The long term impact of a “relationship-centered” child care program on public school performance

We examine how the decisions of churches are impacted by the decisions of rival churches. Using a novel dataset, we estimate a model of strategic interaction, which accounts for the location and denomination of churches. We focus on a church's decision of whether to provide a weekday child care program. Empirical evidence indicates that churches compete more strongly with same-denomination churches than with different-denomination churches. These effects diminish with distance. (JEL J13, L31, Z12)

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An In-Service Training Program in Music for Child-Care Personnel Working with Infants and Toddlers

Journal of Research in Music Education ◽

10.2307/3345806 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 6-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Shannon K. de l'Etoile

Keyword(s):

Child Care ◽

Training Program ◽

Care Program ◽

Infants And Toddlers ◽

Music Training ◽

Training Materials ◽

Child Care Program ◽

Service Training ◽

Child Care Personnel ◽

Music Activities

The purpose of this study was to develop, implement, and evaluate an in-service training program in music for child-care personnel working with infants and toddlers. Results of a needs assessment determined that most child-care centers offer music activities and that caregivers would be interested in receiving training. Training materials were developed, pilot-tested, and revised. For the final training program, caregivers in a university-based child-care program attended three in-service training sessions. Evaluation of the program revealed that caregivers made significant improvements in their attitude toward and knowledge about music activities for young children. Additionally, caregivers increased their use of 9 out of 11 behaviors considered necessary for successful music activity implementation. The children in their care also increased the amount of time they were visually, vocally, and physically engaged during music activities. These results suggest that a music training program can benefit both caregivers and children.

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PALS (Play and Learn Sessions): An Innovative Child Care Program for Hawaiians

Journal of Physical Education Recreation & Dance ◽

10.1080/07303084.1998.10605047 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 69 (1) ◽

pp. 44-45

Author(s):

Kalani Wong

Keyword(s):

Child Care ◽

Care Program ◽

Child Care Program

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Pilot assessment of nutrition practices in a university child care program

Journal of Nutrition Education ◽

10.1016/s0022-3182(12)80897-1 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 26 (5) ◽

pp. 238-240 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Marcia L. Nahikian-Nelms ◽

Georganne Syler ◽

Catherine Nordeen Mogharreban

Keyword(s):

Child Care ◽

Care Program ◽

Nutrition Practices ◽

Child Care Program

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“We Need to Stand Together”

10.5406/illinois/9780252036255.003.0005 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Natalie M. Fousekis

Keyword(s):

Child Care ◽

Women Leaders ◽

Single Mothers ◽

Low Income ◽

Nursery School ◽

Care Program ◽

Publicly Funded ◽

Child Care Program ◽

Working Families ◽

Female Networks

This chapter focuses on two women leaders, Theresa Mahler and Mary Young, and describes how they helped the coalition navigate female networks, create alliances with men inside and outside the legislature, and finally secure a permanent public child care program, even if only for California's low-income working mothers. As legislative chair for the Northern California Association for Nursery Education (NCANE), Mahler served as the key spokeswoman for nursery school educators and child care supervisors throughout the postwar struggles to secure permanent, publicly funded child care. A soft-spoken, unassuming woman who became president and later legislative chairman of the California Parents' Association for Child Care (CPACC), Young spoke on behalf of California's low-income working families, particularly single mothers.

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