Enabling Families of Children with Disabilities to Better Access Quality Child Care. Issues in Education

Argues that collaboration between Head Start and early intervention programs can improve accessibility to high quality child care and supports needed to reach and maintain self-sufficiency for low-income families of children with disabilities. Discusses how these systems can develop trusting collabo...

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Published inThe journal of early education and family review Vol. 8; no. 2; p. 12
Main Authors Bhagwanji, Yash, Thomas, Dawn, Bennett, Tess
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2000
Subjects
Access to Services
Agency Cooperation
Child Caregivers
Day Care
Disabilities
Early Childhood Education
Early Head Start
Early Intervention
Family Programs
Interprofessional Relationship
Preschool Teachers
Project Head Start
Special Education
Staff Development
Young Children
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Summary:Argues that collaboration between Head Start and early intervention programs can improve accessibility to high quality child care and supports needed to reach and maintain self-sufficiency for low-income families of children with disabilities. Discusses how these systems can develop trusting collaborative relationships, increase affordability of child care by pooling resources, and implement a unified and effective staff training system. (KB)
ISSN:1084-6603