Selected References for the FDCRS

The following references show publications which have used the FDCRS. They were updated in January, 2003. Corrections and additions are welcome and may be sent to Vanessa Loiselle.

Clifford, R. M., Harms, T., Pepper, S., & Stuart, B. (1992). Assessing quality in family day care. in D. L. Peters, & A. R. Pence (Eds), Family Day Care: Current research for informed public policy (pp. 243-265). New York: Teachers College Press.

Doherty, G. (1990). Factors related to quality in child care: A review of the literature. Canada: Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, Child Care Branch.

Fiene, R., & Melnick, S. A. (1990). Licensure and program quality in early childhood and child care programs. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

Galinsky, E., Howes, C., Kontos, S., & Shinn, M. (1994). The study of children in family child care and relative care: Highlights of findings. New York: Families and Work Institute.

Goelman, H. (1986). The facilitation of language development in family day care homes: A comparative study. Early Child Development and Care, 25(2 & 3), 161-174.

Goelman, H., & Pence, A. R. (1998). Children in three types of day care: Daily experiences, quality of care and developmental outcomes. Early Child Development and Care, 33, 67-76.

Harms, T., & Clifford, R. M. (1989). The Family Day Care Rating Scale. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Harms, T., & Cryer, D. (1995). Quality Criteria for Family Child Care. Washington, DC: National Association for Family Child Care.

Harms, T., Fleming, J., & Cryer, D. (1993). Video observation guide for the Family Day Care Rating Scale. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Holloway, S.D., Kagan, S.L., Fuller, B., Tsou, L., Carroll, J. (2001). Assessing child-care quality with a telephone interview. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 16(2), 165-189.

Howes, C., & Stewart, P. (1987). Child's play with adults, toys, and peers: An examination of family and child care influences. Developmental Psychology, 23, 423-430.

Jones, S. N., & Meisels, S. J. (1987). Training family day care providers to work with special needs children. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 7(1), 1-12.

Kontos, S. (1994). The ecology of family day care. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 9(1), 87-110.

Modigliani, K., & Dunleavey, M. P. (1990).  Assessing the quality of family child care:  A comparison of five instruments. MA: Family Child Care Project, Wheelock College.

Pepper, S., & Stuart, B. (1985). Informal family day care:  A study of caregivers. Ontario: Ontario Mental Health Foundation.

Rowland, L., Munton, A. G., & Mooney, A. (1996). Can quality of family day care provision in England be assessed accurately using the Family Day Care Rating Scale?  A report on reliability. Educational Psychology, 16(3), 329-334.

Squibb, B., & King, J. (1996). Play in home spaces in family child care. Child & Youth Care Forum, 25, 195-205.

Stuart, B., & Pepper, S. (1988). The contribution of the caregivers' personality and vocational interests to quality in licensed family day care. Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 2(2), 99-109.