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Center for Early Education and Development

   

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

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1954 Buford Avenue, Suite 425
St. Paul, MN  55108
Phone:612-625-3058
Fax: 612-625-2093

 

 

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, professional development.


What's New at CEED


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


Job
Opportunities in
Early Childhood

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

Tenured or Tenured Track Associate or Full Professor of Early Childhood Education, 50% Appointment as CEED Research Fellow


CEED Evaluation Services Information

Download a document  detailing our evaluation services (pdf)

   CEED’s approach to evaluation is client-centered and adheres to the highest research standards and data management strategies to benefit young children and those who care for them. CEED provides a credible and objective source for determining program effectiveness through external program evaluations.

Read about CEED Evaluation Services and expertise.


Minnesota's Birth-to-Three Conference:

Engaging Fathers: Strengthening Families

January 13-15, 2010

Register Online

View agenda

 

Registration is now available online for Minnesota's Birth-to-Three Conference on Engaging Fathers: Strengthening Families.

Preconference: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Conference: Thursday to Friday, January 14-15, 2010
Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN

Keynote Presenters:

  • Dr. James McHale, Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of South Florida and author of Charting the Bumpy Road of Coparenthood
  • Dr. Kyle Pruett, Clinical Professor of Child Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and author of Fatherneed
  • Vicki Turetsky, Commissioner, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Support Enforcement

Read more about the conference

Register online


Race, Culture, and Children's Mental Health
2009-10 Lessons from the Field Series

Coffman Union Theater, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis East Bank Campus and broadcast live to host sites in Greater Minnesota

December 4, 2009

Time: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

For more information and to register:

http://www.cmh.umn.edu

  Historical Trauma, Microaggressions, and Identity: A Framework for Culturally-Based Practice

The Center for Excellence in Children's Mental Health and Harris Programs have partnered to develop a series on culture in the context of children's mental health. The combined series will feature three Lessons from the Field workshops as well as the annual spring Harris Forum.  

Register now for the first workshop in the 2009-10 Lessons from the Field Series titled Historical Trauma, Microaggressions, and Identity: A Framework for Culturally-Based Practice, featuring lead presenter Karina Walters, University of Washington.

Karina L. Walters, Ph.D., a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, founded and directs the university-wide, interdisciplinary Indigenous Wellness Research Institute at the University of Washington and is an affiliate faculty of the West Coast Poverty Center. Her research focuses on historical, social, and cultural determinants of physical and mental health among Native American individuals, families and communities as well as cultures of poverty and two-spiritedness.

Consider Enrolling in
an Online Course

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:

Winter/Spring 2010 Session

January 25 to April 26, 2010
Seeing is Believing®:
Videotaping families and using guided self-observation to build on parenting strengths

February 1 to April 5, 2010
Supporting Stressed Young Children Through Relationship-based Teaching (formerly called Relationship-based Teaching With Young Children)

February 8 to April 12, 2010
Parent-Infant Pathways:
An educator's guide to providing information and support to new parents

February 15 to April 19, 2010
Introduction to Infant Mental Health

February 22 to April 26, 2010
Premature Babies and Their Parents:
Information and Insights for Early Intervention Personnel

March 1 to May 3, 2010
Bridging Education and Mental Health

March 8 to May 10, 2010
Prenatal Developmental Intervention: For Professionals Working with Families During Pregnancy


Two CEED Projects Have a New Home at UROC

2001 Plymouth Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55411
612-626-UROC

 

CEED's Five Hundred Under Five and CRTiEC (Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood) became residents of the University's newest site, the Urban Research and Outreach/Engagement Center (UROC) at Plymouth and Penn Avenues North in Minneapolis.


2009 Round Table

  Thank you to the 2009 Round Table panelists, organizers, our moderator, and to all who attended and participated in the 2009 Round Table. The event was filmed and we hope to make that available for viewing on our website sometime in the near future.

Questions About Kids Publication Has A New Look!

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  Questions About Kids tackles common issues of concern to parents and professionals. Each issue addresses one question about young children. This publication is intended for distribution at places where caregivers gather.

Questions About Kids web page

Questions About Kids flyer
This flyer lists all of the Questions About Kids topics. Distribution of this flyer is welcome and encouraged.


Save the Date

2010 Minnesota Early Intervention Summer Institute

June 17 and 18, 2010

St. John's University
Collegeville, MN

 

Evidence-based Practice for
Early Childhood Special Educators and Collaborative Partners

More information about the Summer Institute


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.


Dr. Heather Weiss

  April 22, 2009 McEvoy Lecture

View or listen to:
Prioritizing Involvement in Building Minnesota's Early Childhood System

Guest Lecturer Dr. Heather Weiss


2009 MN Summer Institute

  View photos from the 2009 Minnesota Early Intervention Summer Institute.

Search for Early Childhood Program Information in Your Area of Minnesota

For those from other states requiring assistance regarding early childhood concerns, we recommend these resources:

Contact the state affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), 1-800-424-2460

Search the Children, Youth, & Family Consortium Experts Database

  The Minnesota Department of Education has a search feature on their website that provides search information (by county and school district) for early childhood program types such as:
  • Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE)
  • Early Childhood Screening
  • School Readiness
  • Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE)
  • Head Start
  • Even Start
  • Interagency Early Intervention Committees (IEIC) 
Early Learning Services email contact: mde.els@state.mn.us 

Another resource:
Infant and Toddler Intervention Services
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fh/mcshn/ecip.htm

To locate your local early intervention office or to request a referral, call 1-866-693-4769.


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

View the module

  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.

Minnesota Center for Professional Development Registry

Trainers can also use the Registry, making it easier for practitioners to find them. Visit the Minnesota Center for Professional Development for more details and to sign up.

  Attention Practitioners of Early Childhood and School-Age Children:
Now you can advance your career online with the new Minnesota Center for Professional Development Registry, developed in collaboration with Metropolitan State University. The Registry can help you:
  • Create a learning record quickly and easily.
  • Find quality training with a searchable database including MNSTREAMS.
  • Advance on Minnesota’s 12-step Career Lattice.
  • Seek credit for prior learning.
  • Access career guidance resources.
  • Receive recognition for your accomplishments.

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


Policy Brief

 

  Promoting Effective Preschool Programs

The RAND Corporation has published a new policy brief, entitled Promoting Effective Preschool Programs, which examines existing research on federal and state level early childhood education programs. The authors find gaps in both access and quality. Recommendations for federal policy to improve preschool education services are provided.


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CEED Sampler

View November 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 Sampler is 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

New address:

1954 Buford Avenue
Suite 425
St. Paul, MN 55108
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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