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Bruce Hurst – Global Studies of Childhood, 2024
How to work with older children has been ongoing question in Australian School Age Care (SAC) for over 30 years. Children aged 10-12 years are often spoken of as a problematic Other whose pose a risk to the younger children who attend SAC in higher proportions. This article aims to address the gap in research about what practices might work with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preadolescents, After School Programs, Child Caregivers
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Maria Lotty; Eleanor Bantry-White; Audrey Dunn-Galvin – Child Care in Practice, 2024
This article presents the findings of a qualitative study of foster carers' and multidisciplinary practitioners' perceptions of foster carers' needs and existing practices in foster care in Ireland. This study explored participants' perceptions of the development of a trauma-informed care (TIC) psychoeducational intervention for foster carers.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trauma Informed Approach, Foster Care, Child Caregivers
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Taja Francis; Lelys Dinarte-Diaz; Shawn Powers; Helen Baker-Henningham – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2024
In response to the global pandemic, we adapted a Jamaican early childhood, violence prevention, parenting program (the Irie Homes Toolbox (IHT)) for virtual delivery. The resultant virtual IHT (vIHT) is a 10-week program that consists of weekly, one-hour, virtual group parenting sessions and e-summary sent via WhatsApp, three SMS messages/week,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Parents
Iulia Moisi; Kirsty McDonald; Elena Chamberlain – National Literacy Trust, 2024
Early Words with Childminders is a programme aiming to support the practice of childminders by providing them evidence-based activities and strategies that foster children's early language development, and confidence and skills to engage with parents. Piloted between September and December 2023, the programme provides practitioners with training…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Caregivers, Preschool Children, Evidence Based Practice