Student Spotlight: Twinkle Zheng
Meet Twinkle Zheng, a second-year Anita Zucker Center doctoral student affiliate. Passionate about making data-informed decisions and supporting practitioners in the implementation of evidence-based practices, Twinkle works alongside Dr. Patricia Snyder on the...
Student Spotlight: Sara Germansky
Meet Sara Germansky, a second-year Anita Zucker Center doctoral student affiliate. Committed to creating a more empowered and effective early childhood workforce, Sara works alongside advisors Drs. Patricia Snyder and Brian Reichow. Alexis Brown: Let’s begin the...
Mentorship makes the difference for Center’s Project Prepare program
In Krista Steele’s pre-K practicum, a picture board spoke a thousand words. One young student with cerebral palsy had an Individualized Education Program (IEP) goal to use a picture board to communicate his wants and needs during lunch. Steele, who graduated in May...
Center Members Collaborate with FSU and the Early Steps State Office on Professional Development for Providers
Healthy social-emotional development in early childhood has lasting benefits for young children’s future development and learning, especially for young children who have or are at risk for developmental delays. Supporting families and caregivers with tools for...
New Zealand Trip Creates Lasting Cross-Cultural Connections for Center
Twenty-two hours. Eight-thousand, one hundred miles. University of Florida Professor and director of the Anita Zucker Center, Dr. Patricia Snyder, has gone global — again. This past month, she attended the World Forum on Early Care and Education, an Early Childhood...
Center Members Help Break Ground on New CHILD Center
Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies (AZ CEECS) members joined families in a southwest community of Gainesville, advocates and area officials on May 25 to break ground on a new CHILD (Children’s Health, Imagination, Learning and Discovery)...
Student Spotlight: Brittany Werch
Meet Brittany Werch, a sixth-year doctoral student in School Psychology from Jacksonville, Fla. Passionate about social justice and improving educational quality for diverse populations and children at-risk for school failure, Brittany works with Dr. Maureen Conroy on...
Student Spotlight: Darbi Shannon
Meet Darbi Shannon, a fifth-year doctoral student at the Anita Zucker Center. An early childhood educator with 10 years of experience, Darbi is passionate about translating her experience and knowledge from the classroom and the doctoral program to meaningfully impact...