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Researchers Assemble Building Blocks for Early Childhood Practice & Policy HOW DO EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCHERS GET THE RESULTS OF THEIR WORK INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO CAN USE THEM? GATHERING EDUCATORS, INTERVENTIONISTS AND ADMINISTRATORS FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF NEBRASKA IS A GOOD START.
The Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools surveyed the landscape and mapped the future of early childhood research, practice and policy when it assembled the state’s top minds for an April 2012 summit in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Co-sponsored by the Buffett Early Childhood Institute and organized by Lisa Knoche, the second CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood featured 16 presentations of research findings in early learning and development, family engagement, professional development, and the economic impacts of early intervention. Subsequent discussions about
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translating this research into practice and policy took place among the approximately 150 scholars, educators, interventionists and administrators in attendance. Arthur Reynolds, Professor at the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development, gave a keynote address on the history of early childhood development programs and his own research on Child-Parent Centers. Numerous CYFS faculty and affiliates also addressed studies devoted to early learning and development. Their presentations covered topics ranging from the effectiveness of early childhood reading and math initiatives to the impacts of temperament, natural environments and sleep habits on children’s cognitive, academic and social functioning.
THE CYFS SUMMIT ON RESEARCH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD WAS COSPONSORED BY THE BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD INSTITUTE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE BUFFETT INSTITUTE, VISIT BUFFETTINSTITUTE. NEBRASKA.EDU.
Family engagement researchers focused on parental involvement in early language and literacy programs, specifically those tailored to children living in poverty and
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