A review of the Child Development Associate Credential

Berk, Laura E.; Berson, Minnie Perrin

doi:10.1007/bf01133637

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“…The exosystem level refers to society at large, within which the child does not function directly. For instance, the parent's work schedule may influence the parent's availability and interaction with their child (Berk, 2013). The macrosystem refers to the outermost layer in the child's environment.…”

Section: Understanding Child Development Through the Lens Of The Ecol...mentioning

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The Relationship Between Food Insecurity, the Child Support Grant and Childcare Arrangements

Tyabashe-Phume,

Swart,

Zembe-Mkabile

2024

SWORK

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Food insecurity is endemic in South Africa because of high levels of poverty. Children in foodinsecure households may be exposed to childcare instabilities. However, the role of social protection in mediating the relationship between food insecurity and childcare arrangements is not well understood. This study explored the relationship between food insecurity, childcare arrangements and the child support grant (CSG) in a township in Cape Town. The study designwas mixed-methods; a hunger scale was administered to 120 participants and in-depth interviews conducted with 23 primary caregivers of children under 2 years of age. The findings indicated that despite being food insecure, many households had stable childcare arrangements, presumably because of the CSG and the age of the children at the time of the study. Further research is needed to unpack the relationship between food insecurity, childcare arrangementsand the CSG. Keywords: childcare arrangements, child support grant, food insecurity

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confidence: 99%

“…The macrosystem refers to the outermost layer in the child's environment. This level comprises cultural values, customs and laws (Berk, 2000;Berk 2013). The effects of larger principles defined by the macrosystem have a cascading influence throughout the interactions of all other layers.…”

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The Relationship Between Food Insecurity, the Child Support Grant and Childcare Arrangements

Tyabashe-Phume,

Swart,

Zembe-Mkabile

2024

SWORK

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“…There have been remarkably few published reports on either the validation of the credentialing process or the effects of CDA training on the participants or the children they serve (Berk & Berson, 1981;Peters & Benham, in press), and there continues to be considerable debate about the merits of the program (Peters, 1981;Spodek, Saracho, & Peters, in press). With regard to training, few evaluation results have been reported beyond those of the original 13 federally funded CDA pilot projects.…”

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The Reality of Early Childhood

Peters¹,

Deiner

1987

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

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Head Start programs are major providers of early childhood special education services serving over 61,000 3-and 4-year-old children with handicapping conditions each year. Yet many of the teachers within Head Start have little in the way of professional training as teachers in general or as educators of exceptional children in particular. The Child Development Associate (CDA) Credentialing and Training program was established to alleviate this problem. Although over 20,000 CD As have been credentialed, there remains almost no data to support their effectiveness in the classroom. A major research and validation effort is needed for this method of preparing teachers of young handicapped children within Head Start. Head Start and the Handicapped ChildHead Start is a major provider of services to preschool-age handicapped and at-risk children. Head Start programs are often the most TECSE 7(3), 1-58 (1987)

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“…In medicine, pediatricians collected data to find norms and, in consequence, proposed age estimation methods. The methods are used to represent anatomical developmental status of a child and compared with his or her chronological (calendar) age to assess whether any developmental problem is present or not (Berk, 2012, Black and Ferguson, 2016, Kliegman et al, 2015. In case of immigrants and legal judgment, it is essential to define the age of each individual since cares and penalties are differently sentenced based on levels of maturity (Aggrawal, 2009, Franklin et al, 2015, Smith and Brownlees, 2011.…”

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“…Moreover, these methods were invented many decades ago or based on old data which belonged to the generations different from the present days. Some novel studies showed a trend of changes in the representative chronological age for each stages of growth, generation to generation (Berk, 2012, Franklin et al, 2015, Smith and Brownlees, 2011. Therefore, the first aim of this present study is to evaluate the suitability of the commonly used age estimation methods on Thai population.…”

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Age Estimation Methods Using Hand and Wrist Radiographs in a Group of Thai

Benjavongkulchai

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Introduction: Age estimation takes part in a variety of situations, such as growth observation, immigrant registration, legal penalty judgment and body identification. Chronological age usually corresponds with stages of skeletal and dental development. Age estimation by using hand and wrist radiography is the first method of choice for many cases because it is uncomplicated, inexpensive and non-invasive. However, the validity of the result is still questionable mainly because of the influence of ethnic differences. Objectives: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the commonly used age estimation methods on Thai population. The secondary aims were to compare the results between different methods and to find any possible relationship on Thai population. Materials and methods: Hand and wrist radiographs from the Department of Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University were collected. The radiographs were taken between 2011 – 2016 and the patients must not have history of diseases that affect skeletal development. ‘Greulich and Pyle’, ‘Tanner and Whitehouse (TW3-RUS)’, and ‘Fishman’ method were applied for each radiograph. The results from each method and the chronological age were compared using Friedman’s rank test (p<0.05) followed by a Wilcoxon signed ranks test with Bonferroni correction. Results and Discussion: The estimated ages from the three methods were significantly different from the chronological age (p<0.002), except for ‘Tanner and Whitehouse’ in male which showed no significant difference. Overall, the results from each method tended to be overestimated although the tendency of underestimation was found particularly in younger groups. The presence of discordance supported the influence of ethnical factor and secular change on skeletal maturation rate. Conclusions: Tanner and Whitehouse TW3-RUS method was more accurate in predicting the age of contemporary Thais; however, a further adaptation of the method to reduce the discrepancies in late teenagers is recommended.

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A review of the Child Development Associate Credential

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

The Relationship Between Food Insecurity, the Child Support Grant and Childcare Arrangements

The Relationship Between Food Insecurity, the Child Support Grant and Childcare Arrangements

The Reality of Early Childhood

Age Estimation Methods Using Hand and Wrist Radiographs in a Group of Thai

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