Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby FACES) Spring 2018 [United States]

The Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby FACES) is a nationally representative descriptive study of Early Head Start. The first cohort of Baby FACES was fielded in 2009-2012. It used a longitudinal design and followed two age cohorts of children (newborns and 1-year-olds) through their time in Early Head Start. Baby FACES was redesigned in 2015 to employ a repeated cross-sectional approach to provide a comprehensive snapshot of Early Head Start with a nationally representative sample of programs, centers, home visitors, teachers/classrooms, and enrolled families, children of all age groups, and pregnant women in Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Regions I through X. Using the cross-sectional design, the second cohort of Baby FACES was fielded in the spring of 2018 (Baby FACES 2018) and a third is planned for spring of 2020 (Baby FACES 2020). Baby FACES 2018 and 2020 have a particular focus on the processes in the classrooms/home visits that support responsive relationships, including teacher-child relationships, staff-parent relationships, and parent-child relationships. These studies address the overarching research question: How do Early Head Start services support infant/toddler growth and development in the context of nurturing, responsive relationships?

早期开端计划家庭与儿童体验调查（Baby FACES）是一项针对早期开端计划的全国代表性描述性研究。Baby FACES的首个队列于2009-2012年开展实地调查，采用纵向设计，追踪了两个年龄段的儿童队列（新生儿和1岁幼儿）在早期开端计划中的参与过程。2015年，Baby FACES进行了重新设计，采用重复横断面研究方法，通过全国代表性样本（涵盖儿童与家庭管理局（ACF）第一至第十区域内的项目、中心、家访员、教师/教室、已注册家庭、各年龄段儿童及孕妇），提供早期开端计划的全面快照。基于该横断面设计，Baby FACES的第二个队列于2018年春季开展（Baby FACES 2018），第三个队列计划于2020年春季开展（Baby FACES 2020）。Baby FACES 2018和2020特别关注教室/家访中支持回应性关系的过程，包括师生关系、工作人员与家长关系及亲子关系。这些研究旨在解答核心研究问题：早期开端计划服务如何在滋养性、回应性关系的背景下支持婴幼儿的成长与发展？