Smart Start and quality inclusive child care in North Carolina: Study highlights

Description:

Highlights of a study examining the role of Smart Start in supporting high quality inclusive child care in North Carolina based on interviews with 92 parents and professionals from inclusive child care centers nominated as high quality programs

Resource Type:

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Author(s):

Buysse Virginia; Bernier Kathleen; Skinner Debra; Wesley Patricia W.

Publisher(s):

Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center

Funder(s):

North Carolina. Division of Child Development

Country:

United States

Date Issued:

2000

Source:

Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center. Retrieved October 19, 2007, from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/%7esmartstart/REPORTS/SmartStart_QualityInclusiveChildCare_May2000.pdf

Note:

This resource is part of the Smart Start Evaluation.

Topics:

1. Children & Child Development > 1.3. Children with Special Needs & Special Child Populations > 1.3.1. Children with Special Needs

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Smart Start and quality inclusive child care in North Carolina: Study highlights

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