Sentences with phrase «important child care resource»

Camp can be an important child care resource.

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Be an important part of Carolina Parent's 2017 - 18 Education Guide and in our online directories for education, preschool and child care resources.

This proposal would provide the resources to help states implement those important reforms and support the expansion of access to quality child care programs staffed by early educators that can provide developmentally appropriate services that promote the healthy development and school readiness of young children

«Dr. Vanessa Lapointe explores the important question of why we discipline rather than just how... by showing that children really need kindness, fairness and a caring, safe environment, Dr. Lapointe has created a trustworthy resource for parents.»

Providing or helping parents gain access to other types of supports and resources, such as medical or child care resources, is also an important feature of these programs.16, 3

The most important criteria for choosing a children's hospital to care for a child with a solid tumor is to select a hospital that can offer the full range of diagnostic and treatment resources.

Parenting programmes are recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as evidence - based interventions for several child psychological problems including for parents of children with ASD8 and children with intellectual disability.9 Group - based parent programmes can be effective in reducing behavioural problems in children with ASD, 10 improving dysfunctional parenting styles, 10 increasing parents» ability to facilitate their children's development of communication skills11, 12 and increasing children's vocabulary.11 Group parent programmes also have the added benefit of providing social support for the parents.13 This is especially important given that parents of children with ASD are more likely to experience depression and stress, particularly parents of young children and of children with high levels of behavioural problems.4 — 6 Therefore, group interventions show promise as a valuable resource to help parents.

QRIS offer a promising framework for delivering child care and provider supports, but a lack of funding can hamper the effectiveness of QRIS as a strategy to improve quality.7 While the rating and parent information aspects are important, well - designed QRIS should direct the majority of their resources toward supporting providers to achieve and maintain quality, and they should be integrated into the wider state early childhood system.

South African fatherhood research indicates that fathers are important in the well - being of children (Richter, Chikovore, & Makusha, 2010; Spjeldnaes et al., 2011) and that the construct of fatherhood is evolving from the father as patriarchal breadwinner to the new involved caring co-parent (Hinckley, Ferreira, & Maree, 2007; Mkhize, 2006; Morrell et al., 2003; Roy, 2008) Furthermore, there is agreement among fatherhood researchers that fathers are an underutilised resource in terms of the contribution they could potentially make in the lives of their children (Desmond & Desmond, 2006; Montgomery, Hosegood, Busza, & Timæus 2006; Morrell et al., 2003).

An evolutionary perspective suggests that father involvement has been important in the increased fertility of human hunter - gatherers compared with the other great apes.21 - 23 That observation contrasts, however, with a world today where fertility levels are plummeting in most countries, with fathers typically investing large amounts of resources and care in few offspring over prolonged periods.6, 24 In this latter case, the time and resources provided by fathers may help develop a child's social and educational capital, in turn helping him / her succeed socially as an adult.25

Providing or helping parents gain access to other types of supports and resources, such as medical or child care resources, is also an important feature of these programs.16, 3