CONFERENCE AGENDA

LIVE – Session available via live stream

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Greetings and Opening Plenary Session

10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Breakout Sessions

102 What Does the Evidence Say about the Development of Dual Language Learners in the Early Years and Practices to Support their Development? Key Findings from the National Academies Consensus Study Report
103 Promoting Positive Family Math Experiences: An Exploration of Three Approaches to Engaging Families in Preschool Children's Math Learning through Fun, Everyday Activities
105LIVE “Readiness for Change” in Early Learning: What is It? How Do We Measure It? And What Are We Learning?
106 Learning to be Well: Educator Resilience and Well-being in Early Childhood
107 Early Childhood Home-Based Interventions with Rural Low-Income Families
108 POSTER SYMPOSIUM: Implementing Quality Early Care and Education at Scale: Findings from the NYC Early Childhood Research Network
109 Using Insights from Behavioral Science in Technologies that Support Parents of Children from Zero to Five
110 Who is Caring for our Babies? Analyses to Inform State Policies Focused on Improving the Infant Toddler Care and Education System
111 Research Towards Precision Home Visiting: Making Programs More Efficient and Effective for Families
117 How Context Shapes the Brain: Pathways from Poverty to Child Outcomes

12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch (conference attendees on their own)

1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Breakout Sessions

104 Establishing Healthy Weight Trajectories in Early Childhood
112LIVE MASTER LECTURE: John Fantuzzo – The Use of Child Outcome Data in Head Start—“We’ve Got to Get it Right!”
113 Promoting Effective Parent Engagement in Children's Learning and Social-Emotional Outcomes
114 Measurement of Inequitable Experiences in the Classroom
115 Enhancing the Impact of Coaching: Lessons from the Field
116 Innovative Directions for Early Vocabulary Interventions
118 POSTER SYMPOSIUM: Emotional Health and Well-being among Early Childhood Educators: Examining Predictors and Effects of Stress and Depression
119 Understanding Home Visit Quality: Findings from Three Studies
120 Two-Generation Approaches to Promoting Parents’ and Children’s Education, Skill, and Well-being: Preliminary Findings from Head Start University Partnership Grantees
121 Young Children in Hispanic and Immigrant Families: Access to and Utilization of Services

3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Poster Session

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Plenary Session

201LIVE Evidence-Based Preschool Curricula: Closing the Gap between Research and Reality

10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Breakout Sessions

202LIVE MASTER LECTURE: Lynne Katz – We’re Dancing as Fast as We Can! The Ever-Challenging, Ongoing Interplay between Research Science and Practice Demands for Children Born Cocaine-Exposed and their Families
203 Secondary Data Analysis of Head Start Impact Study Data: What Did We Learn?
204 Edward F. Zigler Symposium: The Bridge from Research to Action
205 Early Childhood Programs Improving Mother's Human Capital
206 Methods for Measuring Parent, Family, and Community Engagement
207 Strategies for Measuring Teachers' Effectiveness in Using Child Assessments to Guide Teaching and Individualized Instruction
208 POSTER SYMPOSIUM: Preparing the Workforce to Support Infants, Toddlers, and their Families: Competencies, Measures, and Evidence to Develop Effective Teaching and Training
209 Understanding Leadership in Early Care and Education (ECE): Learning from ECE and Other Fields
210 Public Early Childhood Systems and Private Child Care Providers: Features of Partnership and Policy Efforts
211 Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) Learning Agenda and Development of Research Priorities

12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch (conference attendees on their own)

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Plenary Session

212LIVE Challenged Childhoods: Adverse Circumstances and Children’s Early Development

3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Breakout Sessions

213 Perspectives on Access and Use of Early Care and Education using Data from the National Survey of Early Care and Education
214 The Relationship of Early Head Start and Head Start Participation and Child Maltreatment Reporting, Foster Care Placement, and Resilience in the Face of Child Neglect
215 Improving School Readiness among Latino DLLs in the Preschool Classroom: Identifying Quality Indicators and Classroom Contexts that Make a Difference
216 Voices from the Pre-K Field: What Do New Early Childhood Programs Need to Know that Research Isn’t Telling Them Yet?
217 Getting Real with Racial Equity: Reconstructing School Climate
218 Every Step of the Way! – Culturally Responsive Research and Engagement with Ethnically and Linguistically Diverse Communities
219 POSTER SYMPOSIUM: Early Head Start University Partnership Research: Supporting the Strengths and Needs of a Diverse Workforce to Improve the Quality of Infant/Toddler Teacher Practices
220LIVE Home is Where the Heart Is: Supporting Relationship-Based Approaches to Work with Families and Caregivers
221 Universal Design for Learning within Early Learning Environments: Meeting the Needs of Children from Diverse Backgrounds Including Children With and Without Disabilities

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Poster Session

5:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. | Fellowship Panel and Reception

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Plenary Session

10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Breakout Sessions

302LIVE Working Together for Children and Families: Findings from the National Descriptive Study of Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships
303 Fostering Well-being in Early Childhood through Nutrition and Physical Activity: A Research Informing Policy and Practice System Perspective
304 Addressing “Toxic Stress” in the Context of Early Head Start: New Findings from the Buffering Toxic Stress Research Consortium
305 Engaging Teachers Serving Children Under Three in Professional Development
306 Using Global Research to Inform United States ECE Practice
307 Continuous Quality Improvement in Infant and Early Childhood Programs: Approaches and Critical Implications for Practice
308 Active Research-Policy Collaborations in Early Childhood Education
309 Assessments at Kindergarten Entry through Grade 3: Implications for Early Literacy Skills

12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch (conference attendees on their own)

1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Breakout Sessions

310 MASTER LECTURE: Pamela Davis-Kean— Using Existing Sources of Data to Understand Child Development
311 The American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experience Survey: Children’s Classroom Quality and Experiences in Tribal Programs
312LIVE Developing and Evaluating Interventions to Address Early Childhood Trauma
313 Up Close and Local: Implementation and Outcomes of Local Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships
314 Engaging Home-based Child Care Providers in Quality Improvement Activities: Implications for Program and Policy
315 Early Learning Network Year 1 Results: Preschool Educational Practices and Child Outcomes
316 Nuances of Preschool Classroom Interactions and Links to Academic and Social Development
317 Starting Younger and Staying Longer: Early Care and Education Dosage and Differential Child Outcomes

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Closing Plenary Session

318LIVE MASTER LECTURE: Marcy Whitebook – Toward Getting it Right for the Early Care and Education Workforce: Looking Back and Looking Forward