Observational Record of the Caregiving Environment

Description:

To evaluate these different arrangements, an observational instrument, the Observational Record of the Caregiving Environment (ORCE), was developed to record caregivers’ behaviors, identified in the research literature as contributing to children’s social and intellectual development, such as responding promptly to the infant’s social signals and distress, expressing positive feelings toward the infant, and stimulating the infant’s cognitive development. These caregivers’ behaviors are examined in relation to the child care standards suggested by the experts-child-adult ratios, group sizes, and caregivers’ formal education and specialized training. Other possible standards such as caregivers’ experience and beliefs about child rearing and the safety of the physical environment also are examined. (author abstract)

Resource Type:

Instruments

Author(s):

NICHD Early Child Care Research Network

Date Issued:

1996

Alternative Title:

ORCE

Source:

In Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11(3), 269-306

Journal Title:

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volume Number:

Issue Number:

Page Range:

269-306

Topics:

10. Research & Evaluation Methods > 10.3. Measures

11. Child Care & Early Education Quality > 11.1. Process Quality

ISSN:

1873-7706

Online

0885-2006

Paper

Peer Reviewed:

Yes

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