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  JEROME SINGER  

"I have been impressed by the degree of agreement that I see across these presentations this afternoon. That's encouraging in itself."

 
  ROSEMARY TRUGLIO  

"You've gotten a lot of information today. Now you need to do some creative brainstorming about what the best format for the series will be and come up with a variety of models. I don't think there's just one model. The reality of taking care of children is a reality that needs to come to life. The tremendous responsibility that caregivers have in rearing children during these stressful times should be conveyed. Caregivers want information about how to do their jobs. The challenge is how you get them to watch and continue to watch."

 
  DOROTHY SINGER  

"First, you need to include a childcare worker on your creative team from the beginning. It's hard to find one who can represent everyone, but you need to at least start with someone like that. Also include someone who teaches adults so that you know how best to deliver content to them."

 
  FAITH ROGOW   "At the end of events like this, I ask myself what new insight I gained. Yolie's idea that the program might be able to function as a comadre intrigues me. The other thing I try to do is hear where there was consensus. The first area of consensus seems to be that everyone agrees that there is a huge need to get good information to caregivers. That may sound like a given, but this is actually a huge step because there's so much diversity in this room. So it's pretty clear that the focus for this program should be on caregivers."
 
  GLORIA RODRIGUEZ  

"The questions we've asked today – How do we get parents involved? How do we make the program relevant to them? How do we deal with real issues so that they will tune in? – make me think that this program has an opportunity to become bigger than what we thought it would be. But parents and caregivers are very powerful in number. If we give them the tools and the information, they can mobilize and really create change, not only in their own homes and situations, but also in policy."

 
 
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