California

Cancer
SN Any of the various malignant neoplasms characterized by the proliferation of anaplastic cells that tend to invade surrounding tissue and metastasize to new body sites.
BT Diseases
RT Special health problems

Career development
UF Professional development
SN Activities to enhance professional career growth.
NT Staff development
RT Continuing education
   Parents as teachers

Caregivers
SN Individuals who provide personal care to others, including professionals, nonprofessionals, family members and friends.
NT Child caregiver
   Family caregiver
RT Dental health professionals
   Emergency care professionals
   Health care professionals

Case studies
SN Detailed analyses, usually focusing on a particular problem of an individual, group or organization.
BT Evaluation methods
   Research Studies
NT Longitudinal studies
RT Research

Case load
SN The number of cases handled in a given period, for example, by a social service agency.
RT Child welfare professionals
   Psychologists
   Social workers

Caucasians
 USE Whites

Center-based program option
SN Refers to programs that provide for the growth and development of children, including physical development through outdoor and indoor active play, and the development of cognitive and language skills through creative expression at a Head Start sponsored facility.
RT Child development centers
   Child guidance clinics
   Home-based program option

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
BT Department of Health and Human Services
RT Public Health Service

Certification
SN The state of being' certified as meeting a certain standard.
RT Accreditation
   Licensing
   State government
   State licensing boards

Certified dietary managers
RT Dietitians

Chicken pox
SN An acute contagious disease, primarily of children, that is caused by the varicella zoster virus and characterized by skin eruptions, slight fever and malaise.
DT Childhood diseases
   Contagious diseases
RT Immunizations
   Measles mumps rubella
   Pertussis

Child abuse
UF Abused children
SN To hurt or injure a child by maltreatment or neglect.
BT Antisocial behavior
RT Child health
   Child neglect
   Child welfare
   Family preservation and support
   Family violence
   Mandatory reporting
   Parent-child relationship

Child Abuse Prevention, Adoption and Family Services Act of 1988

Child advocacy
SN Active mobilization of social, economic, and legal resources for the purpose of the individual child's basic rights and developmental needs.
BT Advocacy
RT Child health
   Child welfare
   Childhood needs
   Children's rights
   Family advocacy
   Family preservation

Child and Adolescent Service System Programs

Child and Adult Care Food Program

Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP)
SN The program offers a broad range of services including home visits for infants, special services for developmentally delayed children, and therapeutic services such as crisis intervention and counseling as needed.

Child behavior
SN The manner in which children act.
BT Behavior
RT Behavior management

Child care
UF Inf  ant care
SN Nurturing care of children of any age in any setting, to meet their physical, mental, emotional and social needs.
BT Child rearing
NT Diapering
RT Child development centers
   Early childhood development
   Foster care

Child Care and Development Block Grants
SN Grants that fund state efforts to provide quality child care services for vulnerable family members who work, train for work, or attend school.
BT Grants
RT Federal state relationship
   Financial support

Child care agencies
UF Early childhood agencies
BT Agencies
RT Child care centers
   Child development centers

Child Care Bureau
BT Administration for Children and Families

Child care centers
UF Day care centers
   Early childhood facilities
SN Professionally run facilities that care for groups of children on a partial or full day basis.
BT Child care services
RT Child care

Child Care Initiative
SN Local partnerships between Head Start guarantees and child care agencies that provide high quality comprehensive early childhood services via full-day programs which enable parents to work. Child care in child care centers and family child care homes is supported through a combination of Head Start resources and other funding.
RT Early Head Start

Child care legislation
 USE Laws

Child care professionals
SN Individuals specially trained to deal with children and issues relating to their development and education
UF Child care providers

Child care providers
 USE Child care centers or Child care professionals

Child Care Resource and Referral Agency

Child care services
RT Child care professionals
   Child health services
   Nursery schools
   Welfare services

Child Care Work Group
SN A working group composed of Federal staff who identify and implement ways to support partnerships, bring down barriers, and share lessons and examples of successful community and state-level efforts.
BT Administration on Children, Youth and. Families

Child development
SN Refers to the process of enhancing a child's strengths by building trust, fostering independence, encouraging self-control, encouraging respect, supporting and respecting the child's home language.
BT Individual development NT Cognitive development
   Emotional development
   Language development
   Motor development
   Physical development
   Social development
   Verbal development
RT Child development centers
   Child development professionals
   Developmental delays
   Developmentally appropriate practices

Child development and education services
SN Services supported by staff or consultants with training and experience in areas that include the theories and principles of child growth and development, early childhood education and family support.
RT Child development
   Early childhood education
   Family preservation and support

Child Development Associate(CDA)
SN A credential in early childhood education required for staff working as teachers. A prerequisite for licensing day care providers at Head Start facilities.
RT Licensing
   Qualifications

Child development centers
SN Educational facilities for preschool children, which also provide health and family services, whose professional staff contribute to the total development of the child.
RT Child development
   Child development professionals
   Early childhood education
   Nursery schools
   Preschool children

Child development professionals
SN Persons whose professional training has prepared them to understand and work with the changes that take place in children as they develop from birth to maturity. They may work with professionals, paraprofessionals, or parents, as well as with children.
RT Child development
   Child development centers
   Child health care professionals
   Child psychology
   Child welfare professionals
   Dental health professionals
   Education professionals
   Psychologists

Child education professionals
 USE Education professionals

Child guidance
RT Behavior management
   Child guidance clinics

Child guidance clinics
SN Facilities that provide services for the diagnosis and treatment of behavioral and emotional disorders.
RT Behavior disorders
   Emotional disturbances
   Mental health services

Child health
UF Child health care
RT Child abuse
   Child development
   Child neglect
   Child psychology
   Dental health
   Diseases
   Family health
   Health services
   Immunization programs
   Mental health
   Nutrition
   Physical fitness
   Prenatal care
   Prenatal influences
   Preventive health services
   Public health
   Special health problems
   Well child care

Child health aid safety
BT Child health
   Health and safety
RT Accident prevention
   Injury prevention
   Preventive dental services
   Preventive health services

Child Health care
 USE Child health

Child health care professionals
SN Persons whose professional training has prepared them to understand and work with diseases and disorders in children.
BT Health care professionals
NT Pediatricians
RT Child development professionals
   Child welfare professionals
   Dental health professionals
   Education professionals
   Nutrition professionals

Child health record
BT Child health
   Health record
RT Record-keeping
   Records management

Child health services
BT Health care services
RT Child care services

Child health status

Child-initiated activities
BT Activities
RT Child behavior
   Games

Child involvement
UF Child participation
SN Participation of the individual child in development and education activities.
RT Family involvement
   Parent involvement

Child language
 USE Language

Child mental health
 USE Mental health

Child neglect
UF Neglected children
SN Failure of parents or caretakers to provide to children the care essential for normal development.
RT Child abuse
   Child health
   Child rearing
   Child welfare
   Children
   Family preservation and support
   Parent-child relationship

Child nutrition
 USE Nutrition

Child Nutrition Programs(Department of Agriculture)
SN All Early Head Start and Head Start grantee and delegate agencies must use funds from USDA's Food and Consumer Services child nutrition programs as the primary source of payment for meal services.

Child observation methods
UF Observation methods

Child Observation skills
UF Observation skills

Child observations
UF Observations ions
SN Direct or intentional examination of children and the situations in which they act.
RT Information collection
   Parent involvement

Child-parent relationship
 USE Parent-child relationship

Child participation
 USE Child involvement

Child protective services
SN Professionals and agencies to which child abuse must be reported under State or Tribal law.
RT Child abuse
   Child welfare agencies
   Welfare agencies

Child psychology
BT Psychology
RT Child development professionals
   Child health
   Developmental psychology
   Psychologists
   Psychotherapy

Child rearing
SN Care of children by parents, guardians, or other primary caregivers.
RT Child development
   Child neglect
   Infant care
   Parent-child relationship
   Parenting education
   Toilet training

Child restraint devices (in vehicles)
SN A device such as a seat belt or small car seat with a seat belt used to control and protect a child in a motor vehicle.
RT Child health and safety Transportation safety

Child- staff relationship
 USE Staff-child relationship

Child Supervision
RT Child observations
   Staffing patterns

Child welfare
RT Child abuse
   Child neglect
   Child welfare professionals
   Childhood needs
   Children's rights
   Early parenthood

Child welfare professionals
RT Child development professionals
   Child health care professionals
   Dental health professionals
   Education professionals
   Nutrition professionals
   Psychologists
   Social workers

Child welfare program
BT Program
NT Home visits
RT Community programs

Child welfare research
BT Research
RT Child welfare professionals

Childhood
 USE Children

Childhood diseases
SN Diseases that primarily affect children.
BT Diseases
NT Chicken pox
   Measles
   Mumps
 Pertussis is
   Rubella
RT Contagious diseases
   Immuni zation programs
   Vaccines for Children program

Childhood needs
SN Those experiences, attentions, etc. which are necessary for the physical, biological, intellectual, personal and social development of children.
RT Child development
   Child health
   Child welfare
   Children's rights
   Psychological needs

Childhood schizophrenia
SN Early appearance of the disorder, usually after age one and before age eleven, characterized by the inability to make affective contact with the environment.
BT Schizophrenia
RT Autism
   Mental disorders
   Psychosis

Children
UF Childhood
SN Aged birth through approximately 12 years. Whenever possible, use one of the following narrower terms.
RT Child development
   Child health
   Child psychology
   Children with disabilities
   Children's rights
   Parent-child relationship

Children at risk
 USE At-risk children

Children with disabilities
UF Handicapped children
   Infants and toddlers with disabilities
   Physically handicapped children
   Preschool children with disabilities
SN For children 3 to 5 years of age, those with mental retardation; hearing impairments, including deafness, speech or language impairments; visual impairments including blindness; serious emotional disturbances; orthopedic impairments; autism; traumatic brain injury; other health impairments; specific learning disabilities; deaf-blindness; or multiple disabilities, and who by reason thereof, need special education and related services. The term may, at a State's discretion, include children experiencing developmental delays, as defined by the State and as measured by appropriate diagnostic measurements.
RT Disabilities coordinator

Children With Special Health Care Service (state)
UF State Children With Special Health Care Service

Children's art
SN The process and/or the results of children's production of art objects or artifacts. RT Art education
   Art therapy
   Creative expression
   Museums

Children's Bureau
BT Administration for Children, Youth and Families

Children's Justice and Assistance Act of 1986

Children's rights
SN Legal and human- rights of children, pertaining to the physical and psychological welfare in such areas as guardianship, custody, child abuse, and juvenile court proceedings.
BT Civil rights
RT Child advocacy
   Parent's rights

Chronic illnesses
SN Disease or ailment of long duration or frequent recurrence and often of increasing severity.
BT Diseases
RT Long-term care
   Special health problems

Civil rights
SN Rights of all individuals to equality under the law, sometimes denied because of personal characteristics.
RT Children's rights
   Equal access
   Minority groups
   Parent's rights

Class size
BT Classrooms
RT Staff-child ratio
   Staffing patterns

Classroom staff
 USE Teachers

Classrooms
SN Spaces designed or adapted for group instruction, including general and special classrooms but excludes large assembly rooms such as auditoriums, lunch rooms and gymnasiums.
BT Educational facilities
RT School space

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