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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"childcare centers"”.
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Storytelling in Emergent Literacy: Supporting Community Based Childcare Centers in Malawi
… in Malawi's resource deprived Community Based Childcare Centers (CBCCs). It focused on the professional development of four caregivers from four CBCCs following a Formative and Design Experiment model, and using qualitative methods of inquiry. The professional development on storytelling was …
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Effect of food safety training on food safety behaviors and microbial findings in Texas childcare centers
… demonstrated a relationship between inadequate childcare center sanitation and illnesses in children. Limited research is available regarding food safety training in childcare centers. The objectives of this research project conducted in a sample of Texas childcare centers was to: 1) assess the …
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Security in Practice: Examining the Collaborative Management of Sensitive Information in Childcare Centers and Physicians' Offices
… systems by examining two domains: childcare centers and physicians' offices. In childcare centers, workers manage the enrolled children and also the enrolled child's personal information. In physicians' offices, workers manage the patients' health along with the patients' health …
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Effect of Early Childhood Teacher Characteristics on Classroom Practice, Quality, and Child Abilities
… characteristics of teachers that provide childcare in a daycare-like setting or childcare centers. Specifically, the relationship between early childhood teacher endorsement of developmentally appropriate belief systems and teacher education in early childhood were examined to determine …
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A childhood obesity prevention initiative: Learning from parents by identifying knowledge, attitudes and barriers related to childhood obesity
… of children. Parents were recruited from childcare centers in Texas and asked to complete an online survey. SPSS was used for statistical analysis. Fifty-eight participants completed the survey. Over 90% of parents were able to identify risks of childhood obesity. Almost all (87.7%) were …
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The Effects of Adult Interaction on Toddler Behavior in the Classroom.
… behaviors in the classroom. Twenty-one licensed childcare centers participated in this study. One center was used to field-test the researcher-created tally instruments. The 20 centers remaining were observed to identify the number of positive adult-to-child physical interactions. They were then …
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Optimizing early care and education services in a rural county: collaborations between state preschool programs and community based programs
… early care and education programs and private childcare centers offer families of young children high quality education and comprehensive services in addition to full-day, full year care. This case study examined early care and education collaborations in a rural county in a Midwest state. …
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Parent-Childcare Provider Partnerships: Exploring Beliefs About Overlap
… study examined the beliefs held by parents and childcare providers regarding continuity between home and childcare environments. The study was divided into two parts. Part one investigated the question of what overlap areas do parents and providers believe to be important. Data was collected …
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Language and literacy supports in early childhood classrooms: comparing ratings of teachers and observers
… tool was used in 34 teachers’ classrooms from 14 childcare centers. Observer ratings were then compared to teacher self-ratings. Significant differences existed between observer scores and participants’ self-rating scores on the Language and Literacy subscale with large discrepancies in areas …
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Prototypical design for a proprietary childcare center located in Christiansburg, Virginia
… using the collected data to design an actual childcare facility. Qualitative interviews were conducted with directors and selected staff members of two different childcare centers, as well as with the parents of children currently attending each center. Analysis of the data collected reveals …
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Analysis and comparison of provider perspectives following training focused on supporting the inclusion of children with disabilities in childcare programs
… with Disabilities Education Act, 2004). While childcare centers are not required to comply with IDEA, they are required to offer reasonable accommodations for children and families with disabilities by the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990). The implication of these mandates is that many …
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Identifying and overcoming perceived barriers to family engagement in early childhood education
… development and learning. Settings may include childcare centers, nursery schools, preschools, pre- or junior kindergarten and kindergarten (Akbari & McCuaig, 2014, para. 1). Millions of children every year are a part of these programs. But what is missing? Families. As the child's first …
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Growing Minds: The Relationship Between Parental Attitude about Nature and the Development of Fine and Gross Motor Skills in Children
… at one of two University Child Development Centers. The assessment tool used was composed of sections that ask parents about their attitudes toward nature, about their young children spending time outdoors, how much time their children actually spend in outdoor and indoor activities, and …
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A RECONCEPTUALIZATION OF CHILDCARE BASED ON COMPARISONS OF THREE CHILDCARE ALTERNATIVES
<p>The present study examines three aspects of childcare: the childcare provider, the parent, and the social environment within childcare centers. Providers of family daycare, and directors of group daycare and nursery schools were surveyed regarding the services they provide. Parents whose …
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A Nutrition Education Program Focusing on Feelings of Hunger and Fullness for Pre-School Age Children
… children, 4 to 5 years of age, who attended a childcare center in Blacksburg, VA. The primary outcomes were collected at three time points: baseline (Week 0), post-intervention (Week 3), and follow-up (Week 7). A total of 11 participants from two childcare centers were included. A trend of …
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Parental feeding styles and weight status of preschool children in Chile: Perceptions and influential factors
… five-year-old children (n = 174), recruited from childcare centers located in low-income neighborhoods in Santiago, Chile. Weight and height were measured from parents and children, questionnaires regarding feeding styles and parent perceptions of child weight status were administered. An analysis …
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Vaccine policy & vaccine politics: an analysis of United States vaccine uptake by state-level school and childcare vaccination mandate policies and state-level election results
… Statewide vaccination mandates in schools and childcare centers have existed for several decades. However, these mandates have not guaranteed vaccination coverage sufficient for herd immunity for several infectious diseases in many states. Exemption processes, provisional enrollment policies, …
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Marriage, motherhood, childcare arrangements and work: female labor force participation and informal employment under Chinese economic reform
… obligations arise from marriage, motherhood, and childcare arrangements along Chinese women’s life course, and how they impact on Chinese women’s participation in the labor force and involvement in the informal economy—jobs marked by long working hours, low wages, and little benefits. China …
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Signing with Infants: Parental and Caregiver Perceptions and Reported Use
… and young children, even within early childhood centers. Parents and teachers have used signing techniques in order to encourage the preverbal to communicate through gestures and nonverbal signs. The extant literature has documented parents and teachers' use of signs, the current level of …