Can instructional and emotional support in the first-grade classroom make a difference for children at risk of school failure?
An examination of ways children’s risk of school failure may be reduced by support from teachers, based on a national study of 910 children, ages 5-6, identified as at risk on the basis of demographic characteristics and their kindergarten teachers’ observations of behavioral, attention, academic, and/or social difficulties
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A comparative study of after school programs in Fresno County: Search for factors related to high effectiveness
An investigation of after-school program factors related to Fresno County students' academic outcomes
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County-level estimates of the effects of a universal preschool program in California
Cost-benefit estimates for a universal preschool program in California
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Cumulative parenting stress across the preschool period: Relations to maternal parenting and child behaviour at age 5
A study of cumulative parenting stress across two domains, life events, and parenting daily challenges, assessed with children 3-5 years old in a sample of 125 children and their mothers
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Custodial grandmothers' physical, mental, and economic well-being: Comparisons of primary caregivers from low-income neighborhoods
A study of the implications of custodial grandparent care by comparing the material hardship, mental health, and physical well-being of custodial grandmothers and biological mothers using data from Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study
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A day in third grade: A large scale study of classroom quality and teacher and student behavior
A study evaluating the quality of 780 third grade classrooms observed as part of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD SECCYD)
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Does amount of time spent in child care predict socioemotional adjustment during the transition to kindergarten? [Abridged]
An abridged reprint of a study of how children's socioemotional development is affected by the cumulative amount of time spent in nonmaternal care from birth to the preschool years, and the quality, type and other characteristics of child care, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
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Does quality of child care affect child outcomes at age 4 1/2? [Abridged]
An abridged reprint of a study exploring the causal nature of relations between child care quality and children's development, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
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Duration and developmental timing of poverty and children's cognitive and social development from birth through third grade
A study of the relationship between duration and developmental timing of poverty and children’s development from birth to age 9, using comparisons of children from families who were never poor, poor only during their children’s infancy, poor only after their children's infancy, or chronically poor
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Early child care and children's development in the primary grades: Follow-up results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
A follow-up investigation into the effects of the quality, quantity, and type of child care on children’s development through primary school, using longitudinal data collected on child care settings and children's cognitive and social functioning
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Early child care and children's development prior to school entry [Abridged]
An abridged reprint of a study of the impact of early child care experiences, and the quality and types of child care, on children's functioning prior to school entry, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
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Early child care and children's peer interaction at 24 and 36 months [Abridged]
An abridged reprint of a study of how time spent in child care, child care quality, and availability of peers relate to children's peer social competence at 23 and 36 months, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
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Early child care and mother-child interaction from 36 months through first grade [Abridged]
A study of early child care, with respect to child care quality, stability, and amount, in the first 3 years of life as predictors of qualities of mother-child interaction across children’s transition to school
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Early child care and self-control, compliance, and problem behavior at 24 and 36 months [Abridged]
A comparison of early child care experiences and family factors, such as income-to-need ratio and mother’s psychological adjustment, as predictors of 2- and 3-year-olds’ self-control, compliance, and problem behavior outcomes
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Early intervention practitioners' self-efficacy: A measure and its applications
A study in which the Early Interventionist Self-Efficacy Scale (EISES), an instrument measuring early intervention practitioners' perceptions of self efficacy, was developed and tested
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The economic impact of the child care industry in Riverside County
A cost-benefit analysis of the child care industry in Riverside County, California
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The economic impact of the child care industry in San Diego County
A cost-benefit analysis of the child care industry in San Diego County, California
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The economic impact of the child care industry in Ventura County
An analysis of the economic impacts of the child care industry and a discussion of local child care policymaker dynamics in Ventura County, California
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The economics of investing in universal preschool education in California
A cost-benefit analysis of a one-year, high quality universal preschool program in the state of California
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Effect of early childhood teacher characteristics on classroom practice, quality, and child abilities
An examination of the impact of early education teachers' perceptions of developmentally appropriate practices and their educational experiences on their use of developmentally appropriate practices, classroom quality, and young children's cognitive development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
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The effects of infant child care on infant-mother attachment security [Abridged]
A study of the interaction between child care quality, stability, amount and mother-child relatedness in the first 3 years of life
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An empirical examination of toddler development in inclusive childcare
A study assessing the cognitive, communication, and behavior skills of typically developing toddlers enrolled in an inclusive preschool program
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Empirically-derived, person-oriented patterns of school readiness in typically-developing children: Description and prediction to first-grade achievement
A study using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care to examine the relation between young children's school readiness and variables including social skill, parent interactions, problem behavior, cognitive processes, and self regulation
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Factors associated with fathers' caregiving activities and sensitivity with young children [Abridged]
An abridged reprint of a study reporting analyses of whether father, child and mother sociodemographic characteristics and maternal employment predict father's participation in caregiving activities and the sensitivity of fathers interactions with children, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
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Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants [Abridged]
An examination of the associations between four aspects of nonmaternal infant child care, age of entry, amount, type, and quality, and preexisting family characteristics, economics, and psychosocial factors
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