible as of April 16, 2013).

Findings from a survey of Indiana child care providers, in registered ministries and licensed child care centers and homes, on the current sources of their health and safety training and the importance of child care health consultant services

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Child care health consultation initiatives: A status report
United States. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, December, 2006
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012)

A study profiling child care health consultant initiatives in the states and territories and examining factors associated with successfully implementing and sustaining these initiatives

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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states
Children's Defense Fund (U.S.), 1992
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study of the Head Start program’s effects on disadvantaged rural students development compared with non-Head Start rural students, based on results from the analysis of variance studies in testing of 144 children in Mississippi enrolled in Head Start I and Head Start II programs, and a non-Head Start control group

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Clinton County child care needs assessment: Final report
Elicker, James, September, 1998
West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families.

An assessment of the supply of and demand for child care services, types of preferred services, and child care problems facing families in Clinton County, Indiana, based on available primary data sources, a survey of parents, and parent and child care provider focus groups

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Early childhood education and care: A needs assessment for children birth to five in St. Joseph County, Indiana
Christensen, Sue, 2005
South Bend, IN: Community Foundation of St. Joseph County.

A study on accessibility, quality and funding of child care providers throughout St. Joseph County, Indiana

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Early intervention: Effects of behavioral regulation on learning and emerging self-competence
Ciancio, Dennis J., 2004
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

An investigation of the impact of an enriched literacy intervention group on Head Start preschool children's emergent literacy and perceived self-competence

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The effects of adult verbal modeling and feedback on the oral language of Head Start children
Hutinger, Patricia, 1971
American Educational Research Journal, 8(4), 611-622

A study of the relationship between adult oral speech modeling and development of speech variation among Head Start children aged four through six

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The effects of professional development for early childhood educators on emergent literacy
Gust, Korrine M., 2006
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Ball State University, Muncie, IN

An examination of the effects of early educator professional development sessions on preschool children's emergent literacy skills and an analysis of a new instrument (Language Arts Objective Sequence) to establish its concurrent validity with often utilized instruments

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Encounters with aggressive peers in early childhood: Frequency, age difference and correlates of risk for behavior problems
Sinclair, Jamie, 1994
International Journal of Behavioral Development, 17(4), 675-696

A study of the influence of sex, age and family demographic characteristics on kindergartners participation in social activity settings and their exposure to aggressive peers.

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Environments in licensed child care in Indiana: A study of licensed child care homes and center-based classrooms for four-year-olds
Cole, Patricia S., 2003
Bloomington: Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Early Childhood Center.

A survey of the quality of 127 licensed child care homes and 37 center-based classrooms for four-year-old students in Indiana

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Estimating sustainability and comprehensiveness in the Quality Child-Care Initiative: Final report
United States. Employment and Training Administration. Office of Apprenticeship, Training, Employer and Labor Services, 30 April, 2003
Oakland, CA: Social Policy Research Associates. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012)

An analysis of participating states' post-grant prospects for sustaining and broadening programs funded under the Quality Child-Care Initiative, federally funded grants for states to address child care quality and labor issues by applying the apprenticeship training method to the child care workforce

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Family service delivery in Early Head Start: Perspectives of professionals in six states
Zhang, Chun, 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A discussion of the obstacles in delivering family service programs to families in Early Head Start programs, based on interviews with 43 Early Head Start directors and surveys of 206 staff members in six Midwestern states

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A focus on literacy in home day care
Cress, Susan W., 2000
Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 25(3), 6-12

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A fragile foundation: State child care assistance policies
Schulman, Karen, 2001
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund. (No longer accessible as of December 7, 2012).

A report on state-level child care assistance policies and changes that have occurred between 1995 and 2001, examining the impact of policies on families' access to care and child care choices.

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How the instructional reading and writing program in kindergarten contributes to the reading and writing achievement of students in grade 1: A single-case study
Ball, Judy, August 2010
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN

A case study of perceptions of kindergarten and first grade teachers of the relationship between instructional reading and writing programs in kindergarten and the reading and writing achievement of students in first grade, based on interviews with 4 kindergarten teachers, 3 first grade teachers, and 1 academic support teacher, as well as observations and field notes of the author at an urban elementary school in Indiana

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Locked doors: States struggling to meet the child care needs of low-income working families
Adams, Gina, 1998
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study on the demand for affordable quality childcare in the United States

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Map to Inclusive Child Care: Outcomes for year one
University of Connecticut. Health Center. Division of Child and Family Studies,
Farmington, CT: University of Connecticut, Health Center, Division of Child and Family Studies.

A presentation of outcomes of Map to Inclusive Child Care, an initiative to promote inclusive early childhood education and care in 10 states, including information on educator training, parent awareness, and legislation and policy

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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Draft
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates

A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state policies on families' choices

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Parents and the high cost of child care: 2010 update
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, August, 2010
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, preschool-age children, and school-age children in 2009, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies

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Parents and the high price of child care: 2008 update
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, June, 2008
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. (No longer available as of December 7, 2012).

A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, preschool-age children, and school-age children, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies

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Patterns of after-school care in middle childhood: Risk factors and developmental outcomes
Pettit, Gregory S., 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 515-538

A study of the relationship between students’ participation in differing types of after-school care in the first, third, and fifth grades and the prediction of behavioral adjustment and academic performance in the sixth grade through examination of school records, interviews with 466 mothers, and teachers’ ratings for study participants in kindergarten and sixth-grade classes

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Poised for shaping results-based early learning systems: A report on child care resource and referral in the United States
Smith, Linda K., June, 2003
Washington, DC: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012)

A national study of child care resource and referral agencies, including services provided to parents and providers, sources and levels of agency funding, and agency data collecting activities, based on a survey of state child care resource and referral agencies

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