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The simulation model for child care programs: Expanding staff-child-parent development

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Simulation, a technique familiar to business and higher education, is presented in the context of training in early childhood education. Simulation refers to the creation of an environment which represents situations and personnel roles in actual work experience. Participants adopt roles of persons in the early childhood decision making process. Procedures for development of the simulation situation, creation of “in-box” materials, training, roles of facilitators and recorders, formats, and evaluation are described. Environmental and procedural cues for a successful simulation are summarized.

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  1. University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    Carol A. Falender, Maryalice Jordan-Marsh & Robert Murar

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  1. Carol A. Falender
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The simulation reported here was supported by Grant USPHS-5-T01-MH-12924 to Professor Norma Deitch Feshback, Training Director, Early Childhood and Developmental Studies, Department of Education, University of California, Los Angeles.

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Falender, C.A., Jordan-Marsh, M. & Murar, R. The simulation model for child care programs: Expanding staff-child-parent development. Child Youth Care Forum 8, 113–125 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01554712

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