HD 422 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-4: Early Head Start

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HD 422
• Professor: Rebekah Allen

Document Summary

Module 1 discussion 1: historically, early childhood programs have always helped meet the needs of families around the country. Many programs have been put in place to help children and their families as they grow older. For example, programs such as head start and early head. Start have been around for a long time, helping thousands of families and providing resources. Legislation has been put into place to help provide health insurance to previously uninsured children as well. Over the years, child care for infants and toddlers has become better for families and now has certain regulations that must be met to improve quality. By providing child care for infants and toddlers, mothers have the ability to go back to work if staying home is not an option financially: my local area is tuscaloosa. Some words that would describe tuscaloosa"s values include conservative, community, faith, and respect.