Community celebrates opening of new CHILD Center
On June 7, 2018, members of the Anita Zucker Center, the UF College of Education and the greater Gainesville community gathered together to celebrate the opening of the CHILD Center in Southwest Gainesville that will be home to an innovative, community-based initiative to support children in their most transformative years.
Center members to address challenging behaviors at 2018 National Training Institute
Several Anita Zucker Center members and students will dive into two days of training and professional development around promoting healthy social and emotional development and preventing challenging behaviors in young children at the 15th National Training Institute...
Student Spotlight: Jennifer Harrington
For early interventionist Jennifer Harrington, studying at the Anita Zucker Center has provided nothing short of a ‘great opportunity’ to be immersed in the field of early childhood. When not working on the Institute of Education Sciences-funded Goal 3 Embedded...
SWAG To Create Child Care and Early Education Center
The C.H.I.L.D Center, which stands for the Children’s Health, Imagination, Learning and Discovery Center, will serve as a child care and early education center located in the heart of the SWAG neighborhoods. Set to open for the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year,...
CRIEI Panel and Poster Sessions
The UF scholars attended the Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention forum held in San Diego Feb. 11-13, 2016, a biennial research conference devoted to early intervention for young children with at risk for disabilities from birth to age 8, their...
Anita Zucker Center Co-Director Honored For Leadership, Impact on Behavioral Disorders
Maureen Conroy, co-director of the University of Florida Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, has received the 2016 Outstanding Leadership Award from the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders. CCBD, a division of the Council for...
UF Early Childhood Researcher Works with World Health Organization
Brian Reichow, an associate professor in the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, is collaborating with colleagues from around the world to develop services to families worldwide in areas lacking much-needed support services. His technical...
Alumnus Earns Distinguished Early Career Research Award
UF College of Education Alumnus Brian Boyd has been selected for prestigious national honors from the Council for Exceptional Children for his outstanding research. Boyd won the 2016 Distinguished Early Career Research Award. The honor recognizes scholars who have...