Category Archives: Program Quality

Regulatory Compliance and Quality Programs

Below is an article by Freer and Fiene (in press) to be published in the Journal of Regulatory Science this month that describes the need to balance regulatory compliance and quality addressing the constraints and opportunities for integration. It provides … Continue reading

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TRC+: Regulatory Compliance Theory of Diminishing Returns

Here is an updated Regulatory Compliance Theory of Diminishing Returns (TRC+)(Fiene, 2023) graphic which captures all the key elements of the theory related to risk assessment (RAM), key indicators (KIM), effectiveness (Eff), efficiency (eff), quality (PQ), risk benefit, and regulatory … Continue reading

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Licensing Measurement, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Science Resources

For those licensing and regulatory administrators, researchers, scientists, below are attached several publications that should be helpful in learning more about human services licensing measurement, regulatory compliance and regulatory science applied to the human services. There are five resources: 1) … Continue reading

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The Key Elements for a High Quality Early Care and Education Program

Here are key elements that should be present in a high quality early care and education (ECE) program that any parent should be looking for when selecting their child care arrangement:

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Licensing Measurement, Regulatory Compliance, Program Quality, Quality Initiatives, ECPQIM/DMLMA: The 200th Blog Post

On the 200th RIKINotes Blog Post, I thought it would be useful to summarize the previous blog posts by the major areas of research because the research fits into neat overall buckets. The buckets build off the title of this … Continue reading

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Origins of the Saskatchewan Early Childhood Program Quality Indicators Tool

Many of you have asked about the origins of the Saskatchewan Early Childhood Program Quality Indicators (SKECPQI) Tool. The tool originated based upon the extension of the key indicator methodology into more program quality initiatives that have sprung up in … Continue reading

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Province of Saskatchewan to Undertake New Study Piloting An Early Childhood Quality Indicators Tool

Starting this Fall-Winter 2022-2023, the Province of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Education will be conducting a study with the assistance of the National Association for Regulatory Administration on a Quality Indicators Tool (the Saskatchewan Early Childhood Quality Indicators Tool). The Ministry … Continue reading

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