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Decades of research has documented what is referred to as the “summer slide" – the impact of summer vacation’s learning loss on the educational achievement of children, particularly low-income children. The achievement gap is not really a result of “summer slide” alone but the cumulative effect...
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Topic/Subtopic Promoting Children's Development, Quality Improvement
What is Relationship-Based Care?
Early relationships lay the foundation for all future learning and are at the core of quality care for infants and toddlers in group care settings.
Relationship-based care is:
- A cohesive approach to high-quality care and education...
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This document provides an overview of the work of the Office of Child Care’s National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development (NCTECD), which provides training and technical assistance to the tribes and tribal organizations operating the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)...
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Culturally Responsive Care is the practice of caring for children from culturally diverse families in ways that are consistent with their home practices and values.
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Inclusive care is the practice of actively including infants and toddlers with disabilities or delays in group care settings, with appropriate accommodation and support.
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Individualized Care is the practice of being responsive and adapting to each infant’s and toddler’s interests, needs, abilities, and unique temperament to support their healthy development.
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Continuity of Care is the practice in which primary caregivers and children stay together for as long as possible, preferably the first 3 years, creating opportunities for caregiver-child,caregiver-family, and child-child relationships to develop and deepen over time.
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Primary Care is when an infant or toddler is assigned to one specific caregiver who is principally responsible for caring for that child in the care setting.
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Nationwide, early childhood programs are being encouraged to implement policies to reduce and eliminate preschool expulsion.
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