Research, Demonstration & Evaluation
The following sources are recommended child care research reading: Galinsky, E., C. Howes, S Kontos and M. Shinn (1994). The study of children in family child care: Highlights of findings. New York: Families and Work Institute.
Helbun, S., Culkin, M., Morris, J., Mocan N., Howes, C., Phillipsen, L., Bryant, D., Clifford, R., Cryer, D., Peisner-Feinberg, E., Burchinal, M., and Kagan, S. (1995). Cost, quality, and child outcomes in child care enters: Executive summary. Denver, CO: University of Colorado at Denver.
Howes, C. and C.E. Hamilton (1992). Children's relationships with caregivers: Mothers and child care teachers. Child Development. 63, 859-66.
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network (1996). Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive care giving. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11. 269-306.
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network (1997). Poverty and patterns of child care. In J. Brookes-Gunn and G. Duncan (Eds.), Consequences of Growing Up Poor. New York: Russell Sage.
Love, J.M., P.Z. Schochet and L.L. Mechstroth (1996). Are they in any real danger: What research does-and doesn't-tell us about child care quality and children's well-being. Child Care Research and Policy Papers Series, Lessons from Child Care Research, Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Princeton, NJ: Mathematic Policy Research.
Phillips, D.A. (ed.) (1995). Child care for low-income families: Summary of two workshops. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
The following sources are recommended reading to learn more about Head Start-child care partnerships:
Implementing Full Start: A Head Start Expansion Initiative of KCMC Child Development Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri. A Research and Evaluation Monograph. Kansas City, KS. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Kraus, A. and A. Chaudry, The Settlement House Initiative: Merging Head Start and Daycare in New York. Public Welfare, Fall 1995.
One Million Child Safety Guides Donated to Head Start
"Dots for Tots" Teaches Children What to Do in Emergencies
Head Start thanks Millennium Chemicals, Inc. of New Jersey for its generous contribution of the "Dots for Tots" 9-1-1 emergency training guides. "Dots for Tots" contains red dot stickers for practicing how and when to dial 9-1-1 in the case of a fire, choking, unconsciousness, or an intruder. The training guides were distributed to Head Start programs at the end of last year.
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