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Children with special needs in private day care centers

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A study of 27 private day care centers showed that less than half enroll children with special needs and they represent only 1% of the current enrollment. Staff training and professional health consultation are both needed if more such children are to be “mainstreamed” in private day care centers.

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  1. Division of Population and Family Health, School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, 90024, Los Angeles, CA

    Albert Chang & Roy Teramoto

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The authors would like to thank Laurie Rozet of the Santa Monica Child Care Resource and Referral Service and the day care center directors for their assistance in this study.

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Chang, A., Teramoto, R. Children with special needs in private day care centers. Child Youth Care Forum 16, 60–67 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01086121

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