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CSC Child Study Center

The Child Study Center is dedicated to promoting children’s development and well-being through the dynamic integration of research, undergraduate and graduate training, and engaged community outreach.

We are housed in the Department of Psychology in the College of the Liberal Arts.

The Child Study Center is dedicated to promoting children’s development and well-being through the dynamic integration of research, undergraduate and graduate training, and engaged community outreach.

We are housed in the Department of Psychology in the College of the Liberal Arts.

Events

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Save the date!
May 1, 2025
2025 Penn State Reception at SRCD
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Hilton Minneapolis Marquette VI
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Save the date!
October 2, 2025
The 2025-2026 Child Study Center’s Lois Bloom Lecture
Adriana Janette Umana-Taylor, Ph.D.
Harvard University

News

Penn State research by Karen L. Bierman and colleagues examined the impact of the Head Start Research-based, Developmentally Informed (REDI) preschool intervention on high school outcomes

Congratulations to Ekjyot K. Saini, postdoctoral student working with Douglas M. Teti, Ph.D., lead author on a paper that received the Editor’s Choice Award from the Journal of Family Psychology: Sleep, Co-Parenting, and Parenting Among Mothers and Fathers Prior to Kindergarten Transition

Big Ten Early Learning Alliance brief looks at the impact of HeadStart in Big Ten states

Lori A. Francis and others examined whether participating in a family-focused preventive intervention designed to promote toddlers’ self-regulation improves parental resilience among families living in poverty

Martha Wadsworth, professor of psychology, and colleagues have received a five-year, $5.5 million grant to further evaluate the Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills (BaSICS) program

Student Spotlight

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Kelley Gunther

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I am interested in the way attention processes guide how developing children interface with their social environment.