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Miller, Melinda G.; Knowles, Meg; Grieshaber, Susan – Australian Educational Researcher, 2011
In Australia, eligible long day care services may apply for support at the state level to assist with the transition of children from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds into childcare settings. For staff in childcare services, this support comes in the form of a cultural support worker (CSW). The primary role of a CSW is to build…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Student Diversity, Staff Development
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Gabhainn, Saoirse Nic; Dolan, Pat; Canavan, John; O'Higgins, Siobhan – Child Care in Practice, 2009
The needs of all service users include those related to physical, emotional, sexual and mental health. This article documents where child health needs are recognised and being met within family support services in the west of Ireland, investigates whether there is variation across different types of family support services and presents the views…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Family Programs, Mental Health, Child Health
Crawford, Cameron; And Others – 1993
This study looks at Canadian families' efforts to begin an inclusive life for their children with disabilities--and for society--"right off the bat," in the child care arena. It examines quality child care situations that welcome children with disabilities. It explores needed reform of public policy and programs to build on those…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Day Care, Disabilities, Family Involvement
SSTA Research in Brief, 1995
Interviews with 12 principals of K-12 schools in rural Saskatchewan examined practices enacted in 1992-93 to lessen the effects of the farm economic crisis on students. A seven-section literature review describes the financial, personal, family, and community components of the farm crisis in Canada and the United States and provides an overview of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Problems