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Caring for Young Children after a Hurricane: Florida’s Childcare Workers Reflect on Support and Training Needs
Title: Caring for Young Children after a Hurricane: Florida’s Childcare Workers Reflect on Support and Training Needs
Date: 2008
Author: Samantha Wilson & Mary Ann Kershaw
Bibliographic Entry: Wilson, Samantha L. and Mary Ann Kershaw (2008). “Caring for Young Children after a Hurricane: Florida’s Childcare Workers Reflect on Support and Training Needs.” Children, Youth and Environments 18(1): 237-253. Retrieved [date] from http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye.
Electronic Link: http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/18_1/18_1_08_SupportAndTrainingNeeds.pdf
Key Words: hurricanes, preparedness, childcare, childcare providers
Summary of Key Points, Issues, Conclusions:
Daycare centers and preschools are widely overlooked when it comes to having preparedness plans for disasters, while other education levels (elementary – college) have such plans. The purpose of the report was to “identify the presence and use of formal disaster plans for childcare agencies, assess the projected emotional response of childcare personnel to children following a disaster, evaluate the amount of in-service training received in the area of disaster preparedness and emotional recovery, and elicit recommendations from childcare personnel regarding ways to increase awareness of children’s emotional needs following a disaster.”
Results validated the need for response plans in childcare facilities, as research showed few existed. The research also found greater availability in training for disaster preparedness is needed to educate administrators, teachers, and other personnel.
Name of Researcher: Jennifer Davis
Institution: Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University
Date Posted: May 12, 2008