Child Care for Children with and without Disabilities: The Provider, Observer, and Parent Perspectives

Autor/inn/en	Knoche, Lisa; Peterson, Carla A.; Edwards, Carolyn Pope; Jeon, Hyun-Joo
Titel	Child Care for Children with and without Disabilities: The Provider, Observer, and Parent Perspectives
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21 (2006) 1, S.93-109 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2006
DOI	10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.01.001
Schlagwörter	Disabilities; Young Children; Telephone Surveys; Child Care; Child Care Centers; Satisfaction; Parent Attitudes; Parents; Inclusive Schools; Preschool Education; Mainstreaming; Child Caregivers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Handicap; Behinderung; Frühe Kindheit; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Zufriedenheit; Elternverhalten; Eltern; Inclusive school; Integrative Schule; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children
Abstract	This three-phase study, part of a larger study conducted by the Midwest Child Care Research Consortium (MCCRC), investigated the characteristics of child care providers in inclusive and non-inclusive center-based classrooms and family child care homes, the observed quality of care in a subset of these programs, and families' perceptions of quality and satisfaction with child care services. A telephone survey of 2022 randomly selected Midwestern providers, 36% of whom provided inclusive services, revealed that inclusive providers rated themselves higher on most quality-related indicators. Inclusion status was related to observed quality in family childcare homes (n=132), with non-inclusive homes higher, while trends in the opposite direction were observed in preschool center-based classrooms (n=112) but not in infant/toddler center-based classrooms (n=105). Six percent of the 1325 parents surveyed reported parenting a child with a disability. These parents indicated less income, and more frequent changes in child care settings than other families, and reported the quality of their children's child care as good, particularly if center-based. Improved access to inclusive child care services and enhanced training opportunities related to serving children with disabilities and inclusion, especially for family child care providers, is recommended. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10