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Subject: Human Development and Family Studies × Author: Khwairakpam Sharmila × End date: 2013 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    STRATEGIES USED BY PARENTS AND CARE PROVIDERS TO ADJUST CHILDREN IN LABORATORY DAY CARE CENTRE
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2010) Khwairakpam Sharmila
    The investigation entitled ‘Strategies used by Parents and Care Providers to Adjust Children in Laboratory Day Care Centre’ aimed at studying the time differentials, non-adjustment reactions and strategies adopted by Parents and Care Providers to facilitate the adjustment of children in the Laboratory Day Care Centre. The study was based upon a sample of 32 (15 male and 17 female) children admitted in April,2009 & April,2010 sessions in Laboratory Day Care Centre, Department of Human Development, PAU, Ludhiana as well as ‘Care Providers (n=3)’ and ‘Parents of the sample children (n=32)’. Observation-cum-Interview method was used for data collection for the study. Based on their non-adjustment reactions, the children were divided into two categories, viz. ‘Early Adjusting Children’ and ‘Late Adjusting Children’. An opinion survey was conducted for this purpose in the five Early Childhood Care Centres in Ludhiana City. The girls were found to require more time in adjustment as compared to the boys, but the gender differentials within these two categories were non-significant. The subjects displayed non-adjustment reactions in varying frequencies and intensities. ‘Eating Problems’ were the first to fade out and ‘Unwillingness to Come to the Centre’ the last. Care Providers used different techniques to handle various non-adjustment reactions with a preference for ‘Verbal Comforting’, ‘Positive Reinforcement’ and ‘Redirecting’ with ‘Timeout’ as their last choice. Significant differences existed in the strategies adopted by the parents of ‘Early’ and ‘Late’ adjusting children to facilitate adjustment of their wards. Parents of ‘Early Adjusting Children’ employed better strategies.