ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The GSA Child Care Center Design Guide contains information obtained from the sources below. However, general concepts, theories, and empirical
information obtained from those sources have not been specifically footnoted. The GSA appreciates the use of these valuable resources which provided a
strong starting point for the GSA in its effort to establish national standards for child care facilities. The sources are listed alphabetically.
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Caring for Our Children, National Health and Safety Performance Stan-
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Environmental Coordinator, Sandra J. Jones, General Services Administra-
Caring Spaces, Learning Places: Children's Environments that Work, Jim
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Greenman. Exchange Press, Inc., Redmond, WA, 1998
Infant/Toddler Rating Scale, Thelma Harms, Richard M. Clifford, and Debby
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2000
Natural Logic, William Reed, AIA, Sustainable Design, Bethesda, MD
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Olds, PhD.
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Opper, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1988
Children's Design Group, Mark D. Pavey, AIA, Children's Accessibility
Design, Montgomery, AL
Planning and Design of Children's Outdoor Play Environments, U.S. De-
partment of the Army, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
City Design Collaborative, Inc., Anita Olds, PhD. Architectural Prototype
and National Technical Information Service, Technical Manual TM 5803,
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New York, NY, 1982
Boston, MA, 1987
Play and Playscapes, Joe L. Frost. Delmar Publishers, Inc., Albany, NY,
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1992
grams, R. DeVries, and L. Kohlberg, National Association for the Educa-
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C. Moore. MIG Communications, Berkeley, CA, 1987
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