Early Head Start

Jerald, Judith

doi:10.1037/e304942004-001

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“…High-quality child care can offer the stimulation and nurturance needed to promote healthy development and school readiness (Barnett, 1995). Indeed, quality child care can be a mitigating factor to the long-term effects of poverty (ACF, 2004; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Early Child Care Research Network [NICHD ECCRN], 2000Shonkoff & Phillips, 2000). Children with disabilities benefit when their child care experiences are of high quality (Booth & Kelly, 1999;Odom, 2002), and when they also receive individualized early intervention services (Booth & Kelly, 1998).…”

Section: Importance Of Quality Child Carementioning

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Child Care for Low-Income Children with Disabilities: Access, Quality, and Parental Satisfaction

Wall

Kisker²,

Peterson

et al. 2006

Journal of Early Intervention

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Using data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, this study analyzed the similarities and differences of variables associated with child care services for low-income families with young children with disabilities and low-income families with typically developing children. Four major variables were analyzed: access to child care; maternal participation in self-sufficiency activities, such as work or education; quality of care; and parental satisfaction with care. Rates of child care utilization and maternal self sufficiency activities were similar for both groups. At age 3, however, children with disabilities received care of lower quality than their typically developing peers, and their parents were less satisfied with the child care arrangements. Policy and research implications, stressing the importance of improving child care quality for low-income children with disabilities across all types of settings, are presented.

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