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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Children's centres
Charlton, Angela, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW010). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A study of characteristics of Sure Start children's centers, which provide integrated child development services including child care, in the United Kingdom, including centers' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of center managers

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21C: A decade of school-based child care
Deemer, Erin, 1998
Principal, 77(3), 43-46

A descriptive overview of Schools of the 21st Century, comprehensive child care programs for children from birth to age 12 years

Fact Sheets & Briefs

21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) analytic support for evaluation and monitoring: An overview of the 21st CCLC program: 2003-04
United States. Department of Education, 2005
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.

A description of the state-administered 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs, 2003-2004

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21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) analytic support for evaluation and monitoring: An overview of the 21st CCLC program: 2003-04 [Executive summary]
United States. Department of Education, 2005
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.

A summary of a description of the state-administered 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs, 2003-2004

Executive Summary

The Abbott preschool program: Fifth year report on enrollment and budget: A report of the Abbott Indicators Project
Applewhite, Erain, October 2003
Newark, NJ: Education Law Center.

A study of the Abbott preschool program’s overall enrollment, overall budget, and its placement of children with disabilities, and a study of Head Start enrollment in the low income Abbott districts of New Jersey

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ABCs of early mathematics experiences
Hansen, Laurie E., 2005
Teaching Children Mathematics, 12(4), 208-212

A discussion of how concepts in mathematics can be introduced through life experiences in preschool classrooms and at home, such as in activities involving nature, money, playing, bathing, and cooking

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Accelerating language development through picture book reading: A systematic extension to Mexican day care
Valdez-Menchaca, Marta C., 1992
Developmental Psychology, 28(6), 1106-1114

A study evaluating children's language abilities after the completion of a six to seven week dialogic reading program

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Access to the general education curriculum for preschoolers with disabilities: Children’s school success
Lieber, Joan, 2008
Exceptionality: a special education journal, 16(1), 18-32

A study of the academic and social skill gains of 58 children with disabilities during their preschool year in classrooms using the Children’s School Success (CSS) curriculum

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Access to print for children in poverty: Differential effects of adult mediation and literacy-enriched play settings on environmental and functional print tasks
Neuman, Susan B., 1993
American Educational Research Journal, 30(1), 95-122

An article on the effects of adult interaction and literacy environment on literacy development in Head Start children.

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The acquisition of literacy skills in 4 and 5 year olds
Smith, Teri L, May 2009
Unpublished master’s thesis, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall

An examination of literacy skills acquisition in 16 4 and 5 year old preschoolers in a School Readiness program in a medium sized school district in southwestern Minnesota

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Act up, calm down: Mental health consultants for preschools surprise with their success
Waldman, Hillary, June 18, 2007
Hartford Courant, (),

An overview of Connecticut’s Early Childhood Consultation Partnership, a measurement of the effect of the child- and classroom-management advice of mental health professionals on the number of classroom behavior problems, and the quality of teacher-child interaction, and teacher beliefs, practices, and job satisfaction

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Adaptation interventions to promote participation in natural settings
Campbell, Philippa H., April/June 2008
Infants and Young Children, 21(2), 94-106

Guidelines for the inclusion of Assistive Technology (AT) in the Individual Family Service Plans (IFSP) and Individualized Education Programs (IEP) created to assist young children with disabilities participate in their family and child care environments

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Adding two school age children: Does it change quality in family child care?
Howes, Carollee, 1997
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 12(3), 327-342

A study of family child care provider quality and caregiver sensitivity before and after enrolling two additional school-age children to these programs

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''Adding two school age children'': (A family child care professional's response)
Eaton, Deborah, 1997
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 12(3), 343-345

A critique of a study of observed changes to provider quality and caregiver sensitivity after the addition of school-age children in 28 family child care programs

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Addressing asthma management challenges in a multisite, urban Head Start program
Garwick, Ann W., July/August 2010
Public Health Nursing, 27(4), 329-336

A participatory action research project to develop an action plan to address asthma management challenges identified by Head Start teachers in a midwestern multisite urban program

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Addressing disruptive behaviors in the preschool classroom: An adaptation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for Head Start teachers
Collett, Brent R., 2002
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Utah State University, Logan

A study describing the development, implementation, and evaluation of an early intervention program designed to improve teaching strategies and practices for Head Start children with behavioral problems

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Addressing early learning standards for all children within blended preschool classrooms
Grisham-Brown, Jennifer, November 2009
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 29(3), 131-142

Examination of intensive instruction embedded into classroom activities and routines on the acquisition and maintenance of prewriting skills for children with various abilities across blended preschool classrooms examined across 3 studies with a total of 9 children

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Adequacy of responses given by low income and middle income kindergarten children in structured adult-child conversations
Gordon, Alice M., 1984
Developmental Psychology, 20(5), 881-892

A study of structured adult-child conversations, the ability of children to give adequate responses, and the contributing factors of the subjects’ socioeconomic status and child care arrangements; the sample population included 15 black low-income children from a preschool intervention program, 15 black low-income children from a nonintervention program, and 15 middle-income children

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Adjustment Scales for Preschool Intervention: Extending validity and relevance across multiple perspectives
Bulotsky-Shearer, Rebecca, 2004
Psychology in the Schools, 41(7), 725-736

Two studies evaluating the behavioral and emotional difficulties of Head Start preschool children, and assessing the reliability and concurrent validity of the Adjustment Scales for Preschool Intervention (ASPI)

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Adjustment to the first year in school: A Singapore perspective
Yeo, Lay See, 2006
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 14(2), 55-68

An examination of adjustment to school by 90 first graders from different ethnic, language, and socioeconomic backgrounds entering a school in western Singapore

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Advancement of preschoolers' resilience: The A.R.Y.A. Project
Israelashvili, Moshe, 2003
Early Childhood Education Journal, 31(2), 101-105

A discussion of the Advancement of Preschoolers’ Resilience Project's (A.R.Y.A.) resiliency-building intervention program for 4-year-old kindergarten students in Israel

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Advocating for after-school programs
Friedman, Lucy N., 2002
Ideas for an Open Society, 2(2).

A review of the benefits of after-school programs for school-age children

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An African American youth mentoring program: A pilot study
Johnson, Martin K., 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

An investigation of the effectiveness of a youth mentoring program in terms of character, skills, and attitude development in order to help prepare African American young people for school and life success

Reports & Papers

Afterschool and healthy lifestyles
Afterschool Alliance, 2002
(Afterschool Alert Issue Brief No. 8). Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

An issue brief that discusses how afterschool programs with a physical fitness component can promote health, improve children's eating habits, and encourage self esteem

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Afterschool and technology training
Afterschool Alliance, 2001
(Afterschool Alert Issue Brief No. 5). Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

An informational brief that uses nationally representative examples of after school programs that help school age children acquire technological skills that they will need for future academic success and employment

Fact Sheets & Briefs

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