Keyword: Child Care Quality
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Quality in Early Childhood Education
This Q&A explains how quality is measured for early childhood education, what the Quality Rating & Improvement System (QRIS) is, and how program or school accreditation relates to quality.
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Getting Your Child Ready to Return to Childcare
Along with most states in the country, Illinois experienced a shelter-in-place order for several weeks and then started a phased reopening. For many families, this meant their young children did not attend childcare or preschool programs for an extended period of time. If they did keep attending childcare, practices at their childcare centers likely changed.
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Returning to Childcare During COVID-19
Families returning to childcare during the COVID-19 situation may have many questions and concerns.
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Including Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities in Child Care
On this podcast we talk with Dr. Jenna Weglarz-Ward, an assistant professor in early childhood education and early childhood special education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, about the inclusion of infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays in child care settings.
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Self-Regulation: Foundation of Development
This Early Learning Moment provides an over view of the Self-Regulation: Foundation of Development section in the Illinois Early Learning Guidelines for Children Birth to Age 3.
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Inclusive Early Childhood Programs: How One School District Creates a Place for All Young Children
This podcast contains an interview with Ms. Crystal Vowels about inclusive early childhood programs. Ms. Vowels is the principal of the Urbana Early Childhood School in Urbana, IL. In this interview, Ms. Vowels and IEL staff member Dr. Rebecca Swartz discuss key aspects of inclusive early childhood programs including collaboration, curricular adaptations, and interdisciplinary teaming.…
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Transformative Early Childhood Education: An Interview with Dr. Kathleen Gallagher
This podcast is an interview with Dr. Kathleen Gallagher. This interview was recorded during her visit to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus for the Child Development Laboratory’s 75th anniversary lecture in November 2017. In this interview, she discusses her own story of becoming an early childhood educator and shares her perspectives on how…
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Best Practices for Infant and Toddler Care
This resource list contains sources which can aid teachers and caregivers in selecting the best practices for infant and toddler care.
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Starting a Childcare Center in Illinois
Starting a child care center offers an opportunity to positively impact the lives of young children and their families in your community. Before you start caring for young children, there are many things to consider.
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Childcare Options in Illinois
Child care centers provide care for groups of children in a range of settings.