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Center for Early Education and Development

   

~ expanding awareness and understanding
of the nature of the early years ~

The mission of the Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) is to improve developmental outcomes for young children through applied research, training, and outreach (publications, events).

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Education Sciences Building


What's New at CEED


Calendar of Events
Job Opportunities in Early Childhood Education
CEED in the News
CEED Sampler Newsletter


Note a Change
in Links

You can now find CEED conferences, courses, training institutes, lecture series, and trainings included under the Professional Development link on the navigation bar.

Rebroadcast of
Harris Forum
on tptMN Public Television

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Professor Greenbaum and Naama

The 2007 Harris Forum (filmed live on March 7, 2007), Children's Risks & Children's Rights, featuring Professor Charles W. Greenbaum of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will be rebroadcast on tptMN on the following dates:
  • Friday, July 17 at 7:00pm
  • Saturday, July 18 at 1:00am
  • Saturday, July 18 at 7:00am
  • Saturday, July 18 at 1:00pm

In-Person Course:

Assessing and Managing Cases of Child Sexual Abuse with Preschool Children

Number of CEUs based on
licensing board

Earn Continuing Education Credit

July 23 and 24, 2009
9:00am to 4:00pm

This training can enhance the professional development of teachers, students and mental health providers working with this population. Research highlighting the importance of intervention in abuse with even very young children will precede a review of assessment techniques for children 18-36 months and children 3-4 years when sexual abuse is suspected. This will be followed by a discussion of intervention and management techniques to help protect these children's safety.

Read more about the course and how to register

Location: University of Minnesota East Bank Minneapolis, Room 325 Education Sciences Building, 56 East River Road, Minneapolis, 55455


Consider Enrolling in
an Online Course

2009 Course Schedule
(pdf file)

Plan ahead!:
2010 Course Schedule (pdf file)

Earn Continuing Education
credit (clock hours) towards professional development

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 CEED offers online courses on a variety of topics related to early childhood education.  Find out more about our classes and how to register:

Fall Session 2009

September 8 to December 15, 2009
Seeing is Believing®:
Videotaping families and using guided self-observation to build on parenting strengths

September 14 to November 16, 2009
Parent-Infant Pathways:
An educator's guide to providing information and support to new parents

September 14 to November 16, 2009
Prenatal Developmental Intervention: For Professionals Working with Families During Pregnancy

September 21 to November 23, 2009
Bridging Education and Mental Health

September 21 to November 23, 2009
Premature Babies and Their Parents:
Information and Insights for Early Intervention Personnel

October 5 to December 7, 2009
Introduction to Infant Mental Health

October 12 to December 14, 2009
Supporting Stressed Young Children Through Relationship-based Teaching (formerly called Relationship-based Teaching With Young Children)


View CEED poster presentations from
SRCD Conference

CEED staff from the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation Evaluation project and the Ounce Project have poster presentations available to view from the 2009 Society for Research in Child Development Conference (SRCD) that took place in Denver, CO April 2-4:

MELF: Godber, Y., Kovan, N., Susman-Stillman, A., & McConnell, S., Minnesota Early Learning Foundation (MELF): The Influence of a Research-Based Taxonomy on Funding and Evaluation Efforts. (pdf, 1 page)

MELF: Susman-Stillman, A., McConnell, S., & Godber, Y., Using a Common Conceptual Framework to Coordinate Evaluation of MELF Initiatives. (pdf, 1 page)

OUNCE: Pleuss, J., Susman-Stillman, A., & Shkolnik, A., Coding Speech Samples: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods. (pdf, 1 page)

OUNCE: Susman-Stillman, A., Englund, M., Pleuss, J., Cleveland, J., &  Shkolnik, A., Changing Beliefs and Knowledge of Child Care Providers: The Ounce Research Project. (pdf, 1 page)


MultiMedia on the CEED web site

 

 

We have a variety of multimedia presentations available on our MultiMedia web page. Experience past CEED events such as the McEvoy Lectures and Harris Forums.

Newly Posted Video Presentations:
Evidence-based Practice and Recommended Practices, presented by Virginia Buysse, Ph.D., and Patricia Wesley, Ph.D., keynote presentation from the 2008 Minnesota Early Intervention Summer Institute.

   

 

Positive Behavior Supports, presented by Kellie Krick, M.Ed., condensed presentation of breakout session from the 2008 Minnesota Early Intervention Summer Institute.

Full list of multimedia


CEED In the News

 

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Arthur Reynolds

Congratulations to Arthur Reynolds, appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty to the  State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care. Read the press release.


Scott McConnell

Congratulations to Scott McConnell, who received the College of Education and Human Development's Community Outreach and Engagement Award.

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Sara Zettervall

Congratulations to Sara Zettervall, CEED's Events and Outreach Specialist. Sara received  the Jeanne T. Lupton Civil Service/Bargaining Unit Outstanding Service Award.

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Brooke Rafdal

Brooke Rafdal is highlighted in the Spring 2009 issue of CEHD's Connect online magazine (page 31).

Center on Response
to Intervention in Early Childhood (CRTIEC)

Read more about the Center

Scott McConnell leads Minnesota's efforts in a collaboration between the University of Kansas, The Ohio State University, and Dynamic Measurement Group.

The Center on Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CRTIEC) is funded by a $10 million grant to the University of Kansas, with $2 million of those funds subcontracted to the University of Minnesota for research and development primarily on screening and progress monitoring assessments.

The mission of CRTIEC is to reduce the number of children with reading problems by increasing the number of children entering school with knowledge and skill in early literacy and language.


Online Training Available from Minnesota Department of Health

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An online training opportunity to learn about developmental and social-emotional screening in Minnesota, especially for providers of Child & Teen Checkups (Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT), is now available via the Minnesota Department of Health web site. MDH is offering an easy to use online training module for a wide variety of child-serving providers such as staff in private and public clinics, day care providers, Early Childhood Screening (ECS), and Head Start screeners, home visitors, and others.

CEED Stories:
A Report

Contact Sara Zettervall
for requests for paper copies at 612-625-2252 or sarazet@umn.edu.

CEED Stories: A Report provides highlights of CEED's projects and activities in recent years alongside stories from our people "on the ground," CEED staff and affiliates who discuss how our work impacts their lives.

This document is available for free as a pdf.

Note: You can click on any link in the pdf to open the relevant CEED web page.


Web Site Resource
for Parents 

Parents Know

 

  Visit the Parents Know web site created by the Minnesota Department of Education for parent information, resources and activities to help children grow, develop, and learn from birth through high school.

http://www.parentsknow.state.mn.us


Job
Opportunities in
Early Childhood

 Check out our web page with job opportunities in early childhood.

Two Parent Aware observers needed at CEED


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CEED Sampler

View June 2009 issue
(pdf file)

View past issues

 

 The CEED Sampler is the monthly CEED
e-newsletter that includes brief updates on CEED people, projects, and events.

The CEED Sampler will be emailed to the CEED email list and made available on the website each month.

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CEED also serves as the Early Childhood Program Area for the Institute on Community Integration (ICI), a federally designated University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), part of a national network of programs across the country known as the American Association of University Affiliated Programs (AAUAP).
 
Effective September 1, 2005, CEED and the Harris Center officially united their efforts. The new organization retains the CEED name while it benefits from both CEED and Harris Center expertise.
 

Center for Early Education and Development
University of Minnesota
Education Sciences Building
56 East River Road
360 Education Sciences Building
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-3058
Fax: 612-625-2093

For more information about CEED, please contact us at ceed@umn.edu.

CEED is supported by the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota and by grants from project agencies such as the Minnesota Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Education.

Direct comments regarding this web site to Karen Anderson, WebTender, at ander352@umn.edu or 612-625-6617.

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