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Childcare & Respite Care Services
Quality childcare services enhance child development and provide support for all parents, including those at risk of abusive behavior. Such services may provide counseling, parent education, positive role modeling, emergency respite, and referrals to community services. Childcare providers are increasingly considered sources of family support beyond the direct care of children.
Childcare services are often a formal part of child protective services and intensive family preservation services. Respite care—temporary relief for primary caregivers to reduce stress, support family stability, prevent abuse and neglect, and minimize the need for out-of-home placement—is also a vital support to families with children, including foster, kinship, and adoptive families as well as birth families experiencing challenges.
Care for the Caregivers
Green
Children's Voice, 11(3), 2002
Considers research confirming that without adequate family supports, children with disabilities are nearly four times more likely to be victims of neglect or abuse than children without disabilities, and examines the use of planned and crisis respite to relieve stress on caregivers and families.
Child Care as Family Support: Caregiving Practices Across Child Care Providers
Bromer & Henly
Children and Youth Services Review, 26(10), 2004
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Presents a conceptual framework for explaining the caregiving practices of childcare providers, with particular attention to those serving low-income families and communities
Child Care by Kith and Kin: Supporting Family, Friends, and Neighbors Caring for Children (PDF - 276 KB)
National Center for Children in Poverty (1998)
Focuses on childcare for low-income families provided by friends and relatives and efforts by the childcare field to build consensus on the nature of appropriate policies and program strategies to support these caregivers.
Child Day Care: A Key Building Block of Family Support and Family Preservation Programs
Roditti
Child Welfare, 74(6), 1995
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Organizes the complexity of childcare systems and delineates their place in the framework of family preservation and support services.
Helping Families Raise Children With Special Health Care Needs at Home
Johnson, Plauche, & Kastner
Pediatrics, 115(2), 2005
Informs physicians about the philosophy of providing a permanent family environment for all children, including those with special health-care needs, and the importance of adequate and accessible community services to support and maintain the well-being of all family members. (PDF - 70 KB)
Respite Child Care: A Support and Empowerment Strategy for Families in a High-Risk Community
Home & Darveau-Fournier
Prevention in Mental Health and Human Services, 12(1), 1995
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Presents a project designed to provide respite care for families under stress in order to prevent family deterioration and promote empowerment.
Respite Services for Families With Adolescents at Risk of Abuse or Neglect
ARCH National Resource Center for Respite and Crisis Care Services (1995)
Describes respite programs for adolescents offering support services to help strengthen families and enable them to remain together despite difficult times.
The Role of Child Care Services in Intensive Family Preservation Services
Frankel (1991)
In Intensive Family Preservation Services: An Instructional Sourcebook
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Reviews advantages and disadvantages of various childcare arrangements as an essential part of intensive family preservation services.
What Works in Child Care for Maltreated and At-Risk Children
Roditti (2000)
In What Works in Child Welfare
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Discusses effectiveness of several childcare programs to enhance the development of maltreated children and provide support for parents at risk of abusive behavior.
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