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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Child care workers"”.
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Child care workers and HIV infected/affected children
… are to explore stressors and challenges faced by child care workers working with HIV infected/affected children, their causes, what support is available to them and, finally, current and recommended coping strategies. The study explored the perceptions of 8 child care workers through 2 focus …
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An exploratory study of attitudes, beliefs and perceptions amongst childcare practitioners, regarding racial and cultural integration of residential facilities for children
The idea of racial and cultural integration in children's residential facilities has been taboo in South Africa until recently, as a result of the racial policies of the current and previous governments. Since 1990 the government has repealed most of its apartheid legislation. Integration of …
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Coalition-Building and the Fight for Universal Child Care in Ontario, Canada, 1981-2022
… work of the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC) from 1981 until 2022, evaluating how effectively the OCBCC advanced an inclusive vision of child care that served all families and child care workers. This account of the OCBCC was based on a descriptive analysis of news articles, …
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Work-Related Stress And Mental Health Of Child Care Center Workers
… general psychological distress in a sample of child care center workers. A sample of 101 employees from 14 different child care centers in the southeastern Michigan area were administered questionnaires that asked about work and home life, social support, and mental health. Data was also …
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An exploratory study of support given to caregivers at non-profit organisations based in Cape Town, South Africa
… types of support available to, and needed by, caregivers employed by non-profit organisations (NPOs) based in Cape Town, South Africa. Semi-structured interviews were done with caregivers and caregiver supervisors from four different NPOs based in Cape Town. The interviews were done on a …
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The relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction among child care teachers
… scale was tested. Paula Jorde-Bloom’s Early Childhood Work Environment Survey (ECWES) was sent to child care workers in Virginia to assess their perceptions of the organizational climate of their centers. An aggregate center score was derived by taking a mean of all the respondents from a …
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Personality predictors of preschool children's styles of coping with daily hassles
… with daily hassles. Parents of 86 four-year-old children attending preschools and child care centers located in Southwest Virginia completed measures of temperament and coping. The Behavioral Style Questionnaire (BSQ), designed by Carey and McDevitt, was used to assess each child's temperament. …
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Child Care on the Cheap: Welfare Reform and the Social Organization of Child Care Work in New York City
… dramatically increased need and demand for child care, escalating the citys child care crisis. As thousands of poor single mothers were pushed into workfare jobs and the lower reaches of the labour market, the question of Who will care for their children? was thrust to the forefront of New …
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Considerations for delivery of online professional development courses for childcare professionals
1 PDF file (x, 155 pages)
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The primary school girl's perception of body image and the influence thereof on her sense-of-self
… make parents and teachers aware of the pressures children experience and the effect this has on their sense-of-self. The exploratory study endeavoured to answer the following research questions: How does the primary school girl view her body, and how does this influence her sense-of-self? The …
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A case study of supervisor-employee communication and the link to program quality
… as the link to program quality in a center-based childcare setting. Three research questions guided the study with the purpose of examining communication as a means to improve job satisfaction, diminish staff turnover and strengthen program quality.</p> <p>Fifteen employees from a non-profit …
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An exploratory investigation of daycare teacher stress and locus of control
… was to examine stress and locus of control in daycare teachers. A literature review was conducted to explore the various aspects of daycare services in America. The factors of locus of control and stress were signified and investigated as separate entities. The interaction between the two factors …