Category: Current projects
Child Care Health and Safety Coaching Project
We serve as the external evaluator for the Child Care Health and Safety Pilot Initiative, a project led by the Center for Inclusive Child Care.
Child Care Infant Toddler Coaching Project
We serve as the external evaluator for the Infant Toddler Specialist Network, an initiative led by the Center for Inclusive Child Care.
Child Welfare Credential Pilot Project
In partnership with the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, we’ve developed and launched a pilot training program in “Understanding Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health.”
Child Development in Child Welfare
We partner with the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare to offer online training and reflective consultation, publications, and events that apply child development research to the child welfare system.
Centers of Excellence Professional Development System
We’re helping the Minnesota Department of Education’s early intervention and early childhood special education programs maintain and grow an accessible, evidence-based professional development system for Minnesota.
Impact of a Theater Arts Program on the School Readiness of Low-Income Preschoolers
We’re examining how a preschool theatre arts program impacts a child’s storytelling, play, and social skills.
Measuring Oral Narrative and Theater Arts Skills of Preschool Children
We’re working to determine whether two new tools that we developed with the Children’s Theatre Company are psychometrically sound.
Early Bridges: A Preschool Theatre Arts Program
We work with the Minneapolis-based Children’s Theatre Company to evaluate the impact of an outreach program that aims to build children’s storytelling and theater arts skills.