Supporting family child care and quality improvement: findings from an exploratory survey of Illinois child care resource and referral agency staff

Bromer, Juliet; Weaver, Corinne

doi:10.1186/s40723-016-0020-8

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“…Access to more comprehensive data on the US child care workforce's completed training could be helpful for illuminating their training needs in terms of topics and intensity (e.g., 1-h beginner training versus multiple-hour intermediate or advanced courses). However, gathering and analyzing such data would admittedly be methodologically challenging due to the number of local and state child care resource and referral agencies, community colleges, state agencies, and other non-and for-profit organizations which provide training aimed at the birth to age 5 US child care workforce (Bromer and Weaver 2016;Cannon et al 2016;Cox et al 2015; National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies 2008).…”

Section: Limitations Of the Study And Implications For Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Online child care training in the United States: a preliminary investigation of who participates, what is offered, and on which topics the workforce is focusing

Ackerman

2017

ICEP

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Section: Limitations Of the Study And Implications For Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Online child care training in the United States: a preliminary investigation of who participates, what is offered, and on which topics the workforce is focusing

Ackerman

2017

ICEP

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“…A typical hub staff complement dedicated to HCC should consist of an appropriate number of early childhood educators with additional training in working with HCC providers (Bromer et al 2009; Bromer and Weaver 2016). The actual hub staffing will vary according the number of homes within the designated service area but, as a team they will: provide professional development opportunities; observe individual children's development; help develop individual plans and arrange for special needs assessment and supports as required; and conduct unscheduled in‐home visits to support individual child care providers on an as‐required basis.…”

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Ontario as a case study for modernizing Home Child Care licensing and support

Varmuza¹,

Perlman²,

White³

2021

Can Public Adm

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In this study we demonstrate why oversight and monitoring of the home child care (HCC) sector deserves more scrutiny and policy attention in Canada. Focusing on Ontario as a key case given its population and particular licensing model, we propose a model of licensing which would bring HCC in line with requirements in child care centres and ensure all HCC providers are licensed and monitored. Recognizing that licensing alone does not guarantee quality child care, we propose a system of program supports to accompany licensing. Finally, we estimate the costs associated with implementing our proposal and demonstrate that on a per provider/child basis our model is much more cost effective and equitable than the current system.

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“…Web-managed coaching and consultations and individualized instructional modules can be envisaged under the newer norms of physical distancing. Furthermore initiation of caregiver-led formal peer suppyort networking platforms (Bromer et al 2009; Snyder et al, 2012) and ‘reciprocal peer coaching’; in which observation and feedback is performed by caregivers upon each other, (Donegan et al, 2000) would expand the learning opportunities and technical assistance within the caregiver groups. Structural changes in the CCIs with regards to perpetuating caregivers’ tenure and limiting number of caregiver per child is suggested (Crockenberg et al, 2008) as it helps instill stability in care management in children’s development.…”

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Restructuring Institutional Care: Challenges and Coping Measures for Children and Caregivers in Post-COVID-19 Era

Roy

2020

Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond

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The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has rattled the world and has severely compromised not only the public health system but has decelerated the global economy. In this backdrop, the article explores the dynamics of the institutional care of the out-of-home care (OHC) children, adolescents and children who are residing in alternative care homes, childcare institutes (CCIs), foster homes and who are in conflict with law like refugees or in juvenile correctional centres. The article attempts to highlight the risk factors and systematic barriers that CCIs and associated functionaries have been confronting in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. It would also catalogue the remedial, preventive and protective initiatives undertaken as best practices. The qualitative content analysis method is used to identify major themes related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and institutional care of children. Critical evaluation of literature reviews, published newspaper reports and articles and documentation of webinar proceedings is performed for theoretical and thematic conceptualisation of this article. The fundamental barriers that surfaced include financial barriers, health and nutrition, social justice, educational barriers, safety issues, administrative barriers, management, rehabilitation and integration of children living in CCIs and the ones who are leaving the CCIs. The unprecedented challenges have exposed the emergency unpreparedness and lacunae in functioning of CCIs in diverse ways. This has necessitated the undeniable need for reframing the regulatory directives for protection of child rights; accounting for the newer structural reforms aiming for standard operating procedures (SOPs); compliance and accountability guidelines; upgrading training and capacity building of the caregivers; addressing issues of psycho-social, mental health and well-being of the children and caregivers; building resilient coping strategies and enhancing the dignity, flexibility, inclusivity and sustainability in the responsive policy formulation regarding overall childcare system. This entails a multi-sectoral, participatory and coordinated approach as envisaged in United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) where the concerned stakeholders, including government legislations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil societies, grassroot organisations, individual CCIs and management staff, would ensure non-discriminatory measures protecting the best interests of the children.

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Supporting family child care and quality improvement: findings from an exploratory survey of Illinois child care resource and referral agency staff

Cited by 15 publications

References 12 publications

Online child care training in the United States: a preliminary investigation of who participates, what is offered, and on which topics the workforce is focusing

Online child care training in the United States: a preliminary investigation of who participates, what is offered, and on which topics the workforce is focusing

Ontario as a case study for modernizing Home Child Care licensing and support

Restructuring Institutional Care: Challenges and Coping Measures for Children and Caregivers in Post-COVID-19 Era

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