The purpose of this study was to explore the quality of toddler childcare in Norway using the
Infant Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised Edition (ITERS-R;[Harms, Thelma, Debby …

The core aspect within process quality is quality of interactions between caregivers and
children. This article investigates six interaction skills of caregivers in ECEC groups for …

We report on the first representative sample survey of Early Childhood Care and Education
(ECCE) program quality to be conducted in South Africa (n= 242 ECCE centers). The Early …

Background Previous studies underscore the need to improve caregiver–child interactions
in early child care centers. Objective In this study we used a randomized controlled trial to …

Childcare teachers' warm and sensitive responses play a critical role in infant development.
Korean in-service systems do not sufficiently support the interaction quality of childcare …

High-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) is related to childrens'
socioemotional and cognitive development, and the most important aspect regarding quality …

In the current study we aimed to improve center-based child care quality with an attachment-
based program: The Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and …

This study examined early external childcare in relation to development from age 7 to 20. A
Swiss sample was used (N= 1,225; 52% male). Development included multi-informant …

Knowledge on how caregivers engage and interact with groups of toddlers in childcare
settings is limited. Practice in toddler care is often based on individual approaches even …

Whereas various studies have examined the effects of in-service training, relatively little is
known about effective approaches for improving interaction skills among pre-service …