Implications of research on childcare Flashcards
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Research into attachment has effected childcare practices in the UK (x3)
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- Bowlby’s sensitive period - sooner adoption after birth to prevent attachment
- Disruption of attachment - changes in parent visiting arrangements and provided emotional care at hospitals
- Bowlby’s attachment theory - lower child-carer ratios to replicate secondary attachment figures in day care
2
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Research into day care that has effected childcare practices in the UK (x3)
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- NICHD study - encouraged low staff to child ratios to provide sensitive care
- Schaffer - minimal staff turnover to keep consistency of care for the children so they can form attachments with the staff
- Sylva et al - qualified staff for to improve the quality of day care, better outcomes for the social development of the children