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Barriers to child care subsidies: Why subsidies are often not used A discussion of barriers to child care policy participation in the United States |
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A baseline report of early care and education in Pennsylvania: The 2002 Early Care and Education Provider Survey: Executive summary An executive summary of a report surveying characteristics of early care and education providers in Pennsylvania. |
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Benchmarking early care and education in Pennsylvania: The 2002 Family Survey: Executive summary An executive summary of a report surveying Pennsylvanian families' child care experiences. |
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The case for quality: What is quality and why it matters A summary of research on the early developmental requirements of early child care quality, as well as the positive outcomes and characteristics of quality child care |
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Costs and benefits: Investments and returns A summary of studies on the costs and benefits of Best Practice early child education programs |
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Demonstration programs: Model programs that document positive outcomes for children from low-income neighborhoods A summary of the social, cognitive and academic impacts of comprehensive early education programs for preschool-aged children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families |
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Early education and employers' practice: Policy issues in Pennsylvania A summary of early care and education policy issues in Pennsylvania as well as at the federal level pertaining to children between birth and 8 years-old, particularly children?s school readiness, the purpose of high-quality child care and education, children at-risk due to poverty, and the effectiveness of regulation/licensing of professional development |
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Early intervention: Practices that help children with and at risk for delays A summary of studies on outcomes of early intervention programs for children with or at risk of acquiring cognitive disabilities |
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Family-based intensive services: Home visiting and parent support programs that start in the first three years A review of the design, effectiveness, and cost of selected home visiting and family support programs for infants and toddlers |
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Fathers and public policy: Recent policies promoting responsible fatherhood A discussion of public policies regarding fatherhood and fathers? involvement in children?s lives both nationally and in Pennsylvania |
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Follow-on services: Programs that extend the benefits of early care and education services A discussion of the necessity to create an early childhood initiative to develop a greater amount of interventions for young students in elementary to facilitate and build upon the healthy development experienced by them in early childhood programs, including health and other programs not regularly offered in schools |
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From science to policy: Research on issues, program and policy in early care and education [Executive summary] An executive summary of a report reviewing effective evidence-based early care and education programs, policies, and practices for infant toddler care, parenting education, family-based intensive services, publicly funded programs, family child care, school readiness, kindergarten transitions, demonstration projects for low-income families, afterschool programs, early interventions for at risk children, follow-on services, child care subsidies, and federal and state policies. |
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From science to policy: Research on issues, programs and policies in early care and education A review of effective evidence-based early care and education programs, policies, and practices for infant toddler care, parenting education, family-based intensive services, publicly funded programs, family child care, school readiness, kindergarten transitions, demonstration projects for low income families, afterschool programs, early interventions for at risk children, follow-on services, child care subsidies, and federal and state policies |
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Home-based and family child care: Characteristics and issues of home and family child care A description of family and home-based child care financing, regulation and licensing issues in Pennsylvania |
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Infant care: Practices and limitations of quality programs for infants and toddlers A discussion of quality infant child care: the barriers to providing such care, the existing programs that are meeting the needs of parents, and recommendations to improve upon the existing system of care |
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Non-school hour services: Programs that promote academic and behavioral achievement A summary of the need, participation, curriculum and behavioral and achievement outcomes for after and before school programs for children |
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Parenting education: Programs that provide knowledge and skill development for parents of children birth to five years A review of the goals, design, effectiveness, and costs of several stand-alone short-term parent education programs for parents of young children |
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Public programs and services: Publicly-funded programs and services for low-income families and their benefits for children A summary of research on early childhood education and intervention programs for children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families in the United States |
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School readiness: The definition of readiness and how to promote it Discussion of the definition and contributing factors of elementary school readiness in children |
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The state of early care and education in Pennsylvania: The 2002 Higher Education Survey: Executive summary An executive summary of a report surveying characteristics of Pennsylvania higher education programs that train early care and education professionals. |
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Transitions into kindergarten: Practices that ease transitions between care and various stages of early education programs An overview of research on transitional programs, services and practices for children progressing through different stages of early education |
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