Introduction to the Special Section on Working with Infants and Toddlers

Issues of program quality are of paramount importance when any child is in an out-of-home setting. But no age group is more vulnerable, and more in need of good-quality environments, than infants and toddlers. This special section on infants and toddlers was not intended primarily to address questions of quality. Nonetheless, the editors have found that each article included here has something important to say, directly or indirectly, about the quality of care and programming in programs that serve children under the age of 3.