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Real estate developers and child care centers : loss leader or competitive tool?
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1988.
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Considering Care: Infant Teachers, Reflective Function and the Care Environment in Child Care Centers
… of the mental states of the infants in their care in child care centers. The goal of the study was to examine whether reflective function could be assessed through semi-structured interviews with infant teachers and whether the care environment of the center was</p><p>influential in supporting …
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An Observational Study of the Stimulation Acts Provided by Infant Caregivers in Child Care Centers
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ASSESSMENT OF THE NUTRITIONAL CONTENT OF FOODS OFFERED TO PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN AGED 2-5 YEARS OLD WHO ATTEND LICENSED DAY CARE CENTERS IN ALBUQUERQUE IN COMPARISON TO THE CACFP NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES.
Child care settings may have a role in shaping childrens dietary habits. Foods and beverages served in many child care centers do not meet the nutrition recommendations. A sample of 10 child care centers participated in the study. Data was collected through an online survey and centers provided a …
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Nutrients Analysis of Preschool Lunch Menus in Virginia
Child care centers are becoming much more influential in educating and caring for children because more and more families choose supplemental care for their young children in child development programs. In June 1997, Child and Adult Food Program (CACFP) served nearly 2.2 million children and …
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Effect of Household Structure on Family-Friendly Benefit Utilization: Implications for Organizational Attraction and Workplace Withdrawal Behaviors of Federal Government Employees
… among Federal government employees with children. Results showed that alternative work arrangements (e.g., compressed and flexible schedules) were popular among all employees who have children. Family-friendly benefit utilization rates were highest among single parent employees and lowest …
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A Study of Children's Ability to Identify the Elderly and Desire to Be With the Elderly as A Result of Interaction With Senior Volunteers in the Preschool Classroom
… of this study to identify two effects on young children of interaction with elderly volunteers in their child care centers.
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The Impact of Prior Settings in Early Childhood on Kindergarten Readiness
… five. This is one reason why it is critical that children spend time in a quality early childhood prior setting that provides continuous opportunities for optimal cognitive and social development. For this study, the researcher examined Brigance Screener scores for all children in Scott County, …
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The impact of homelessness on young children: Building resilience through supportive early educational interventions
… and analyzes the barriers faced by homeless children and their families in southeast Michigan. The experiences of current or formerly homeless families are documented in relation to perceived obstacles and supports in their schools and child care centers through open-ended, semi-structured …
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The relationships among conformity, locus of control and ideational fluency in the preschool child
… conformity, and locus of control in preschool children. Forty-five children (50 to 61 months) from three child care centers were administered the conformity task, the Preschool and Primary Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Scale (PPNS-IE), the Multidimensional Stimulus Fluency Measure …
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Focus group assessment of parenting education preferences of Hispanics and whites
… 24 Hispanic and 21 White parents, recruited from child-care centers, a communitybased agency, and personal invitations. Two Hispanic and three White focus group discussions were conducted using a guide based on 25 open-ended questions. A brief written survey was administered to gather demographic …
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Case Study of the Generation Connection Program: An Intergenerational Program Transfer Initiative
… throughout a community. Teachers and long term care staff from three sites with active programs and staff from two sites that had disbanded programs participated in this study. Additional data included field notes from intergenerational program activities and orientations observations, journal …
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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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Nutrition Knowledge Assessment of Preschool Children
… for a classroom teacher to interview preschool children for assessment of nutrition knowledge concepts. Specifically, knowledge of vegetable concepts which included identification of the food, the food group, the source, preparation methods and use by the body was measured. The assessment was …
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Perceived Need of Directors for Family Therapy-Related Services in a Child Care or Preschool Setting
… of this study was to investigate preschool and child care directors' perceptions about the potential for introducing family therapy-related services into a child care or preschool environment, and in particular, to explore their opinions about the extent to which children are affected by …
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The administration of a child care center during the war emergency
… Schools, the writer became interested in the child-care program when he was asked to direct the newly formed center at the Lafayette school in Stockton on July 1, 1945. At this writing he served nearly two years in this center and has a modest feeling that possibly his experiences, …
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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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Teachers' Use of Children's Literature, Mathematics Manipulatives, and Scaffolding to Improve Preschool Mathematics Achievement: Does It Work?
… of an intervention involving teachers' use of children's literature, related storybook manipulatives, and a scaffolding (LMS) approach to learning would improve preschool children's mathematics test scores. Additionally, the LMS approach was examined to determine whether teachers' perceptions …
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The effect of stimulus presentation on original thinking by preschool children
… dimension and mode of exploration on preschool children's responses to two original thinking tasks. Eighty children from four child care centers ranging in age from 46-65 months comprised the five condition groups: 2-D stimuli for visual exploration only, 2-D stimuli for visual plus haptic …
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