An Evaluation of the Progress of Day-Care Infent Development. Toward Improving the Quality of Nursery Care.:-Toward Improving the Quality of Nursery Care-

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In 1984, the author, using Tsumori's "Developmental Questionnaire for Infants, " reported. that day-care infants showed good development except in the area of "investigation and manipulation." In this study, the development of infants in a day-care center was evaluated by using the Kyoto Scale of Psychological Development. Forty-seven infants who were enrolled before 6 months of age were examined at three day-care centers in Osaka Prefecture, the evaluations being carried out four times during 1983-1985.<BR>The results obtained indicate that the day-care infants had good postural-motor development. Infants from 6 to 12 months old tended to score low with the "investigation" items, while infants older than 18 months generally got good results, demonstrating their ability especially in the "cognitive-adaptive" area. The infant groups who initially scored low in development began improving after the age of 15 months.<BR>These results suggest that nursery teachers should make a special effort to understand and respond to the perceived developmental needs of infants less than 12 months old.
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