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2 The Care and Education Landscape for Children from Birth Through Age 8
Pages 43-54

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From page 43...
... PRACTICE SETTINGS Early childhood services, programs, and interventions for children and their families are delivered or provided in a number of different settings in both the care and education and the health and social services sectors. These settings are summarized in Figure 2-1.
From page 44...
... School-Based Health Services Pediatric or Specialty Offices/Clinics Urgent Care Centers Hospitals Social Service Delivery Agencies (in schools with Pre-K) School-Based Social Services Care and Education Sector Health Sector Social Services Sector FIGURE 2-1  Settings where children from birth through age 8 receive care and education, health, and social services.
From page 45...
... PROFESSIONAL ROLES A variety of different professional roles contribute to the development and early learning of young children across sectors and settings. Roles in the care and education sector are summarized in Figure 2-2, while Figure 2-3 captures some of the major roles in the health and social services sectors.
From page 46...
... FIGURE 2-2  Adults who support children from birth through age 8 in the care and education sector.
From page 47...
... Birth 3 5 Age 8 Health Professionals in Primary Care Settings Health Professionals in Pediatric or Specialist Settings Early Childhood Mental Health Specialists Physical/Speech/Hearing/Vision Specialists Community-Based Social Workers (in schools with Pre-K) School-Based Social Workers Social Workers in Health Settings Case Workers from Child Welfare Settings Health Sector Social Services Sector FIGURE 2-3  Major categories of adults who support children from birth through age 8 in the health and social services sectors.
From page 48...
... Historically, different programs and funding streams may have been initiated with different purposes in mind -- for example, public school to provide equal access to education, childcare subsidies to enable adults to work, and Head Start and other prekindergarten programs to equalize access to early childhood education and reduce disparities in academic and other outcomes. Regardless of their original intent, most of the programs that serve young children are increasingly recognizing their potential to contribute to comprehensive development across domains, and as a result are adopting shared long-term goals for school success and health (Bartik, 2011; Partnership for America's Economic Success, 2010)
From page 49...
... A study examining 2011 federal spending and 2008 total government spending found that state and local governments provide the majority of total public investments in children aged 6 and older, while the majority of public investments in children aged 0-2 comes from the federal government, which also provides about half of public investments in children aged 3-5. School-aged children receive the highest total public spending, while the youngest children receive the highest federal spending (Edelstein et al., 2012)
From page 50...
... Such partnerships can occur on a statewide level but are more commonly local, resulting from the direct collaboration of local business leaders, public officials, and local and national philanthropies in pooling resources to effect changes that none would be capable of accomplishing alone. Several examples of these partnerships are included in Chapter 5 and Appendix G
From page 51...
... Some states and federal agencies are experimenting with harmonizing some of these requirements to promote greater continuity and provide families with easier access, or are changing governance structures to facilitate these experiments. As discussed in Chapter 1, this committee was not charged with conducting a review of financing, but as detailed in Part V, the reality is that the commitment of significant resources will be necessary to effect the comprehensive changes in workforce development required to achieve the quality of professional practice that is needed.
From page 52...
... Center-based care does sometimes start in the infant-toddler years, but many of the professionals in settings that serve infants and toddlers, as well as professionals in family childcare, who span multiple age ranges, have a much more diffuse identity that is matched by much less well-defined infrastructure across all aspects of systems and supports. Other professionals, such as home visitors, early intervention specialists, and mental health consultants, have a clear role in the early learning of children, yet they occupy a space that cuts across -- or drifts within -- the care and education, health, and social services sectors depending on how implementation is organized in a given state or municipality.
From page 53...
... North Kansas City, MO: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. National Conference of State Legislatures.


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