Training needs and challenges of family child care providers

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 281-293

  Rusby, Julie Collier ^a  

^a OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior management; Early childhood development; Family child care; Quality of care; Training needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547213893     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016822526497     Document Type: Article

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