scholarly journals Child care enrollment decisions among dual language learner families: The role of Spanish language instruction in the child care setting

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 223-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth B. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Dual Language ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Language Learner ◽  
Enrollment Decisions ◽  
Child Care Setting ◽  
Dual Language Learner

scholarly journals The Child-care Food and Activity Practices Questionnaire (CFAPQ): development and first validation steps

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 1964-1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica S Gubbels ◽  
Ester FC Sleddens ◽  
Lieke CH Raaijmakers ◽  
Judith M Gies ◽  
Stef PJ Kremers
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Background Characteristics ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Child Care Setting ◽  
Larger Sample ◽  
Scale Psychometrics ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractObjectiveTo develop and validate a questionnaire to measure food-related and activity-related practices of child-care staff, based on existing, validated parenting practices questionnaires.DesignA selection of items from the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) and the Preschooler Physical Activity Parenting Practices (PPAPP) questionnaire was made to include items most suitable for the child-care setting. The converted questionnaire was pre-tested among child-care staff during cognitive interviews and pilot-tested among a larger sample of child-care staff. Factor analyses with Varimax rotation and internal consistencies were used to examine the scales. Spearman correlations, t tests and ANOVA were used to examine associations between the scales and staff’s background characteristics (e.g. years of experience, gender).SettingChild-care centres in the Netherlands.SubjectsThe qualitative pre-test included ten child-care staff members. The quantitative pilot test included 178 child-care staff members.ResultsThe new questionnaire, the Child-care Food and Activity Practices Questionnaire (CFAPQ), consists of sixty-three items (forty food-related and twenty-three activity-related items), divided over twelve scales (seven food-related and five activity-related scales). The CFAPQ scales are to a large extent similar to the original CFPQ and PPAPP scales. The CFAPQ scales show sufficient internal consistency with Cronbach’s α ranging between 0·53 and 0·96, and average corrected item–total correlations within acceptable ranges (0·30–0·89). Several of the scales were significantly associated with child-care staff’s background characteristics.ConclusionsScale psychometrics of the CFAPQ indicate it is a valid questionnaire that assesses child-care staff’s practices related to both food and activities.

Literacy Screening Among Latino/a and Dual Language Learner Kindergarteners: Predicting First Grade Reading Achievement

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly L. Edyburn ◽  
Matthew Quirk ◽  
Erika Felix ◽  
Sruthi Swami ◽  
Ariel Goldstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reading Achievement ◽  
Dual Language ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Language Learner ◽  
Dual Language Learner

scholarly journals Care of Young Children With Diabetes in the Child Care Setting: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association

Diabetes Care ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 2834-2842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda M. Siminerio ◽  
Anastasia Albanese-O’Neill ◽  
Jane L. Chiang ◽  
Katie Hathaway ◽  
Crystal C. Jackson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
American Diabetes Association ◽  
Position Statement ◽  
Child Care Setting

Child Care Setting and Its Association With Policies and Practices That Promote Physical Activity and Physical Literacy in the Early Years in British Columbia

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-434
Author(s):  
Jennifer McConnell-Nzunga ◽  
Katie A. Weatherson ◽  
Louise Masse ◽  
Valerie Carson ◽  
Guy Faulkner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Physical Environments ◽  
Child Care Setting ◽  
Tests Of Association ◽  
Outdoor Space ◽  
Group Child

Background: Physical activity (PA) is critical to early child development, and child care is a key setting for promotion. The authors investigated differences in daily PA and sedentary behavior practices as well as physical environments between family child care (FCC) and group child care (GCC) settings for children aged 3–5 years in Canada. Methods: Group child care (n = 581) and FCC (n = 357) managers completed surveys assessing the implementation of PA promoting practices and description of their environments. Crosstabulation and chi-square tests of association were used to examine differences between GCC and FCC. Results: The prevalence of facilities implementing 120 minutes of active play (odds ratio [OR] 2.23; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.58–3.15), <30 minutes on screens (OR 1.35; 95% CI, 1.02–1.80), and 60-minute outdoors daily (OR 1.99; 95% CI, 1.4–2.9) was more likely in FCC compared with GCC. However, implementation of fundamental movement skill activities (OR 1.40; 95% CI, 1.01–1.92), breaking up prolonged sitting (OR 1.86; 95% CI, 1.36–2.5), and outdoor space for large group running games (OR 1.74; 95% CI, 1.07–2.83) were more likely in GCC. Conclusions: Child care setting was associated with daily PA and sedentary practices and outdoor space for PA. Interventions to support PA in child care should be tailored to different settings and the facilitators explored.

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