Featuring a new spiral binding, the FCCERS-R is a thorough revision of the widely used program quality assessment instrument, The Family Day Care Rating Scale. Designed for use in family child care programs, it is suitable for programs serving children from infancy through school-age. Following extensive input from users of the original scale, the authors have made many improvements and innovations that will make this program resource even more effective and easy to use.

New for the Revised Edition!

• Accommodates the wider age range often found in family child care programs.
• A deeper focus on sensitivity to cultural and socioeconomic diversity.
• The special needs of exceptional children have been added to the main scale items and indicators.
• An additional subscale called “Program Structure.”
• An expanded score sheet that includes space and forms to collect specific information needed for accurate scoring.
• A new layout, with each item on a separate page along with the Notes for Clarification and Questions.

Convenient Organization:

• Space and Furnishings
• Personal Care Routines
• Listening and Talking
• Activities
• Interaction
• Program Structure
• Parents and ProviderAbout the Authors

Please note: New Video Observations for the FCCERS-R (DVD or VHS version) and the Video Guide and Training Workbook for the FCCERS-R will be available in September 2007.

Thelma Harms, Director of Curriculum Development, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, and Research Professor, Emerita, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Education, Debby Cryer, Scientist, FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Richard M. Clifford, Senior Scientist, FPG Child Development Institute Research Associate Professor, UNC-CH School of Education