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National Research Council, Panel on Research on Child Abuse and Neglect. 1993. Understanding child abuse and neglect. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 393 pp.

Annotation: This book reports the findings of an expert panel established to develop a research agenda for future studies of child and adolescent maltreatment. The panel was to examine the quality of existing research, determine areas of strength and weakness, and offer guidance regarding ways in which current and future research resources might be directed to improve the development of the field. Topics include identification and definitions of child maltreatment, scope of the problem, etiology of maltreatment, prevention, consequences of abuse and neglect, intervention and treatment, human resources, instrumentation, and research infrastructure, ethical and legal issues in maltreatment research, and research priorities.

Keywords: Adolescents, Child abuse, Child neglect, Children, Family violence, Injury prevention, Measurement tools, Population surveillance, Program development, Psychology, Research

Fiene R. 1986. National child care regulatory, monitoring and evaluation systems model. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children; Springfield, VA: distributed by ERIC Document Reproduction Service, 18 pp. (ERIC reports)

Annotation: This paper discusses the relation between regulatory compliance and quality child care services. It notes trends in evaluation research that had been used previously in this subject and suggests using a measurement tool similar to the "Generic Checklist of Monitoring Day Care" which employs an indicator checklist statistical model. The checklist approach notes that three main factors affect the quality of child care programs: the curriculum, parental participation, and overall administrative organization. The paper suggests ways that states can modify the methodology to generate their own indicator checklists and indicates thirteen items that should be included in a generic checklist. The paper also indicates that states should use the indicator checklist in combination with other evaluation methods to assure the quality of child care services.

Keywords: Child care, Family child care, Measurement tools, Quality assurance

Fiene R. 1986. State child care regulatory, monitoring and evaluation systems as a means for ensuring quality child development programs. Springfield, VA: distributed by ERIC Document Reproduction Service, 16 pp. (ERIC reports)

Annotation: This report considers the effectiveness of using the Child Care Indicator Checklist Statistical Model developed by the Children's Services Monitoring Transfer Consortium. The model is a regulatory, monitoring, and evaluation systems model. It relies upon identifying predictors that correlate regulatory compliance and the quality of programs in a child care center to positive impacts in a child's development. The implications of previous research in compliance and quality studies based on the Child Development Program Evaluation Licensing Scale (CDPE) and the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS) are compared to this model. Possible policy implications for state child care regulatory agencies and for child care centers if this model were to be used are noted.

Keywords: Child care, Family child care, Guideline adherence, Health and safety, Measurement tools, Quality assurance

Children's Services Monitoring Transfer Consortium. 1985. Generic checklist for day care monitoring. Washington, DC: Children's Services Monitoring Transfer Consortium; Springfield, VA: distributed by ERIC Document Reproduction Service, 13 pp. (ERIC reports)

Annotation: This report provides a checklist of generic predictor items based on research on day care monitoring methods conducted by the Children's Services Monitoring Transfer Consortium. The checklist can be used to determine the compliance of child care centers with standards in the following areas: administration, staff qualifications, environmental safety, health, and nutrition. The report discusses the generic indicators and then suggests ways of using them to monitor a day care program. Related research that is being done on this subject is noted in an appendix.

Keywords: Guideline adherence, Child care, Child care workers, Family child care, Health and safety, Measurement tools, Nutrition, Quality assurance, Standards
   

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