Student Spotlight: Debra Prykanowski
Meet Debra Prykanowski, a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the College of Education’s School of Special Education, School Psychology, and Early Childhood Studies. At the Anita Zucker Center, she has worked with Dr. Maureen Conroy, co-director, on the center’s BEST in...
Center students and faculty to present at annual conference on children with special needs and their families
A strong contingent of Anita Zucker Center students and faculty are joining national experts this week to present, share and inspire at the Council for Exceptional Children, Division for Early Childhood’s 33rd Annual International Conference on Young Children with...
UF College of Law Professor and Anita Zucker Center partner examines inequality among children in forthcoming book
How does every child gain an equal opportunity to develop to his or her fullest potential? According to Anita Zucker Center partner Nancy E. Dowd, professor and David H. Levin Chair in Family Law, equality starts in early childhood. As a 2017 UF Distinguished...
Top Scholar Picked for Endowed Chair
For Patricia Snyder, being named the first occupant of the David Lawrence Jr. Endowed Chair of Early Childhood Studies at the University of Florida was a natural fit. For pre-school children in Florida, Snyder’s selection to the $1.5 million teaching and research post...
BEST in CLASS-Elementary Helps Teachers, Students Set a Course for Success
Kindergarten teachers prepare their students for future school success, yet researchers say nearly 30 percent of children who enter school display problem behaviors, which put them at risk for fewer learning opportunities and poorer academic outcomes. To help these...
How children with disabilities came to be accepted in public schools.
Dr. Jean Crockett, a professor and Director of the School of Special Education, School Psychology, and Early Childhood Studies at the University of Florida, shares the history and the great impact of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (formerly known as...
UF Researcher in Early Childhood Special Education Lends Expertise for National Meeting
Patricia Snyder, a professor of special education and early childhood studies at the University of Florida, is serving in a leadership role for the 2015 Institute of Education Sciences Principal Investigators Meeting in Washington, D.C. The IES is the statistics,...
New UF Graduate Funding Supports, Trains Early Childhood Specialists
Through a new grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the UF College of Education is providing financial support this fall for 12 graduate students in early childhood special education. The new master’s students in the college’s Unified Early Childhood Program...