Group Functioning in Child Care Centers

A Framework for Effective Management in Child Care Centers

Given the importance of care centers in helping with the children’s developmental processes, the management style and model employed therein becomes crucial in terms of its effectiveness. To define a framework for effective management in child care centers, a set of 163 articles/documents was reviewed and 55 of them, meeting the predetermined criteria, were identified. By synthesizing the findi...

Playground hazards in Atlanta child care centers.

We identified 684 playground hazards in 66 child care centers despite regulations mandating that the grounds be hazard-free. Of 21 centers with less than or equal to 5 hazards, 42.9 percent reported a playground-related injury in the previous year; of 25 centers with 6-11 hazards, 52.0 percent reported a playground-related injury; and of 20 centers with greater than or equal to 12 hazards, 60.0...

School Functioning of a Particularly Vulnerable Group: Children and Young People in Residential Child Care

A large proportion of the children and young people in residential child care in Spain are there as a consequence of abuse and neglect in their birth families. Research has shown that these types of adverse circumstances in childhood are risk factors for emotional and behavioral problems, as well as difficulties in adapting to different contexts. School achievement is related to this and repres...

Indoor and Outdoor Air Fungus Bioaerosols in Khorramabad Day Care Child Centers Western of Iran, 2018

Introduction: the aim of this study was to determine the quantity and quality of indoor and outdoor air fungus bioaerosols in Khorramabad day care child centers. Materials and Methods: A total of 180 air samples were collected from 10 centers in 2018. The samples included 7 indoor and 2 outdoor sampling points. The total number of children was 580. Sampling of fungal bioaerosols was performed ...

Policy on Oral Health in Child Care Centers.