UF graduate students get hands-on experience in Washington D.C.
Five Early Childhood Care and Education Policy graduate students joined a cohort of scholars from partner institutions in the Early Childhood Policy in Institutions of Higher Education (ECPIHE) initiative from across the country to meet with early childhood policymakers and learn from national experts.
Understanding the Financial Challenges of Childcare: Insights from Florida
The high cost of childcare can make it hard for families to work, especially for those with lower incomes. In places like Florida, researchers looked at how much families spend on childcare to see how it affects their finances.
Professors Emeritus Dowd and Spencer speak on Brown for Weyrauch Distinguished Lecture
Historical and prescriptive, Dowd and Spencer explored the interpretation and legacy of this ruling and how it continues to shape children’s development and education in America.
Cross-University Research Team Awarded Early Intervention and Early Learning IES Grant
This project will examine the impact of Florida Embedded Practices and Intervention with Caregivers (FL-EPIC) on early childhood providers, families and children.
Early Intervention Research Team Awarded IES Grant
The Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Special Education Research recently awarded a team of researchers from the Anita Zucker Center $1.39 million to further previous research on embedded instruction for children with disabilities.
Partnering to Advance Coaching Decisions
The project will demonstrate implementation of the PBC-DIDM model, evaluate fidelity of model implementation in six diverse sites serving young children with disabilities, and examine relationships between practitioners’ fidelity of practice implementation and child(family) outcomes.
2021 Kauffman-Hallahan-Pullen Distinguished Researcher | Patricia Snyder, Ph.D.
Center Director Patricia Snyder has been named the 2021 Kauffman-Hallahan-Pullen Distinguished Researcher, by the Council for Exceptional Children Division for Research.
Virtual Summit on Opioid Use During Pregnancy
In May 2020, more than 100 researchers, practitioners and stakeholders gathered for the Virtual Summit on Opioid Use During Pregnancy. This convening builds off of the momentum of the momentum of the 2017 Inaugural Early Childhood National Summit and 2018 Early Childhood: Critical Legal Issues and Strategies Summit.