Department of Curriculum & Instruction, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Infant Ment Health J. 2020 May;41(3):411-425. doi: 10.1002/imhj.21845. Epub 2020 Feb 14.
This study explored the prevalence of expulsion in home-based child care (HBCC) settings using a nationally representative sample of HBCC providers from the National Survey of Early Care and Education. In addition to prevalence, enrollment and provider characteristics that predicted expulsion were examined. Although there is increasing awareness of the prevalence of early childhood suspension and expulsion in early care and education settings and the negative effects it has on children's development, few studies have included or focused on HBCC, where many children receive care. This study highlights that many home-based providers, especially listed providers, report that they expelled at least one child within the last year. Significant predictors of expulsion emerged, including enrollment characteristics such as caring for children with disabilities, enrolling more children, and caring for children unrelated to the provider. Provider characteristics, including years of experience, provider education, and provider age, also predicted provider report of expulsion. These results provide insight as to possible strategies that may be effective in reducing expulsion rates in this caregiving context.
本研究使用全国早期儿童保育教育调查（National Survey of Early Care and Education）中具有代表性的家庭式儿童保育（HBCC）提供者样本，探讨了家庭式儿童保育环境中开除的普遍程度。除了开除的普遍程度外，本研究还考察了预测开除的入托和提供者特征。尽管人们越来越意识到早期儿童在保育和教育环境中被停学和开除的普遍程度，以及这对儿童发展的负面影响，但很少有研究包括或专注于 HBCC，因为许多儿童都在 HBCC 中接受保育。本研究强调，许多家庭式提供者，特别是在册提供者，报告说他们在过去一年中至少开除了一名儿童。开除的显著预测因素已经出现，包括招生特征，如照顾残疾儿童、招收更多儿童以及照顾与提供者无关的儿童。提供者特征，包括经验年限、提供者教育程度和提供者年龄，也预测了提供者开除的报告。这些结果为可能在这种保育环境中有效降低开除率的策略提供了深入了解。
