Continuity of Care for Infants and Toddlers
Continuity of Care for Infants and Toddlers
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婴幼儿的持续护理
DOI:
10.1080/0300443991480102
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Sherry Waugh
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文献类型:
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作者:
Eva L. Essa;Kelley Favre;Geri Thweatt;Sherry Waugh
Theory and research support the need for continuity of caregiving for infants and toddlers, yet current practice often ignores that need. In many child care centers, children are promoted to a new class when they reach a specific milestone, such as a birthday. In other cases, frequent teacher turnover and parental choice add to very young children's discontinuity of care. At the Child and Family Research Center of the University of Nevada, Reno, Infants and toddlers stay with the same teacher for the first 3 years of life. Many benefits are seen from this practice, particularly in the close relationship between children and teachers. Children's attachment to their teachers is evident in the security with which they explore their environment. Another major benefit of this 3‐year continuity of children with teachers is the close relationship that develops between the parents and the teachers. Close bonds are forged between the adults who have nurtured and watched their babies develop over a 3 year period In...