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Book Synopsis Quality Care for Tough Kids by : James A. Walsh
Download or read book Quality Care for Tough Kids written by James A. Walsh and published by CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America). This book was released on 1990 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on three comprehensive studies of underachieving children in The Casey Family Program, this important work uncovers those factors that influence stable foster placements through the extensive use of correlational methods, including personal and demographic characteristics; child's responses to threat; family history; serious risk factors; placement history and present situation; foster family characteristics; placement breakdown factors; and caseworker's orientation.
Book Synopsis Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Quality by : National Research Council
Download or read book Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Quality written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-10-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing public investments in health care services for low-income and special needs children and adolescents in the United States have raised questions about whether these efforts improve their health outcomes. Yet it is difficult to assess the general health status and health care quality for younger populations, especially those at risk of poor health outcomes, because the United States has no national information system that can provide timely, comprehensive, and reliable indicators in these areas for children and adolescents. Without such a system in place, it is difficult to know whether and how selected health care initiatives and programs contribute to children's health status. Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Quality identifies key advances in the development of pediatric health and health care quality measures, examines the capacity of existing federal data sets to support these measures, and considers related research activities focused on the development of new measures to address current gaps. This book posits the need for a comprehensive strategy to make better use of existing data, to integrate different data sources, and to develop new data sources and collection methods for unique populations. Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Quality looks closely at three areas: the nature, scope, and quality of existing data sources; gaps in measurement areas; and methodological areas that deserve attention. Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Quality makes recommendations for improving and strengthening the timeliness, quality, public transparency, and accessibility of information on child health and health care quality. This book will be a vital resource for health officials at the local, state, and national levels, as well as private and public health care organizations and researchers.
Book Synopsis Finding a Quality Child Care Center Can Be Difficult . . . Let Me Help by : Jean White
Download or read book Finding a Quality Child Care Center Can Be Difficult . . . Let Me Help written by Jean White and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction I chose to write this book because of the pain I've seen in the heart of parents who have placed their child/children in child care centers that did not have the best interest of children at heart. These parents hurt deeply because they placed and even paid money on a weekly basis to have their child in a program that was not respecting the child. I like to call these programs child farms because their interest is not in helping to develop, grow, and nurture children but to make money off children. One mother could barely speak as she told me her story. She had asked her father to pick her son up from his family child care home and take him to the doctor. When the grandpa arrived, he knocked on the door, but nobody answered. He could hear babies inside the house crying, but it did not appear that anyone was inside caring for the children. Grandpa sat on the porch and waited for someone to come, all the while he could hear the babies inside crying. A while later the caregiver pulled up in the driveway with Wal-Mart bags in her hands. When grandpa told her whom he was there to pick up, she let him have the baby and did not even check his identification. He could have been anyone picking up that child. The mother set up a watch with the county police and the Department of Social Services for the next morning. Parents brought children into the home and left. About thirty minutes after the last child was dropped off, the caregiver came out of the house, locked the door, and got into her car. As she pulled out of her driveway, she was arrested. Parents were contacted to pick up their children. The caregiver was putting the children in their cribs and then leaving the house to go shopping and run errands. Another parent had her six-month infant get a broken arm. Another parent had her four-month infant die death certificate said SIDS, but the child was dead for over two hours before anyone knew. These are scary stories, and there are many more. We've all seen these in the news, but I've personally sat face-to-face with some parents who have suffered through this devastating situation. Their common statement was "How does a parent know a good center from a child farm?" How does a parent know? And so it goes, I wrote the book. I hope this book will be useful to you as you begin to research child care programs for your child. Follow your heart. Look deep if it feels good. Leave and do not turn back if something makes you feel bad. Your feelings will be your best guide. As you tour programs, write notes in the note sections and try to complete the ratings as you feel them while you are touring a program. After touring several programs, the program-rating pages will help you to remember the qualities you liked best about each program. Remember, high-quality child care and education programs are difficult to get into. You will probably be put on a waiting list, so it is important to start your search for child care early. The earlier the better! I used to tell parents, "Call me when the stick turns blue."
Download or read book Child Care written by Alfred Kahn and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1987-03-30 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the need for child care services in the United States continues to grow, so does the debate about how effective child care policies should be shaped. It is more important than ever for legislators, public officials, advocacy groups, and concerned parents and citizens to focus on that debate and on the need to change policies and attitudes--changes that must take place if children and families are to have sufficient, affordable, and quality child care services. This volume provides a balanced and thorough assessment of the child care field and a thought-provoking guide to the difficult choices that lie ahead. The authors, experts in child and family policy, examine important facts about major demographic and social developments, describe the effects of the Reagan administration's emphasis on privatization and deregulation, and analyze the contributions and limitations of several local and state initiatives. An invaluable source for everyone concerned with child care issues, this volume makes solid recommendations for shaping a much-needed child care policy that is responsive to the circumstances and needs of families and their children.
Book Synopsis Quality Care for Tough Kids by : James A. Walsh
Download or read book Quality Care for Tough Kids written by James A. Walsh and published by CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America). This book was released on 1990 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on three comprehensive studies of underachieving children in The Casey Family Program, this important work uncovers those factors that influence stable foster placements through the extensive use of correlational methods, including personal and demographic characteristics; child's responses to threat; family history; serious risk factors; placement history and present situation; foster family characteristics; placement breakdown factors; and caseworker's orientation.
Book Synopsis Treating Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Quality Care for Special Kids by : Shanna Shulman
Download or read book Treating Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Quality Care for Special Kids written by Shanna Shulman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve percent of all children enrolled in commercial plans have special health care needs. Almost 40 percent of them have an emotional or behavioral disorder. These conditions are in many ways more limiting than chronic physical conditions, more difficult to diagnose and treat, and can more severely compromise a child's quality of life. For many children, these conditions co-occur with other chronic physical or developmental conditions. Left untreated, they can impede personal, social, and cognitive development. This data update is the third in a series designed to keep commercial health plans abreast of the critical issues involved in caring for children with special health care needs. (Contains 1 table, 2 figures, and 1 footnote.).
Book Synopsis Are Our Kids All Right? by : Susan Bacon Dynerman
Download or read book Are Our Kids All Right? written by Susan Bacon Dynerman and published by Petersons. This book was released on 1994 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines over twenty years of research on child care, raises questions about the quality of child care in the United States, and offers advice on selecting child care
Book Synopsis Cradle to Kindergarten by : Ajay Chaudry
Download or read book Cradle to Kindergarten written by Ajay Chaudry and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early care and education for many children in the United States is in crisis. The period between birth and kindergarten is a critical time for child development, and socioeconomic disparities that begin early in children’s lives contribute to starkly different long-term outcomes for adults. Yet, compared to other advanced economies, high-quality child care and preschool in the United States are scarce and prohibitively expensive for many middle-class and most disadvantaged families. To what extent can early-life interventions provide these children with the opportunities that their affluent peers enjoy and contribute to reduced social inequality in the long term? Cradle to Kindergarten offers a comprehensive, evidence-based strategy that diagnoses the obstacles to accessible early education and charts a path to opportunity for all children. The U.S. government invests less in children under the age of five than do most other developed nations. Most working families must seek private childcare, which means that children from low-income households, who would benefit most from high-quality early education, are the least likely to attend them. Existing policies, such as pre-kindergarten in some states are only partial solutions. To address these deficiencies, the authors propose to overhaul the early care system, beginning with a federal paid parental leave policy that provides both mothers and fathers with time and financial support after the birth of a child. They also advocate increased public benefits, including an expansion of the child care tax credit, and a new child care assurance program that subsidizes the cost of early care for low- and moderate-income families. They also propose that universal, high-quality early education in the states should start by age three, and a reform of the Head Start program that would include more intensive services for families living in areas of concentrated poverty and experiencing multiple adversities from the earliest point in these most disadvantaged children’s lives. They conclude with an implementation plan and contend that these reforms are attainable within a ten-year timeline. Reducing educational and economic inequalities requires that all children have robust opportunities to learn, fully develop their capacities, and have a fair shot at success. Cradle to Kindergarten presents a blueprint for fulfilling this promise by expanding access to educational and financial resources at a critical stage of child development.
Author :National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher :National Academies Press ISBN 13 :0309388570 Total Pages :525 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (93 download)
Book Synopsis Parenting Matters by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Download or read book Parenting Matters written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.
Download or read book The Essentials written by Marie Masterson and published by Essentials. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basic information family child care providers need to run a successful program in a warm, welcoming setting for children and their families
Book Synopsis Seeing the World Through Our Children's Eyes by : Alma Ester Cortés
Download or read book Seeing the World Through Our Children's Eyes written by Alma Ester Cortés and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are a limited number of programs as well as a limited structural capacity for children under four. Research indicates that 22% of four-year old children are enrolled in preschool (College Board, 2008). Currently, The United States lacks a unified system for families with children under the age of three, with opportunities to attend center-based care or specific programming (Magnuson & Waldfogel, 2005). Not all families have access to high quality care. Intervention programs that focus on the family and on parent and caregiver education have also been shown to have strong, positive influences on child growth and school readiness (Zigler, Finn-Stevenson, & Hall, 2002). The current study was designed to better understand the parents and parenting practices of low-income infants and toddlers who are not participating in center-based care and the extent to which attending community-based parenting classes influences the parenting practices.
Book Synopsis The Effects of Quality Care on Child Development by : Michael E. Lamb
Download or read book The Effects of Quality Care on Child Development written by Michael E. Lamb and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this special issue reflect the current status of research on the association between quality of care and children's adjustment while pointing toward a new generation of questions that have risen to prominence in the minds of both researchers and policymakers. Specifically, having established that high quality is associated with superior outcomes, researchers must now consider: *How quality can best be measured; *Whether the relationship is causal, with quality promoting better adjustment; *Whether the association is a linear function; *How strong the association is, and from a pragmatic point of view, and *Whether the association is strong enough to merit continuing investments in quality. All of the articles in this special issue elucidate these issues and demonstrate that quality of child care is a salient and statistically significant modulator and moderator of the associations between type of care and child development.
Download or read book Finding Daycare written by Tracy Cassels and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's just the same as all your stuff: thorough and sane and then, for me--because of the anthropological context you bring in--just a hell of a lot more interesting than other reading on the topic." David Epstein, bestselling author of The Sports GeneMost families will face the task of finding appropriate child care for their children. This is not a fun task and is made harder by the lack of high-quality care in most areas. This ebook is designed to help families navigate what is one of the most important yet least talked-about decisions they will make as parents. Serving as both information source and guide, this ebook covers the following areas to help parents find and transition their children to child care: * What are the options for care? So many times families think only about large centre-based daycares or home-based daycares, but there are other options that are available to some families. * What are the factors to consider when assessing a child care option? How safe is the environment? What do you even need to ask to find out how safe a given child care situation is? What about toys - are there too many or not enough? Do they go outside? In this book, I explore the three main areas to consider and what should be looked at in each: safety, environment, and quality of care.* How do you transition your child? As many parents will tell you, it's not as simple as just dropping your child off and hoping for the best. Knowing how your child transitions can help you make a plan to minimize the impact of the transition and make for a happier child care relationship in the long-term.* What does the research say about child care? So many different studies are out there, but what are the main points that we can take home? I summarize the research for you so you can better know what factors really matter and how you can apply these to your unique situation.* What if things go wrong? Sometimes things don't go as planned and you need to know the best way to handle these situations. I provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to handle difficult situations with care without getting too flustered or giving up.A short read packed with information, this ebook is for any parent who is facing the child care decision.
Book Synopsis Relationships, the Heart of Quality Care by : Amy C. Baker
Download or read book Relationships, the Heart of Quality Care written by Amy C. Baker and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Children’s interactions with their special grown-ups affect everything in their lives, especially in their earliest years. And the relationships between those special people matter, too. When adult connections are caring and strong, parents, caregivers, and directors are motivated and empowered to work together to help children thrive. The book describes this concept of relationship-based child care, what understandings and attitudes support such care, and the policies required to enact it in a center setting. High-quality family child care homes and a growing numbers of enlightened centers are already using the model." -- Publisher website.
Download or read book Key Facts written by Helen Blank and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently available information makes a compelling case for investing in efforts to help families overcome child care, early education, and school-age care challenges and obtain the quality early learning and after-school experiences needed for children to succeed. This book presents a series of fact sheets concerning child care, early education, and school-age care, and information on major programs and policies in these areas. The book is designed to provide information in a format that can be easily adapted to various individual and organizational needs, and is organized in five parts. Part 1 discusses the importance of child care, early education, and school-age programs to all families. Part 2 examines barriers families encounter in locating affordable, quality child care, early education, and school-age care, including information on availability and cost of quality care, and groups facing particular hardship in locating good quality care. Part 3 discusses programs and policies that support child care and early education, including an overview of the roles of government, community organizations, and the private sector. Part 4 focuses on the broad support for quality child care, early education, and school-age programs among parents, public officials, and others, including findings from multiple polls demonstrating strong support for investments in these areas. Each section contains references. The book's appendices include tables of state-by-state data on maternal labor force participation, number of regulated child care settings, percent of schools offering extended-day programs, and other relevant information. Also appended is a list of relevant organizations and data sources. (KB)
Book Synopsis High-Quality Early Childhood Programs by : Laura J. Colker
Download or read book High-Quality Early Childhood Programs written by Laura J. Colker and published by Redleaf Press. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable tool for the director/supervisor striving to identify what aspects of an early childhood program need improvement. The detailed descriptions of what one should see in high quality programs (and why) gives readers a strong foundation of child development knowledge and of principles translated into practice. Laura Colker is the author of over 100 publications and instructional guides, including co-authorship of The Creative Curriculum for Preschool, The Creative Curriculum for Family Child Care, and The Creative Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers. The Creative Curriculum for Preschool, now in its fifth edition, is the most widely used preschool curriculum in the United States. She also served as content specialist or scriptwriter on over forty educational videos for PBS and Reading Is Fundamental, and developed online training for early childhood caregivers and family child care providers for NACCRRA (National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies). Diane Trister Dodge, founder and president of Teaching Strategies, Inc., is the author of numerous books, articles, and training materials on early childhood education. She is the lead author on all of Teaching Strategies books, including the popular The Creative Curriculum series. Derry Koralek is the President of DGK & Company, an independent consultant in early childhood education and developer of training materials and guidebooks. Past clients include Reading Is Fundamental, the Head Start Bureau, Military Child Development Programs, and the Devereux Foundation. Koralek is a past Editor-in-Chief of Teaching Young Children, National Association for the Education of Young Children, and winner of the Association for Educational Publishing Golden Lamp Award, 2014.
Book Synopsis Improving Quality Child Care Options for All DC Children. Data Snapshot by : DC Action for Children
Download or read book Improving Quality Child Care Options for All DC Children. Data Snapshot written by DC Action for Children and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DC's prosperity will be determined by how it supports the education and well-being of its youngest citizens. The first five years of life, particularly the first three, are a time of critical human development, when the foundation for lifelong learning and success is built to last through adulthood. Nearly 33,000 children under the age of five live in the District. Approximately 19,000 DC children are birth to age three, and nearly one-quarter (26 percent) of them live in poverty. The District has made noticeable strides to ensure a supply of quality birth-to-five programs to meet the needs of all families. Core components of an effective early care and education state system--like policy, governance and financing--have been established, sustained and strengthened. While these are commendable steps, the District is still not generating strong enough outcomes for young children because of several challenges: (1) Lack of Valid and Useful Data on Program Quality to Inform Families and the Public; (2) Lack of Resources to Support Quality Programs; and (3) Lack of High-Quality Infant and Toddler Slots. Information about the quality of programs across all settings needs to be more readily available to inform families and policymakers responsible for the future of the city's children. Public resources should follow quality and support learning when it starts. (Contains 1 footnote and 11 endnotes.).
