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Staff Presentations

Tracy Bradfield

  1. McConnell, S. R., Seiwert, M., Wackerle-Hollman, A., & Bradfield, T. A. (2012, October). Early childhood in Promise Neighborhoods: Northside Achievement Zone's Early Childhood Action Team. Spotlight symposium presented at the annual meetings of the Division for Early Childhood, Council on Exceptional Children, Minneapolis MN.

  2. Wackerle-Hollman, A., Bradfield, T., McConnell, S., & Spencer, T. (2012, October). Measuring a response to intervention model in early childhood: Examining assessments for identification, decision making and progress monitoring. Poster presentation at the annual meetings of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC), Council on Exceptional Children, Minneapolis, MN.

  3. Bradfield, T., & Potter, L. (2012, September 21). Using a partial credit model with picture naming IGDIs 2.0. Poster presented at Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CrTIEC) 4th Annual Summit on RTI in Early Childhood, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.

  4. Bradfield, T., Wackerle-Holman, A., & McConnell, S. (2012, September 21). Post-summit workshop: Using individual growth and development indicators. Presented at Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CrTIEC) 4th Annual Summit on RTI in Early Childhood, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.

  5. McConnell, S., Wackerle-Holman, A., & Bradfield, T. (2012, September 19). IGDIs and beyond: Measurement and decision-making for language and literacy RTI efforts in early childhood education. Presented at Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CrTIEC) 4th Annual Summit on RTI in Early Childhood, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.

  6. Bradfield, T. (2012, February). Response to intervention (RtI) in early childhood: Decision making implications. Poster  presented at the Conference on Research Innovations in Early Childhood, San Diego, CA.

  7. Clayton, K., Bradfield, T., Schmitt, B., and McConnell, S. (2011, Sept. 27). The impact of instructional support on oral language development for preschoolers living in poverty. Poster at the 3rd Annual RTI Early Childhood Summit, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM.

  8. McConnell, S., Bradfield, T., and Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2011, Sept. 26). Using IGDIs for identifying children for tiered early literacy and language support. Presentation at the 3rd Annual RTI Early Childhood Summit, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM.

  9. Albano, A. D., Rodriguez, M. C., McConnell, S., Bradfield, T., & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2011, April). Scaling with measures of early literacy. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.

  10. Bradfield, T., Wackerle-Hollman, A., McConnell, S., Rodriguez, M. C. & Albano, A. D. (2011, April). Construct identification to support early literacy measurement. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.

  11. Rodriguez, M. C., Albano, A. D., McConnell, S., Wackerle-Hollman, A. & Bradfield, T. (2011, April). Standard setting with innovative measures of early literacy: Contrasting Groups. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.

  12. Wackerle-Hollman, A., Bradfield, T., McConnell, S., Albano, A. D., & Rodriguez, M. C. (2011, April). Task development and item analysis in innovative measures of early literacy. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.

  13. McConnell, S., Rodriguez, M., Schmitt, B., Bradfield, T.A., & Clayton, K. (2011, February). Early Childhood Response to Intervention: Using Second-Generation IGDIs. Symposium presented at annual meetings of the National Association of School Psychologists, San Francisco, CA.

  14. Bradfield, T.A., & McConnell, S. R. (2011, January). Expanding & improving assessment of early literacy and language development in preschool: IGDIs 2.0. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Minnesota School Psychologists Association.

  15. Bradfield, T. Carta, J., & Atwater, J. (2010, February 25-27).  Individual Growth and Development Indicators: Their Role in the CRtIEC Measurement Architecture. Panel presentation at the Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention (CRIEI), San Diego, CA.

Stephanie Brunner

  1. Palma, J., & Brunner, S. (2013, March 1). Comparing simultaneous and sequential bilingual children's item interpretations: Validity evidence for the Spanish Individual Growth and Development Indicators (S-IGDI) Picture Naming task. Presented at 2013 Educational Psychology Graduate Student Research Day, Minneapolis, MN.

Jennifer Cleveland

  1. Susman-Stillman, A., Cleveland, J. (2010, June). Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregiving in Minnesota.  Presentation “Sharing the Wisdom” results of interviews with grandmothers caring for grandchildren.  Saint Paul, MN.  | Video presentation | Presentation handout

    Susman-Stillman, A., Englund, M.M., Pleuss, J., Cleveland, J., Shkolnik, A. (2009, April). Changing Beliefs and Knowledge of Child Care Providers: The Ounce Research Project.  Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

    Susman-Stillman, A., Englund, M.M., Pleuss, J., Cleveland, J., Shkolnik, A. (2009, April). Changing Beliefs and Knowledge of Child Care Providers: The Ounce Research Project.  Presentation at the Human Capital Research Collaborative Mini-Conference: Promoting Child Health and Well-Being.

    Tout, K., Starr, R.M., & Cleveland, J. (2009, April). An evaluation of Parent Aware: Minnesota’s pilot quality rating system. Poster symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO. | Poster | Poster submission paper

Kristina Erstad-Sankey

  1. Hawley, V., Erstad-Sankey, K., & Frazel, R. (2012, September 12-13). CLASS™ Observer Reliability Training, St. Paul, MN.

  2. Cox, M. & Erstad-Sankey, K. (2012, September 10). Using Video in Coaching.  Webinar to Child Care Resource and Referral Quality Coaches.

  3. Hawley, V., Erstad-Sankey, K., & Frazel, R. (2012, September 5-6). CLASS™ Observer Reliability Training, St. Paul, MN.

  4. Cox, M. & Erstad-Sankey, K. (2012, August 28). Using Video in Coaching.  Webinar to Child Care Resource and Referral Quality Coaches.

  5. Hawley, V., Erstad-Sankey, K., & Frazel, R. (2012, August 22-23). CLASS™ Observer Reliability Training, Walker, MN.

Rosemary Frazel

  1. Frazel, Rosemary (2013, March 22) An Introduction to the CLASS and Spotlight on Instructional Support.  Presented to Duluth Public Schools/Duluth Head Start in Duluth, MN.

  2. Frazel, R. (2012, August 30). CLASS™ and Overview Training. St. Anthony Schools, St. Anthony, MN.

  3. Hawley, V., Erstad-Sankey, K., & Frazel, R. (2012, September 12-13). CLASS™ Observer Reliability Training, St. Paul, MN.

  4. Hawley, V., Erstad-Sankey, K., & Frazel, R. (2012, September 5-6). CLASS™ Observer Reliability Training, St. Paul, MN.

  5. Hawley, V., Erstad-Sankey, K., & Frazel, R. (2012, August 22-23). CLASS™ Observer Reliability Training, Walker, MN.

Vicki Hawley

  1. Hawley, V., Erstad-Sankey, K., & Frazel, R. (2012, September 12-13). CLASS™ Observer Reliability Training, St. Paul, MN.

  2. Hawley, V., Erstad-Sankey, K., & Frazel, R. (2012, September 5-6). CLASS™ Observer Reliability Training, St. Paul, MN.

  3. Hawley, V. (2012, August 28). Building Teacher Practice in Instructional Support, Madison, MN.

  4. Hawley, V., Erstad-Sankey, K., & Frazel, R. (2012, August 22-23). CLASS™ Observer Reliability Training, Walker, MN.

  5. Hawley, D., & Hawley, V. (2011, November 17). American Families Abroad: A Comparison of Transitional Experiences. Poster at the National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, FL.

  6. Hawley, V. (2011, Sept. 8). Introduction to CLASS and Instructional Support. Presentation for Maple Lake Head Start, Maple Lake, MN.

  7. Candee, A., & Hawley, V. (2011, May 25). Critical Thinking Around the Room. Presentation at the CLASS OLC Debrief, Northfield, MN.

  8. Watson, C., & Hawley, V. (2010, April 19).  Self-regulation: Building a Foundation of Emotional Literacy. Part 1 (10 pages). Presented at the Institute for Strengthening Families in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

  9. Watson, C., & Hawley, V. (2010, April 19). Self-regulation: Building a Foundation of Emotional Literacy. Part 2 (15 pages). Presented at the Institute for Strengthening Families in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

  10. Hawley, V. (2008, February). Caring for Infants and Toddlers in Groups: Conversations about Curriculum (5 pages). Strong Foundations Birth to Three Conference. Duluth, MN.

  11. Hawley, V., and Watson, C. (2006, June). Moving Teachers Along the Road: Two Projects Coach Teachers in Child Care and Head Start (10 pages). National Association for the Education of Young Children Professional Development Institute. San Antonio, TX.

Katherine Herold

  1. Herold, K. H., & Akhtar, N. (October, 2013). Two-year-olds' understanding of self-symbols. Poster to be presented at the Cognitive Development Society Conference, Memphis, TN.

  2. K. H., & Mazzocco, M. M. M. (November, 2013). Do concrete symbols facilitate math learning? Poster to be presented at the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA) conference, Chicago, IL.

  3. Herold, K. H. (2013, April 12). Encouraging early numeracy. Parent classroom presentation for Early Childhood Family Education, Roseville, MN.

  4. Mazzocco, M.M.M., & Herold, K. (2013, March 13). Mathematics in early childhood. Presented at the 2013 Minnesota Head Start Conference in Saint Paul, Minnesota. 

Nikki Kovan

  1. Kovan, N., Susman-Stillman, A., Gaylor, E. Spiker, D., and Tout, K. (2012).  Do parents' early care and education preferences and reasons for choosing licensed child care settings differ by ethnicity and language status?  Poster presenter at the National Head Start Conference. Washington, D.C.

Scott McConnell

  1.  

    Wackerle-Hollman, A., Duran, L., Rodriguez, M., & McConnell, S. (2013, May 16-17). Spanish-English bilingual language development and implications for assessment. Presented at the 2013 Inaugural Bilingual Research Conference in Houston, Texas.

     

  2. Wackerle-Hollman, A., McConnell, S., Duran, L., & Rodriguez, M. (2013, April 20). Spanish-English Bilingual Development and Implications for Assessment. Presented at 2013 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Seattle, Washington.

  3. McConnell, S. R., Bradfield, T. A., & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2013, March). Individual Growth and Development Indicators in universal screening and progress monitoring for early childhood Response to Intervention. Laptop showcase at annual meeting of Institute of Education Sciences Principal Investigators, Washington D.C

  4. Potter, L. M., Besner, A., Palma, J., & McConnell, S. (2013, February). Using a Partial Credit Model with Picture Naming IGDIs 2.0. Presented at the annual conference for the National Association of School Psychologists in Seattle, WA.

  5. McConnell, S., Clayton, K., & Martin, M. (2012, October). Moving toward community-based response to intervention: In-home language assessments with LENA. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Division for Early Childhood, Council on Exceptional Children, Minneapolis MN.

  6. Rahn, N. L., & McConnell, S. R. (October, 2012). Practice effects in a preschool picture naming task. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC), Council on Exceptional Children, Minneapolis, MN.

  7. McConnell, S. R., Seiwert, M., Wackerle-Hollman, A., & Bradfield, T. A. (2012, October). Early childhood in Promise Neighborhoods: Northside Achievement Zone's Early Childhood Action Team. Spotlight symposium presented at the annual meetings of the Division for Early Childhood, Council on Exceptional Children, Minneapolis MN.

  8. McConnell, S. R., Strain, P. S., Goldstein, H., Kohler, F., Odom, S. L., & Sainato, D. M. (2012, October). Thirty years later: Early childhood special education from MECCA to now. Symposium presented at the annual meetings of the Division for Early Childhood, Council on Exceptional Children, Minneapolis MN.

  9. Wackerle-Hollman, A., Bradfield, T., McConnell, S., & Spencer, T. (2012, October). Measuring a response to intervention model in early childhood: Examining assessments for identification, decision making and progress monitoring. Poster presentation at the annual meetings of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC), Council on Exceptional Children, Minneapolis, MN.

  10. Bradfield, T., Wackerle-Holman, A., & McConnell, S. (2012, September 21). Post-summit workshop: Using individual growth and development indicators. Presented at Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CrTIEC) 4th Annual Summit on RTI in Early Childhood, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.

  11. McConnell, S., Wackerle-Holman, A., & Bradfield, T. (2012, September 19). IGDIs and beyond: Measurement and decision-making for language and literacy RTI efforts in early childhood education. Presented at Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CrTIEC) 4th Annual Summit on RTI in Early Childhood, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.

  12. Duran, L., Wackerle-Holman, A., & McConnell, S. (2012, September 19). All new Spanish-IGDIs: Bilingual measurement considerations and S-IGDI development. A joint presentation by the University of Utah and the University of Minnesota. Presented at Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CrTIEC) 4th Annual Summit on RTI in Early Childhood, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.

  13. McConnell, S.R. (2012, June 25). Assessment and Progress Monitoring in Early Childhood Education. A Head Start Front Porch Webinar, presented by the National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning.

  14. McConnell, S. R. (2012, February). Using teacher judgments and other standards to set cut-scores for RTI tiered intervention. Paper presented at the Conference on Research Innovations in Early Childhood, San Diego CA.

  15. Potter, L., Clayton, K., Rodriguez, M., Schmitt, B., Wackerle-Hollman, A., & McConnell, S. (2012, February). IGDIs 2.0: Practitioner judgments of feasibility, validity and functionality. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the National Association of School Psychologists, Philadelphia PA.

  16. McConnell, S. R. (2011, November). Measuring up: Constructing progress monitoring measures in early intervention and early childhood special education. David Sexton Memorial Lecture, presented at the meetings of the Division of Early Childhood, Council on Exceptional Children, Washington, D. C.

  17. McConnell, S. R., & Greenwood, C. R. (2011, November).  Developing and validating assessment and Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention tools for RTI in Early Literacy and Language. Part of a Pecha Kucha on Tiered Interventions, presented at 27th Annual International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and their Families Division of Early Childhood Council on Exceptional Children, National Harbor, Washington DC.

  18. McConnell, S. R., & Rafdal, B. (2011, November). LENA in community-based research: An example and a plan. Paper as part of a symposium, Re-thinking early evaluation and progress monitoring: What can LENA tell us? (Jill Gilkerson Chair), presented at 27th Annual International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and their Families Division of Early Childhood Council on Exceptional Children, National Harbor, Washington DC.

  19. Clayton, K., Bradfield, T., Schmitt, B., and McConnell, S. (2011, Sept. 27). The Impact of instructional support on oral language Development for preschoolers living in poverty. Poster at the 3rd Annual RTI Early Childhood Summit, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM.

  20. McConnell, S., Bradfield, T., and Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2011, Sept. 26). Using IGDIs for identifying children for tiered early literacy and language support. Presentation at the 3rd Annual RTI Early Childhood Summit, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM.

  21. Hearst, M.O., Martin, L., Rafdal, B., Bloomgren, R., & McConnell, S. (2011, June 15-18). Early childhood development, food access and screen-time behavior in a low-income community: The Five Hundred under Five Social Determinants of Health Pilot Study. ISBNPA. Melbourne.

  22. McConnell, S., & Bruininks, R. (2011, May 10). Research provides good  answers to legislators' early-education questions. MinnPost.com. Retrieved from http://www.minnpost.com/community_voices/2011/05/10/28132/research_provides_
    good_answers_to_legislators_early-education_questions    .

  23. Albano, A. D., Rodriguez, M. C., McConnell, S., Bradfield, T., & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2011, April). Scaling with measures of early literacy. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.

  24. Bradfield, T., Wackerle-Hollman, A., McConnell, S., Rodriguez, M. C. & Albano, A. D. (2011, April). Construct identification to support early literacy measurement. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.

  25. Rodriguez, M. C., Albano, A. D., McConnell, S., Wackerle-Hollman, A. & Bradfield, T. (2011, April). Standard setting with innovative measures of early literacy: Contrasting Groups. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.

  26. Wackerle-Hollman, A., Bradfield, T., McConnell, S., Albano, A. D., & Rodriguez, M. C. (2011, April). Task development and item analysis in innovative measures of early literacy. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.

  27. McConnell, S. R. (2011, February). Discussant, Explicit and Intentional Vocabulary and Early Literacy Interventions in Preschool. Symposium presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, San Francisco, CA.

  28. McConnell, S. R. (2011, February). IGDI,RTI, IRT, PLD…and LBJ: Integrating contemporary measurement methods into General Outcome Measurement R&D to set benchmarks for RTI. Paper presented to Special Education Programs Brown Bag Series, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

  29. Davis, S., Kohler, K., & McConnell, S. (2011, February). Child, classroom and family characteristics of Early Reading First Classrooms. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, San Francisco, CA.

  30. McConnell, S., Rodriguez, M., Schmitt, B., Bradfield, T.A., & Clayton, K. (2011, February). Early Childhood Response to Intervention: Using Second-Generation IGDIs. Symposium presented at annual meetings of the National Association of School Psychologists, San Francisco, CA.

  31. McConnell, S. R. (2011, February). Developing benchmark goals and cut-points for risk:  A contrasting-groups standard-setting approach. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, CA.

  32. Bradfield, T.A., & McConnell, S. R. (2011, January) Expanding & improving assessment of early literacy and language development in preschool: IGDIs 2.0. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Minnesota School Psychologists Association.

  33. McConnell, S., Rodriguez, M., Albano, A., Bradfield, T., & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2010, October 12). Using Teachers' Judgments of Individual Student Performance for Identification Assessment in Early Childhood RTI. Second Annual Summit on Response to Intervention in Early Childhood, Kansas City, KS.

  34. McConnell, S., & Martin, L. (2010, September 15). Designing Evaluation to Drive Outcomes and Create an Ongoing Learning Community in the North Side Achievement Zone (NAZ). This forum addressed how evaluation will be used to drive outcomes and create an ongoing learning community through NAZ. Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) Forum.

  35. Buysse, V., Houle, G., & McConnell, S. (2010, August 3). Response to Intervention in Early Childhood. 2010 OSEP Leadership Mega Conference: Collaboration to Achieve Success from Cradle to Grave, Washington, DC.

  36. McConnell, S. (2010, June 23). Keynote Presentation: Defining and Implementing Response to Intervention in Early Childhood, a general overview of Response to Intervention and how it might be adapted for use with young children and communities. Utah Conference on Effective Practices for Teachers and Human Service Professionals: Interventions Across the Lifespan.

  37. McConnell, S. (2010, June 23). Workshop: Progress Monitoring in Early Childhood, Part 1: What to Measure, and How to Measure it, in Progress Monitoring for Language and Literacy Development. Utah Conference on Effective Practices for Teachers and Human Service Professionals: Interventions Across the Lifespan.

  38. McConnell, S. (2010, June 23). Workshop: Progress Monitoring in Early Childhood, Part 2: Collecting and Using Progress Monitoring Data for Language and Literacy Development. Utah Conference on Effective Practices for Teachers and Human Service Professionals: Interventions Across the Lifespan.

  39. McConnell, S., Missal, K., Rodriguez, M., & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2010, February 25-27). Monitoring Progress on Progress Monitoring: Recent Innovations in the Design and Evaluation of Individual Growth and Development Indicators. A panel presentation to the Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention (CRIEI), San Diego, CA. On behalf of the CRtIEC project.

Jose Palma

  1. Palma, J., & Brunner, S. (2013, March 1). Comparing simultaneous and sequential bilingual children’s item interpretations: Validity evidence for the Spanish Individual Growth and Development Indicators (S-IGDI) Picture Naming task. Poster presented at 2013 Educational Psychology Graduate Student Research Day, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

Laura Potter

  1. Potter, L. M., Besner, A., Palma, J., & McConnell, S. (2013, February). Using a Partial Credit Model with Picture Naming IGDIs 2.0. Presented at the annual conference for the National Association of School Psychologists in Seattle, WA.

Naomi Rahn

  1. Rahn, N. L., & McConnell, S. R. (October, 2012). Practice effects in a preschool picture naming task. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC), Council on Exceptional Children, Minneapolis, MN.

Megan Rodriguez

  1.  

    Wackerle-Hollman, A., Duran, L., Rodriguez, M., & McConnell, S. (2013, May 16-17). Spanish-English bilingual language development and implications for assessment. Presented at the 2013 Inaugural Bilingual Research Conference in Houston, Texas.

     

  2. Wackerle-Hollman, A., McConnell, S., Duran, L., & Rodriguez, M. (2013, April 20). Spanish-English bilingual development and implications for assessment. Presented at 2013 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Seattle, Washington.

     

Amy Susman-Stillman

  1. Susman-Stillman, A., Halle, T., & Cleveland, J.  (2012, October 2).  Parent perceptions of quality in early care and education.  A presentation for the MN Department of Human Services Child Development Services as part of the Maryland-Minnesota Child Care Research Partnership.  CEED is part of this research partnership with Child Trends and the University of Minnesota's Department of Applied Economics.

  2. Susman-Stillman, A. (2012, September 19). Evaluation of Minnesota's Family, Friend and Neighbor Grant Program, 2007-2009. Presented to the Early Learning Council, Rural and Special Populations Committee.

  3. Susman-Stillman, A. (2011, November 17). Measuring Implementation Fidelity in Early Care and Education: Considerations for Future Measurement Development. Presented as part of session, Analytic Approaches to Studying the Implementation of ECE Programs and Systems, at the Child Care Policy Research Consortium Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

  4. Kretzmann, J., Susman-Stillman, A., Carlson, E., & Harman, S. (2011, November 10). Panel on programs to support infant and early childhood mental health. Minnesota Head Start Innovation Meeting, St. Paul, MN.

  5. Susman-Stillman, A. (2011, October 12). Webinar: The Science of Early Brain Development and Child Development. Sponsored by Working Family Resource Center (WFRC) and Minnesota Department of Education.

  6. Susman-Stillman, A. (2011, June 4). Evaluation of the Minnesota Family, Friend and Neighbor Grant Program. Presentation at Enhanced Home-based Care, Research Connections webinar.

  7. Susman-Stillman, A., Cleveland, J. (2010, June). Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregiving in Minnesota.  Presentation “Sharing the Wisdom” results of interviews with grandmothers caring for grandchildren.  Saint Paul, MN.  | Video presentation | Presentation handout

  8. Susman-Stillman, A. R., and Banghart, P. (2011, May). Quality in family, friend, and neighbor child care settings. Child Care & Early Education Research Connections. Retrieved from http://www.researchconnections.org/childcare/resources/14340/pdf.

  9. Susman-Stillman, A. (2010, April 22). The science of early development: Brain development and child development. Keynote address, Caring for Kids Initiative Breakfast, Wayzata Country Club, Wayzata, MN.

  10. Susman-Stillman, A., & Rader, S. (2010, April 7). Caring for Kids Initiative: Final Evaluation Report. Presentation at the Caring for Kids Initiative Advisory Board meeting, Wayzata, MN.

  11. Susman-Stillman, A., Englund, M.M., Pleuss, J., Cleveland, J., Shkolnik, A. (2009, April 27). Changing Beliefs and Knowledge of Child Care Providers: The Ounce Research Project.  Presentation at the Human Capital Research Collaborative Mini-Conference: Promoting Child Health and Well-Being.

  12. Susman-Stillman, A., Englund, M.M., Pleuss, J., Cleveland, J., Shkolnik, A. (2009, April 2-4). Changing Beliefs and Knowledge of Child Care Providers: The Ounce Research Project.  Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

  13. Godber, Y., Kovan, N., Susman-Stillman, A., & McConnell, S. (2009, April 2-4). Minnesota Early Learning Foundation (MELF): The Influence of a Research-Based Taxonomy on Funding and Evaluation Efforts. Presented at 2009 Society for Research in Child Development Conference (SRCD), Denver, CO. On behalf of the MELF project. Poster Presentation.

  14. Susman-Stillman, A., McConnell, S., & Godber, Y. (2009, April 2-4). Using a Common Conceptual Framework to Coordinate Evaluation of MELF Initiatives. Presented at 2009 Society for Research in Child Development Conference (SRCD), Denver, CO.On behalf of the MELF project. Poster Presentation.

  15. Pleuss, J., Susman-Stillman, A., & Shkolnik, A. (2009, April 2-4). Coding Speech Samples: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods. Presented at 2009 Society for Research in Child Development Conference (SRCD), Denver, CO. On behalf of the OUNCE project. Poster Presentation.

  16. Susman-Stillman, A., Englund, M., Pleuss, J., Cleveland, J., &  Shkolnik, A. (2009, April 2-4). Changing Beliefs and Knowledge of Child Care Providers: The Ounce Research Project. Presented at 2009 Society for Research in Child Development Conference (SRCD), Denver, CO. On behalf of the OUNCE project. Poster Presentation.

Alisha Wackerle-Hollman

  1. Wackerle-Hollman, A., Duran, L., Rodriguez, M., & McConnell, S. (2013, May 16-17). Spanish-English bilingual language development and implications for assessment. Presented at the 2013 Inaugural Bilingual Research Conference in Houston, Texas.

  2. Wackerle-Hollman, A., McConnell, S., Duran, L., & Rodriguez, M. (2013, April 20). Spanish-English Bilingual Development and Implications for Assessment. Presented at 2013 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Seattle, Washington.

  3. McConnell, S. R., Bradfield, T. A., & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2013, March). Individual Growth and Development Indicators in universal screening and progress monitoring for early childhood Response to Intervention. Laptop showcase at annual meeting of Institute of Education Sciences Principal Investigators, Washington D.C

  4. McConnell, S. R., Seiwert, M., Wackerle-Hollman, A., & Bradfield, T. A. (2012, October). Early childhood in Promise Neighborhoods: Northside Achievement Zone's Early Childhood Action Team. Spotlight symposium presented at the annual meetings of the Division for Early Childhood, Council on Exceptional Children, Minneapolis MN.

  5. Wackerle-Hollman, A., Bradfield, T., McConnell, S., & Spencer, T. (2012, October). Measuring a response to intervention model in early childhood: Examining assessments for identification, decision making and progress monitoring. Poster presentation at the annual meetings of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC), Council on Exceptional Children, Minneapolis, MN.

  6. Bradfield, T., Wackerle-Holman, A., & McConnell, S. (2012, September 21). Post-summit workshop: Using individual growth and development indicators. Presented at Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CrTIEC) 4th Annual Summit on RTI in Early Childhood, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.

  7. McConnell, S., Wackerle-Holman, A., & Bradfield, T. (2012, September 19). IGDIs and beyond: Measurement and decision-making for language and literacy RTI efforts in early childhood education. Presented at Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CrTIEC) 4th Annual Summit on RTI in Early Childhood, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.

  8. Duran, L., Wackerle-Holman, A., & McConnell, S. (2012, September 19). All new Spanish-IGDIs: Bilingual measurement considerations and S-IGDI development. A joint presentation by the University of Utah and the University of Minnesota. Presented at Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CrTIEC) 4th Annual Summit on RTI in Early Childhood, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.

  9. Potter, L., Clayton, K., Rodriguez, M., Schmitt, B., Wackerle-Hollman, A., & McConnell, S. (2012, February). IGDIs 2.0: Practitioner judgments of feasibility, validity and functionality. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the National Association of School Psychologists, Philadelphia PA.

  10. McConnell, S., Bradfield, T., and Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2011, Sept. 26). Using IGDIs for identifying children for tiered early literacy and language support. Presentation at the 3rd Annual RTI Early Childhood Summit, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM.

  11. Albano, A. D., Rodriguez, M. C., McConnell, S., Bradfield, T., & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2011, April). Scaling with measures of early literacy. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.

  12. Bradfield, T., Wackerle-Hollman, A., McConnell, S., Rodriguez, M. C. & Albano, A. D. (2011, April). Construct identification to support early literacy measurement. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.

  13. Rodriguez, M. C., Albano, A. D., McConnell, S., Wackerle-Hollman, A. & Bradfield, T. (2011, April). Standard setting with innovative measures of early literacy: Contrasting Groups. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.

  14. Wackerle-Hollman, A., Bradfield, T., McConnell, S., Albano, A. D., & Rodriguez, M. C. (2011, April). Task development and item analysis in innovative measures of early literacy. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.

  15. Bradfield.T. & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (2010, November). Considering Tier 1: Using the CLASS to understand classroom performance. Presentation at the "Minnesota's Got CLASS" conference, St. Paul, MN.

  16. Wackerle-Hollman, A. & Bradfield, T. (October, 2010). Developing a new set of early literacy and language IGDIs. Presentation at the Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood Second Annual Summit, Kansas City, MO.

  17. McConnell, S., Rodriguez, M., Albano, A., Bradfield, T., & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (October 12, 2010). Using Teachers' Judgments of Individual Student Performance for Identification Assessment in Early Childhood RTI. Second Annual Summit on Response to Intervention in Early Childhood, Kansas City, KS.

  18. McConnell, S., Missall, K., Rodriguez, M., & Wackerle-Hollman, A. (February 25-27, 2010). Monitoring Progress on Progress Monitoring: Recent Innovations in the Design and Evaluation of Individual Growth and Development Indicators. Panel presentation at the 2010 Conference for Research Innovations in Early Intervention (CRIEI), San Diego, CA. On behalf of the CRTiEC project.

Christopher Watson

  1. Mavis, A., Johnson, D., Thurlow, M., Nord, D., & Watson, C. (2012, October). Rigor, interpersonal skills, and systems change: Perspectives gained in evaluations of programs and systems serving people with disabilities. Presented at American Evaluation Association (AEA) in Minneapolis, MN.

  2. Johnson, L., Watson, C., Bedor, M., & Krick Oborn, K. (2012, October). Statewide scale-up of the pyramid for social emotional development: Successes and lessons. Paper presented at the meeting of the Division of Early Childhood (DEC), Minneapolis, MN.

  3. Cox, M., Watson, C., & Pandit, S. (2012, June). Shared leadership: Key ingredients for a successful cross-sector partnership. Presented at the 2012 NAEYC National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

  4. Neilsen Gatti, S., Watson, C., & Cox, M. (2012, February). Reflective consultation as an ongoing, embedded professional development model.  Poster presenter at the Conference on Research Innovations in Early Childhood. San Diego, CA.

  5. Watson, C., Johnson, L., & Krick Oborn, K. (2012, February). Evaluating implementation of a tiered intervention model for social emotional development relative to professional development: A preliminary analysis. Poster presented at the Conference on Research Innovations in Early Childhood, San Diego, CA.

  6. Cox, M., & Watson, C. (2011, November 18). Poster presentation: Regional, Specialized, Professional Development Systems: Using Data to Expand Resources. Presented at the Division of Early Childhood (DEC) 27th Annual International Conference on Young Children With Special Needs & Their Families. National Harbor, MD.

  7. Neilsen Gatti, S., & Watson, C. (2011, November 18). Transformative Professional Development Tool in Infant Mental Health: Reflective Practice. Presented at the Division of Early Childhood (DEC) 27th Annual International Conference on Young Children With Special Needs & Their Families. National Harbor, MD.

  8. Cox, M., Watson, C., Kipnis, F. & Wat, A. (2011, June 13). Promoting comprehensive data systems: National and state models for integrated workforce development. Presentation at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Professional Development Institute, Providence, RI.

  9. Watson, C. (2011, April 11). Deepening Our Knowledge and Sills in Family-Centered Services. Presented at the Strengthening Families Institute, Indianapolis, IN.

  10. Watson, C. (2011, April 11). Self-regulation: Building a Foundation of Emotional Literacy. Presented at the Strengthening Families Institute, Indianapolis, IN.

  11. Watson, C.,  & Menninga, E. (2010, September 16). Babies and Toddlers Too! Presented at the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA), Minneapolis, MN.

  12. Watson, C., & Hawley, V. (2010, April 19). Self-regulation: Building a Foundation of Emotional Literacy. Presented at the Institute for Strengthening Families in Indianapolis, Indiana.

  13. Watson, C., & Hawley, V. (2010, April 19). Self-regulation: Addressing Challenging Behaviors in Infants and Toddlers (15 pages). Presented at the Institute for Strengthening Families in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

  14. Watson, C., & Neilsen-Gatti, S. (2010, February 25-27). Reflective Supervision in Part C. A poster presentation to the Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention (CRIEI). San Diego, CA. 

  15. Watson, C. (2008, August 28). Moving Teachers Along the Professional Development...Coaching that Connects Assessment to Practice. Presented in St. Cloud, MN.

  16. Watson, C., & Hawley, V. (2006, June 4-7). Moving Teachers Along the Professional Development Road...Two Coaching Models Connect Assessment to Practice in Child Care and Head Start (10 pages). National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) 15th National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development, San Antonio, TX.

  17. Watson, C. (2005, October). Bridging Education and Mental Health in Early Childhood (10 pages). Presented at the Division of Early Childhood (DEC) International Conference, Portland, Oregon.

  18. Watson, C. (2004, May 11). Head and Heart: Supporting the Mental Health of Young Children (11 pages). Presented at the Minnesota Head Start Conference, St. Cloud, MN.

  19. Watson, C. (2005, March 16). Introduction to Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health (11 pages). Presented at the Early Childhood Special Education class, Barbara Wolfe, Ph.d., University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.

  20. Watson, C. (2005, February 16). Head & Heart: Social-Emotional Development and Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health (11 pages). Presented in Buffalo, MN.

  21. Watson, C. (2005, March 5). Introduction to Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health (17 pages). Presented at PACER, Bloomington, MN.


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