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CEED in the News
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CEED Staff presented
at BUILD National Conference on Family, Friend and Neighbor Care,
Minneapolis, MN, September 21-22, 2009
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CEED staff participated in the BUILD National
Conference on Family, Friend and Neighbor Care that took place on
September 21-22 in Minneapolis. Amy Susman-Stillman, CEED Interim
Co-Director and PI on the Minnesota FFN Grant Program Evaluation and
the Sharing the Wisdom Family, Friend and Neighbor Project, spoke at
the session entitled Family, Friend and Neighbor Care and the
Early Childhood Agenda, and Jennifer Cleveland, Coordinator for
the Sharing the Wisdom FFN Project, attended the conference. Amy
also spoke at the Childhood Injury Summit sponsored by Minnesota
Safety Council. Her talk, Parents, Kids and Injury Prevention,
focused on the family and developmental factors that affect
parents' beliefs and attitudes regarding childhood injury
prevention. In addition, Amy is now a member of the Early Learning
Standards Committee of the Governor's Early Childhood Advisory
Council (ECAC). The committee has met 4 times and is now offering
its recommendations to the ECAC. |
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View CEED poster
presentations from 2009
SRCD Conference
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April 2009: 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)
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Arthur
Reynolds |
Spring 2009:
Congratulations to Arthur Reynolds, appointed by Governor Tim
Pawlenty to the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood
Education and Care.
Read the press
release. |
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Scott McConnell |
Spring 2009:
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
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Spring 2009:
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
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Spring 2009:
Brooke Rafdal is highlighted in the
Spring 2009
issue of CEHD's Connect online magazine (page 31). |
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Article
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Read an article authored by Amy Susman
Stillman, CEED co-director, and published by the National Center for
Children in Poverty.
Demographics of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care in the
United States, August 2008
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Article
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Read an article about Scott McConnell's research in ResearchWorks:
Learning to
Read Begins with the Earliest Language Development |
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Article in
Star Tribune
December 2008
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Kids not ready for kindergarten cost Minnesota schools $113 million
a year Minneapolis Star
Tribune, December 30, 2008 |
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Kudos to CEED
Award Winners at 2008 DEC Conference
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Congratulations to CEED staff who won
awards at the
Division of Early Childhood (DEC) Conference held in Minneapolis
in 2008.
Scott McConnell
received the Mary McEvoy Service to the Field Award. This
award is given
to a parent, community member, or professional who has made notable
and significant national or international contributions to the field
of early childhood special education.
Read more on the CEHD web site. |
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 Karen
Cadigan received the J. David Sexton Doctoral Student
Award. This award is given to a DEC member and doctoral-level
student whose contributions include research, higher education,
publications, policy, and information dissemination. |
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Article on Family,
Friend, and Neighbor Child Care
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Read an article authored by Amy Susman
Stillman, CEED co-director, and published by the National Center for
Children in Poverty:
Demographics of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care in the
United States, August 2008 |
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Although we don't yet have a
wealth of rigorous, controlled studies that allow us to make a
definitive statement about cause and effect, we do have a variety of
studies that collectively point to an association between outdoor
play and an array of good outcomes for kids.
- Martha Farrell Erickson |
Read an article featuring the
Children & Nature Network
(Building a Movement to Reconnect Children & Nature) that includes
Q&A from Martha
Farrell Erickson, Ph.D.
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Marti Erickson in the news!
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Marti Erickson's
Growing Concerns columns featured on Super Nanny website
The Growing Concerns
syndicated parenting column has been distributed nationally by the
University of Minnesota News Service since 1993.
Read current and past columns at UMN News |
Marti Erickson, CEED Senior Fellow and one of our Co-Directors, has
some of her Growing Concerns articles featured on the
web site of the television show Super Nanny.
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Marti Erickson featured
in article from Monitor on Psychology
With children
spending less time in nature than ever before, the biggest victim
may be Mother Earth. Psychologists are helping kids connect. |
Marti Erickson, CEED Senior Fellow and one of CEED's Co-Directors,
is featured in the article
Getting
Back to the Great Outdoors--by
Amy Novotney, Monitor Staff, APA Monitor on Psychology, Volume
39, No. 3, March 2008
As many young people were
spending increasing amounts of time watching television or playing
video games, my kids were much more likely to head off on their
bikes, canoe down the creek that flows through our city or rally
some friends to create an outdoor adventure. Now, as young adults,
they are fit, creative, adventurous, and striving to protect the
environment.... |
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CEED Project Coordinator
Vicki Hawley presented at Strong Foundations Birth to Three
Conference
View/print a copy of
the slide presentations and handouts |
Caring for Infants and Toddlers in
Groups: Conversations about Curriculum, V. Hawley, Strong
Foundations Birth to Three Conference, February 2008, Duluth, MN.
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New Center at the
Center!
Assessment and Training
Center
Amy Susman Stillman,
Principal Investigator
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CEED is pleased to announce the
Assessment and Training Center
(ATC). The Center has been conceptualized as a way to transmit CEED’s unique observation and
assessment skill and knowledge to the greater early childhood
community, for program evaluation and improvement purposes.
Read more about ATC |
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December 27, 2007 |
Marti Erickson, senior fellow at CEED,
advises parents not to focus solely on the so-called "terrible twos"
when raising toddlers. Arthur Reynolds, CEED Fellow, is also
featured concerning his work in preschool intervention and the
Chicago Public Schools preschool program.
Article in Baltimore Sun, Dec. 27, 2007
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~ Fall 2007 ~ |
CEED moved into the new
Education Sciences Building on October 22, 2007
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 CEED,
along with the Department of Educational Psychology and the Center for
Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI) moved into
the new
Education Sciences Building.
CEED is located on the ground level,
facing the river and next to the coffee shop.
The old Mineral Resources Research
Center on River Road was renovated for this purpose. This
building is where the process for refining taconite was invented and
the slogan for refurbishing the building for CEHD purposes has been
Mines to Minds.
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Distinguished Scholar
Lecture at Macalester College, St. Paul
October 3, 2007
Macalester College,
Weyerhauser Administration Building, St. Paul, MN
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Martha Farrell
Erickson, CEED's director of the Harris Programs, was this
year's lecturer for the Minnesota
Psychological Association:
Distinguished Scholar Lecture
Science, Practice and Sound Bites:
Possibilities and Perils in Taking Psychology Public
This presentation helped participants
increase awareness of popular misconceptions about attachment theory
and research and their application to practice, policy and parenting;
helped increase understanding of challenges presented when the cultures
of academia, public policy, and media intersect; and guided
participants in identifying current opportunities and strategies for
using developmental theory and research to advance public knowledge and
sound practice and policy. |
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Research Findings: Children Who Complete Intensive Early Childhood
Program Show Gains into Adulthood
Source: National Institutes of Health - August 7, 2007 |
Arthur Reynolds and
Judy Temple are among
the co-authors of this article:
The
National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently highlighted the results of
a 19 year follow-up study that looked at the long-term effects of the
Child-Parent Center (CPC) program. The CPC program provided intensive
instruction from pre-school through 3rd grade for children and job
skills training, parenting skills training, educational classes and
social services for their parents. Findings provide evidence that early
education programs can have a wide range of positive effects into
adulthood.
Read the full press release
Full article citation:
Reynolds, A. J., Temple, J. A., Ou, S.R., Robertson, D. L., Mersky, J.
P., and Topitzes, J. W. (2007). Effects of a school-based, early
childhood intervention on adult health and well-being: A 19-year
follow-up of low-income families.Archives
of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine,
161(8), 730-739.
Read
the abstract. |
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CEED Staff Attend NASP
2007
National Association of
School Psychologists
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Left to right:
Kristen Missall, Scott McConnell, Alicia Wackerle, Jackie Roverud,
Angie Wagner,
Amber Hayes
Leah Hjelseth and Christopher Watson |
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March 26, 2007
CEED Response to NICHD Study
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Media coverage of a recent study from NICHD
Early Child Care and Youth Development has sounded the alarm about the
relation between early child care experience and children's behavior in
later elementary school.
Read
CEED's response. (pdf file) |
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Marti Erickson co-hosts radio show
on FM radio
Airing from 1:00 to 3:00pm every
Saturday on FM 107.1 Twin Cities radio and online at
http://fm107.fm. |
Good Enough Moms (GEMS)
You don't
have do to everything perfectly. You just have to be good enough.
Co-hosted by Martha Farrell Erickson and
her daughter Erin Erickson Garner.
Read the St. Paul Pioneer Press article about the debut
Read the UMN News article |
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CEED Staff poster presentations at CEHD Research Day
February 27, 2007
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(pictured:
Tracy Bradfield)
Effects of
Literacy-Promoting Activities and Informal Coaching on Language and
Literacy Interactions in Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care Homes
Lesley Craig-Unkefer, Scott
McConnell, Tracy Morgan, and Adrienne Schwabe
The poster describes the
conceptual basis and ongoing processes involved in a research project
focusing on improving language and literacy outcomes in children cared
for in Family Friend and Neighbor child care settings.
(pictured: Cathy Jordan, Kate Troy,
Karen Cadigan)
The Other End of University
Avenue: Growing a University-Capitol Relationship to Improve Public
Policies for Children and Families
This poster describes a variety
of formal College-based activities that aim to build relationships
between and among policymakers and the University community. Projects
include the Children, Youth and Families Consortium policy work, the
McEvoy Lectures on Early Childhood and Public Policy, the Family Policy
Forum, the Early Childhood Caucus Leadership retreat, and recent data
from a survey of state legislators' views of the University and
research. |
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CEED at the Minnesota State Fair
September 2006
August 2007
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CEED hosted a booth at the Minnesota State
Fair at the University of Minnesota Building during the fair's 12-day
run.
The "Good Enough Moms" radio
show, hosted by Marti Erickson and her daughter Erin Erickson
Garner, broadcasted live at the FM107 exhibit.
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Scott McConnell,
Director of Community Engagement, CEED; Itasca Early Childhood Work
Group Coordinator |
CEED is pleased to share the Itasca Project's
Early Childhood Development Program Review. This report, with
the cooperation of Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's office, was
completed by McKinsey & Company on behalf of the Itasca Project.
Read more
information about this report and download the report. |
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Arthur Reynolds has Editorial
published in Los Angeles Times
May 24, 2006
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Preschool, The Best Policy Money Can
Buy: Why Proposition 82 is a Wise Investment in California's Future
(pdf file)
Arthur Reynolds is a CEED Fellow and directs
the Chicago Longitudinal Study, which investigates the impact of the
Child-Parent Center early education program. He is a professor of child
development at the University of Minnesota.
More
information
Published May 24, 2006 |
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