scholarly journals More than just a bracelet: the use of material symbolism to communicate love

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Emond
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Child Care Setting ◽  
Children's Home ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Care Relationships

There is growing recognition of the place of love in residential care for children ( Smith, 2009 ). This paper is a critical analysis of a range of existing research on residential child care as well as studies of material culture and of care relationships more broadly. It argues that, despite increasing regulation and surveillance, adults and children find ways to show and feel love in the context of residential care. Whilst love may be regarded as something to be avoided or indeed prohibited in an adult/child care setting these deep bonds find expression in the everyday life of the children’s home. By looking at love in this embodied way, the ‘realness’ of material things to assert connection and recognition of love ( Layne, 2000 ) is examined. As Gorenstein (1996, p.8) suggests ‘objects…[are] the perfect vehicles for conveying themes that are not commonly accepted in a community’. The paper emphasises the recognition of these symbolic and metaphorical forms of communication in practice.

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.

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.

Regulation and Guidelines Toward a Healthy Child-Care Setting

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 1104-1107
Author(s):  
Pauline D. Koch
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Healthy Child ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Substantial Improvement ◽  
North Carolina State University ◽  
Child Care Setting ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Cost Efficient

States can make a strong investment in creating a healthy child-care setting by developing coordinated career development systems for child-care practitioners. The licensing agency must be involved and is the logical agency to administer the system. Through a project entitled "Delaware First. Again," Delaware became the first in the country to develop a plan for a comprehensive, coordinated statewide early care and education career system. The project is directed by the Office of Child Care Licensing with consultation from Gwen Morgan and Joan Costley of Wheelock College and Nancy Brown of North Carolina State University. The focus on training and career development will prove to be a cost efficient and effective method for states to substantially improve the health and safety of children in child care and will provide advocacy for stronger licensing requirements. Long-term improvement will only accrue with corresponding substantial improvement in the wages and other employee benefits for the people who work with our children. In summary, regulation and guidelines can play an increasingly larger role in creating a healthy child-care setting. There is much to be done at the national, state, and local levels to accomplish this goal. With continued strong advocacy and a coordinated effort, the goal can be met.

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