Supporting family child care and quality improvement: findings from an exploratory survey of Illinois child care resource and referral agency staff

International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy

Table 8 Training needs and work experience

	Worked with children only (n = 12)	Worked with adults only or children and adults (n = 56)	p	Worked with adults only (n = 20)	Worked with children only or children and adults (n = 48)	p
Areas of training
Child development	.58	.38		.33	.44
School-age development	.58	.59		.70	.54
Developing a business	.67	.70		.65	.71
Organization and case management	.58	.46		.35	.54
Home visiting/consultation	.71	.55		.40	.66	*
Listening and communication skills	.50	.29		.28	.34
Working w/families	.71	.57		.48	.65
Understanding family child care	.67	.55		.45	.62
Adult learning theory	.58	.29	*	.30	.35

Differences between groups: + significant at p ≤ .10; * significant at p ≤ .05; ** significant at p ≤ .01; *** significant at p ≤ .001