Research by the authors with parents, child care providers, and other service providers found that parents of children with special needs face particular challenges trying to maintain stable employment while balancing work and family. These parents have more difficulty finding and keeping child care for children with special needs, and there is a lack of coordination of therapy with child care programs. Since the study was completed, Maine has taken several steps to begin to address these issue
Previous research has revealed that children and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are sig...
Have you ever looked for an answer and found more questions than answers? This is how millions of pa...
The need for child care is a work-life issue that affects families across all income levels. These i...
Research by the authors with parents, child care providers, and other service providers found that p...
Findings from this mixed methods study include: Parents of young children with special needs face ...
While the primary focus of this research is access to child care by low income families of children ...
Close to two-thirds of children in Maine under the age of five need child care while their parents w...
In the U.S. social system, the roles of work and parenthood are often in conflict, and this conflict...
Children with special needs often require additional supports in child care settings. The provision ...
Alan B. Cobo-Lewis describes Maine’s system of services for young children with disabilities. He not...
Despite consistent evidence that families with children with disabilities face great difficulty in b...
Pandemic-related childcare center closures along with virtual schooling forced many Maine parents to...
Although 5-10% of employed parents care for a child with emotional or behavioral challenges (EBCs) (...
Child Care, Money and Maine was chosen as the title for this document because, as we enter into the...
Equal access to quality child care is not a reality for all families. Oftentimes the high cost of ca...
Previous research has revealed that children and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are sig...
Have you ever looked for an answer and found more questions than answers? This is how millions of pa...
The need for child care is a work-life issue that affects families across all income levels. These i...
Research by the authors with parents, child care providers, and other service providers found that p...
Findings from this mixed methods study include: Parents of young children with special needs face ...
While the primary focus of this research is access to child care by low income families of children ...
Close to two-thirds of children in Maine under the age of five need child care while their parents w...
In the U.S. social system, the roles of work and parenthood are often in conflict, and this conflict...
Children with special needs often require additional supports in child care settings. The provision ...
Alan B. Cobo-Lewis describes Maine’s system of services for young children with disabilities. He not...
Despite consistent evidence that families with children with disabilities face great difficulty in b...
Pandemic-related childcare center closures along with virtual schooling forced many Maine parents to...
Although 5-10% of employed parents care for a child with emotional or behavioral challenges (EBCs) (...
Child Care, Money and Maine was chosen as the title for this document because, as we enter into the...
Equal access to quality child care is not a reality for all families. Oftentimes the high cost of ca...
Previous research has revealed that children and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are sig...
Have you ever looked for an answer and found more questions than answers? This is how millions of pa...
The need for child care is a work-life issue that affects families across all income levels. These i...