U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services
ACF
Administration for Children and Families
1. Log Number: ACF-IM-HS-08-21
2. Issuance Date: 11/20/2008
3. Originating Office: Office of Head Start
4. Key Words: Research Brief on Teacher/Child Relationships
Information Memorandum
To: Head Start and Early Head Start Grantees and Delegate Agencies
Subject: The Importance of Teacher-Child Relationships in Head Start
Information:
See PDF Version of Information Memorandum:
- Murray C, Murray KM. Child Level Correlates of Teacher-Student Relationships: An Examination of Demographic Characteristics, Academic Orientations, and Behavioral Orientations. Psychology in the Schools 2004;41(7):751-762. [back]
- Pianta RC, Steinberg MS. Teacher-Child Relationships and the Process of Adjusting to School. New Directions for Child Development 1992;57:61-80. [back]
- Birch SH, Ladd GW. Children's Interpersonal Behaviors and the Teacher-Child Relationship. Developmental Psychology 1998;34(5):934-946. [back]