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Child Care and Special Needs Children: Challenges for Low-income Families A study of child care for children with special needs that also examines related issues of welfare reform and coordination with early intervention services at the community level. The research is based on focus groups and in-depth interviews with low income parents of children with special needs in six communities in Maine and Connecticut, as well as interviews with welfare caseworkers, early intervention case managers, child care providers, and low-wage employees, to provide a context for parents' perspectives. Surveys of 189 child care providers and 441 parents of children with special needs in Maine was conducted as well as a secondary analysis of data from a sample of families with children with special needs drawn from the National Survey of America's Families. |
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Child care and children with special needs: Challenges for low income families: Parents' voices A qualitative examination of the experiences of a sample of Maine parents and guardians of children with special needs in accessing child care and early intervention services |
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National Survey of America's Families, 1997 A cross-sectional survey of the economic, health, and social characteristics of families in the United States including such topics as child health care, child well being, child behavior problems, child care use, child education and cognitive development, and child social and emotional development. |
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Child Care and Children with Special Needs: Challenges for Low Income Families This project was a mixed-method, multi-level study of low income families of children with special needs and the system which serves them, focusing primarily on child care, employment and balancing work and family. In the first year of the study, qualitative research was conducted to learn directly from parents about their experiences. In the second and third years, a field study of three communities was conducted as well as statewide surveys and analysis of national data bases to supplement the data collected in the first year. |
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National Survey of America's Families, 1999 A cross-sectional survey of the economic, health, and social characteristics of families in the United States covering such topics as child health care, child well being, child behavior problems, child care use, child education and cognitive development, and child social and emotional development. |
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National Survey of America's Families, 2002 A cross-sectional survey of the economic, health, and social characteristics of families in the United States including such topics as child health care, child well being, child behavior problems, child care use, child education and cognitive development, and child social and emotional development. |
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