Colleagues converge on Anita Zucker Center for BEST in CLASS Web training
In many Head Start preschools, children who demonstrate challenging behaviors — defiance, disruption, aggression and more — comprise about 25 percent of classrooms. These children are more likely to face behavioral and learning challenges later in school, and into...
Anita Zucker Center’s newest member finds association between adverse childhood experiences and early childhood development
Sometimes, adverse childhood experiences, or “ACEs” are unavoidable. Ranging from physical abuse to substance abuse within a child’s household, these experiences can have detrimental consequences for children affected by them. For Dr. Melissa Bright, a developmental...
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...
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...