The Child Study Center sponsored a successful symposium, “Fostering Productive Parent Engagement in the Early School Years: Translating Research to Practice,” on Friday, January 11, 2019. The symposium highlighted research-based parent engagement programs that promote positive parenting practices, child school readiness, and effective family-school partnerships during the preschool and early elementary school years. See below for a list of speakers and links to their presentation slides and videos.
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Karen Bierman, Ph.D., Penn State University
Evan Pugh University Professor
Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies
Director, Penn State Child Study Center
View presentation slides by Dr. Bierman
View video of Dr. Bierman’s presentation |
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Spring Dawson-McClure, Ph.D., NYU School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Population Health
Center for Early Childhood Health and Development
View presentation slides by Dr. Dawson-McClure
View video of Dr. Dawson-McClure’s presentation |
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Susan Sheridan, Ph.D., University of Nebraska
Director, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
Director, National Center for Research on Rural Education
George Holmes University Professor & Willa Cather Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology
View presentation slides by Dr. Sheridan
View video of Dr. Sheridan’s presentation |
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Elizabeth Stormshak, Ph.D., University of Oregon
Philip H. Knight Chair, Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services
Director, Prevention Science Institute at the University of Oregon
View presentation slides by Dr. Stormshak
View video of Dr. Stormshak’s presentation |
View the symposium’s ending Q&A here.