Early childhood mental health consultation: Promoting change in the quality of teacher-child interactions
An examination of the relationship between characteristics of early childhood mental health consultation and changes in the quality of teacher-child interactions, based on data from 141 early childhood teachers serving 3- to 5-year-olds in publically funded early education programs participating in the Arkansas Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Project
Reports & Papers
Promoting young children's mental health through early childhood consultation: Ecological advances and research needs
A discussion of early childhood consultation as a means to address challenges to positive socioemotional and mental health development, suggestions to advance in conceptualizing and delivering early childhood consultation from an ecological perspective, and a presentation of a model of early childhood consultation incorporating several empirically supported features for use in early childhood education settings
Other
Promoting young children's mental health through early childhood consultation: Ecological advances and research needs
A discussion of early childhood consultation as a means to address challenges to positive socioemotional and mental health development, challenges and suggestions for advances in conceptualizing and delivering early childhood consultation from an ecological perspective, and a presentation of a model of early childhood consultation incorporating developmentally appropriate and empirically supported features for use in early childhood education settings
Other
Interventions that promote social-emotional learning in young children
An overview of literature regarding select evidence-based interventions that promote school readiness in young children by focusing on the enhancement of children's socioemotional skills either directly with explicit classroom curricula, or indirectly through interventions with teachers
Other
Using classroom management to improve preschoolers' social and emotional skills: Final impact and implementation findings from the Foundations of Learning demonstration in Newark and Chicago
Findings from an evaluation of Foundations of Learning, a preschool teacher training intervention to support children's behavioral and emotional development, that examine program implementation, program impacts on classroom management and instruction and on children's behavior, and program costs and benefits, based on multiple sources of child, teacher, and classroom data collected at 71 randomly-assigned preschools in Newark, New Jersey, and Chicago, Illinois
Reports & Papers
Ages & Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional
Instruments
Executive summary: Using classroom management to improve preschoolers' social and emotional skills: Final impact and implementation findings from the Foundations of Learning demonstration in Newark and Chicago
A summary of findings from an evaluation of Foundations of Learning, a preschool teacher training intervention to support children's behavioral and emotional development, that examine program implementation, program impacts on classroom management and instruction and on children's behavior, and program costs and benefits, based on multiple sources of child, teacher, and classroom data collected at 71 randomly-assigned preschools in Newark, New Jersey, and Chicago, Illinois
Executive Summary
Examining the definition and measurement of quality in early childhood education: A review of studies using the ECERS-R from 2003 to 2010
A content analysis of both definitions of quality and the manner in which it has been operationally defined in research studies using the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale--Revised (ECERS-R) to measure early care and education quality, based on data from 76 studies conducted between 2003-2010
Reports & Papers
Early learning programs that promote children's developmental and educational outcomes
A discussion of the characteristics of early learning programs associated with children's positive developmental and learning outcomes, with particular attention to indigenous children in Australia
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child Care Licensing Study, 2011 [United States]
The purpose of the 2011 Child Care Licensing Study is to report two aspects of child care licensing from 2008 for all 50 states and the District of Columbia (not including Idaho): (1) state child care licensing programs and policies and (2) child care center and family child care home licensing regulations. The study focuses on the processes and policies in each state related to staffing for the licensing program, monitoring facilities, and enforcement of licensing regulations.
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