Agenda

Presenters

• Naomi Goldstein, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
• Shannon Christian, Office of Child Care
• Deborah Bergeron, Office of Early Childhood Development and Office of Head Start

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Presenters

• Kyong-Ah Kwon, , University of Oklahoma, College of Education
• Brenda Jones Harden, University of Maryland School of Social Work
• Walter Gilliam, Yale School of Medicine
• Shannon Lipscomb, Oregon State University, College of Public Health and Human Science

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Presenters

• Kristie Kauerz, University of Colorado Denver
• Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch, University of Virginia
• Kyle DeMeo Cook, St. John’s University
• Peter Dallas Finch, West Valley School District #208, Yakima, Washington

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Presenters

• Shirley Adelstein, Administration for Children and Families
• Heather Sandstrom, Urban Institute
• Mallory Warner-Richter, Child Trends
• Kathryn Tout, Child Trends
• Kathryn Kigera, DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education
• Jon Korfmacher, Erikson Institute

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Presenters

• Anne Douglass, University of Massachusetts
• Kathryn Tout, Child Trends
• Tamara Halle, Child Trends
• Julie Morales, James Bell Associates
• Kristina Rosinsky, Child Trends

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Presenters

• Jessica Barnes-Najor, Michigan State University and the Tribal Early Childhood Research Center
• Lana Garcia, Pueblo of Jemez Walatowa Head Start
• Meryl Barofsky, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
• Brittany Suralta, Cook Inlet Tribal Council
• Colleen Vesely, George Mason University
• Marlene G. Marquez, Alexandria Department of Community and Human Services
• Deborah Perry, Georgetown University

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Presenters

• Dale Farran, Vanderbilt University
• Deb Stipek, Stanford Graduate School of Education
• Marty Zaslow, Society for Research in Child Development

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Presenters

• Elysia Davis, University of Denver
• Taryn Morrissey, American University
• Sarah Watamura, University of Denver
• Deborah Phillips, Georgetown University

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Presenters

• Kathryn Tout, Child Trends
• Elizabeth Davis, University of Minnesota
• Carolina Milesi, NORC at the University of Chicago
• Herman Knopf, University of Florida
• Julia Mendez, UNC Greensboro
• Andrew Williams, Office of Child Care

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Topics

• Children with Disabilities/ Developmental Delays
• Dual Language Learners
• ECE and Kindergarten Alignment
• ECE Discipline/ Expulsion and Suspension
• ECE Practice: Language and Literacy
• ECE Practice: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
• ECE Quality
• Executive Function and Learning Behaviors
• Families and Substance Use
• Family Engagement: Partnership and Communication
• Family Risk
• Formative Assessment to Inform Instruction
• Opportunities for Secondary Analyses of ECE Data
• Parent Child Care/ ECE Decision Making
• Parenting/ Parent-Child Relationship
• Social Emotional Development
• State ECE Initiatives and Needs Assessments
• Workforce Development
• Workforce Well-Being

Presenters

• Diane Horm, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa
• Rachel Chazan Cohen, University of Connecticut

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Presenters

• Sarah Neville-Morgan, California Department of Education
• Sheila Self, California Department of Education
• Patricia Snyder, University of Florida
• Pam Winton, Retired, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Presenters

• Sally Atkins-Burnett, Mathematica
• Gretchen Kirby, Mathematica
• JoAnn Hsueh, MDRC
• Marty Zaslow, Society for Research in Child Development
• Laura Johns, National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance

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Presenters

• Elizabeth Cavadel, Mathematica
• Shannon Monahan, Mathematica
• Mary Louise Hemmeter, National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning
• Allyson Dean, National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning
• Ann Rivera, Administration for Children and Families

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Topics

• Challenging Behaviors in ECE
• Child Welfare and ECE
• Curriculum and Curriculum Implementation
• Dual Language Learners
• ECE Data Systems
• ECE Practice: Language and Literacy
• ECE Practice: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
• ECE Quality and Cost Analyses
• Factors of Family Child Care
• Family Engagement: Partnership and Communication
• Formative Assessment to Inform Instruction
• Health in ECE
• Parenting/ Parent-Child Relationship
• School Readiness Factors
• Social Emotional Development
• Understanding Home Visiting Quality
• Workforce Well-Being

Presenters

• David B. Daniel, James Madison University
• Jessica Barnes-Najor, Michigan State University and the Tribal Early Childhood Research Center
• Kelly Fisher, Society for Research in Child Development

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Presenters

• Ann Stacks, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, Wayne State University
• Claire Vallotton, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University
• Bethanie Van Horne, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Lisa L. Knoche, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools; University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Veronica Fernandez, University of Miami
• Johayra Bouza, University of Miami
• Kathleen Dwyer, Administration for Children and Families

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Presenters

• Iheoma U. Iruka, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Sara Vecchiotti, Foundation for Child Development

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Topics

• Curriculum and Curriculum Implementation
• Dual Language Learners
• ECE and Kindergarten Alignment
• ECE Monitoring/ Licensing/ QRIS
• ECE Practice: Language and Literacy
• ECE Practice: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
• ECE Program Evaluation and Descriptive Studies
• Equity in ECE
• Family Engagement: Partnership and Communication
• Parenting/ Parent-Child Relationship
• Partnerships/ Community Collaborations
• Play in ECE
• Teacher-Child Relationship and Interactions
• Transition to Kindergarten
• Workforce Development
• Workforce Well-Being and Retention