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Peer reviewedWard, Christopher R.; Smith, Thomas – Community Services Catalyst, 1992
Discusses the development, replication, and outcomes of a community college-based program to train and place older adults in child care jobs. Describes the collaboration between community colleges and Generations Together, an intergenerational program at the University of Pittsburgh. Identifies conditions favoring program expansion and success.…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Child Care Occupations, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Ward, Christopher R.; Smith, Thomas B. – 1993
Recognizing the increasing demand for older adults to work as child care employees, this manual presents the Generations Together model for training older adults at the community college level to work in child care settings. The manual describes the steps necessary to implement a community-college-based, older-adult child care employment training…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Community Colleges
