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Choosing Child Care
Be Choosy About Child Care Sally Kees-Martin
Child Care Aware Series: Selecting Quality Child Care Elaine Wilson & Patricia S. Tweedie
Child Care Checklist for Parents Lesia Oesterreich
Choosing Child Care Karen DeBord
Developmentally Appropriate Care: What Does It Mean? Joan Sprain & Diane Corrin
Early Childhood Research and Policy Brief: Quality in Child Care Centers
Summer 1997, Vol.1 No.1, p. 8-11 (PDF file – 238K)Frank Porter Graham Child Development CenterEmployed Parenthood: Do I Have a Choice? Joan Sprain
Family Involvement in Early Childhood Programs: How to Choose the Right Program for Your Child Nat'l Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education
Finding Child Care: Questions to Ask Joan Sprain
A Guide to Transitional Child Care State Universtiy of New York
Ingredients for Quality Child Care Marlys Ann Boschee & Geralyn M. Jacobs
Is My Child's Care Okay Sharon E. Hirschy
Is My Child's Care Okay – PDF
Locating and Selecting Child Care Karen DeBord, Rebekah F. Canu, Robin Baker Howse
Locating and Selecting Child Care – PDF 192K
Meeting Children's Needs: Day care vs. preschool programs Jan Dickson
A Parent's Guide to Child Care State Universtiy of New York
A Parent's Guide to Child Care Funding State University of New York
A Parent's Guide to Child Care for School-Age Children Cornell Cooperative Extension
Quality Child Care: What Does It Really Mean? Karen DeBord
Quality Child Care: What Does It Really Mean? – PDF
Quality in Child Care Settings Power Point Slide Show Karen DeBord
Selecting Child Care… a checklist Karen DeBord
Selecting Child Care: The Quality Question Karen DeBord
What Are My Parental Rights and Responsibilities When My Child Is in Child Care
Sharon E. HirschyWhat Are My Parental Rights and Responsibilities When My Child Is in Child Care – PDF
What Do I Expect From My Child Care Provider? Joan Sprain
When There are Problems with Your Child's Care Sharon E. Hirschy
When There are Problems with Your Child's Care – PDF
Informal Child Care
Babysitter's Program 4-H University of Massachusetts Extension
Overview
Safety
First Aid
Child Care and Development
Nutrition
Concerns of the BabysitterChild Care by Kith and Kin: Supporting Family, Friends and Neighbors Caring for Children Ann Collins & Barbara Carlson, National Center for Children in Poverty
Child Care Cooperatives Lesia Oesterreich
Child Care in Your Home Lesia Oesterreich
Choosing Someone to Care for Your Child at Home Pat Tweedie
Setting Up Play Groups Lesia Oesterreich
When Friends or Relatives Care for Your Child Pat Tweedie
When Relatives Provide Your Child Care Sharon E. Hirschy
When Relatives Provide Your Child Care – PDF
Related Websites:
The National Child Care Kith and Kin Intitiative – Bank Street College
State organizations and agencies involved in supporting and improving “kith and kin” caregiving – prepared by Bank Street College
Family Child Care
Caring for Multi-age Groups Lesia Oesterreich
Checklist for Family Day Care Homes Sally Kees-Martin
Child Care Aware Series: Selecting Quality Family Child Care Elaine Wilson & Patricia S. Tweedie
Center-based Child Care
Checklist for Child Care Centers Sally Kees-Martin
Child Care Aware Series: Selecting Quality Child Care Centers Elaine Wilson & Patricia S. Tweedie
Preparing Your Child
Before Your Child's First Day (also in PDF) Pat Tweedie
First Day Tips (also in PDF) Pat Tweedie
Helping Your Child Adjust to Child Care (also in PDF) Pat Tweedie
Introducing Your Child to the Child Care Provider (also in PDF) Pat Tweedie
News Releases
Look for Quality Care for Infants Lesia Oesterreich
Plan for Emergency Child Care Lesia Oesterreich
Research and Reference Material
A Survey: Quality Practices (PDF) Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
Are They in Any Real Danger? What Research Does – and Doesn't -Tell Us About Child Care Quality and Children's Well-Being (PDF) John Love, Peter Schochet, Alicia Meckstroth
Assessing Program Quality (PDF) Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
Child Care by Kith and Kin: Supporting Family, Friends, and Neighbors Caring for Children National Center for Children and Poverty
Childcare in the United States: Yesterday and Today Marlys Ann Boschee & Geralyn M. Jacobs
Child Care Quality: Does It Matter and Does It Need to be Improved? Deborah Lowe Vandell and Barbara Wolfe
A Comparison of the Development of Infants as a Function of Hours Spent in Day Care Serena Weinberg, Raun Lazier, Amy Shivery, Catherine Chambliss
The “Cost, Quality & Outcomes Study” Executive Summary Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
Early Head Start Research – Building Their Futures: How Early Head Start Programs are Enhancing the Lives of Infants and Toddlers in Low-Income Families, Summary Report The Commissioner's Office of Research and Evaluation and the Head Start Bureau, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Early Learning, Later Success: The Abecedarian Study Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
Extension-Supported School-Age Care Programs Benefit Youth Eddie L. Locklear & R. David Mustian
Family, School, and Community Involvement in School-age Child Care Programs: Best Practices Karen DeBord, Marilyn Martin, Tony Mallilo
Head Start and the Cooperative Extension System Charles A. Smith
Impacts of School-Age Child Care Programs Dave Riley, Jill Steinberg, Chris Todd, Sharon Junge, Ina McClain
Lasting Benefits of Preschool Programs Lawrence J. Schweinhart
Long-Term Outcomes of Early Childhood Programs The Future of Children
Longer Term Effects of Head Start (PDF) RAND
Making Investments in Young Children: What the Research on Early Care and Education Tells Us (PDF) National Association of Child Advocates
Multi-Age Grouping in Child Care – a bibliography of research and other published articles Ryerson Polytechnic University School of Early Childhood Education
National Studies of School-Age Child Care Programs, Part 1 Polly Spedding
National Studies of School-age Child Care Programs, Part 2 Polly Spedding
Quality Care Does Mean Better Child Outcomes Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
What Do We Really Know about Child Care and Aggression? Diane Bales
What Leads to Satisfaction for Child Care Providers and Parents? Preston A. Britner
Other resources of research on early care and education:
ECRP: Early Childhood Research & Practice – an Internet journal on the development, care, and education of young children
National Child Care Information Center – Research page
Search Institute – Practical Research Benefiting Children & Youth
