Advancing knowledge. Enhancing lives.
Our Mission: "The FPG Child Development Institute, a multidisciplinary institute at UNC-Chapel Hill, recognizes that every child deserves a safe, healthy, and stimulating childhood. Our work is dedicated to making this a reality for all children. FPG scientists study important issues facing young children and their families and use this information to enhance policy and improve practice. Our goal is to ensure that all children have a strong foundation for academic success and full participation as caring and responsible citizens of a multicultural world."
For the past 44 years, FPG Child Development Institute research and outreach have shaped how the nation cares for and educates young children. FPG has a proud history of serving as an objective, knowledgeable force for social change to enhance the lives of children and families. Researchers focus on parent and family support; early care and education; child health and development; early identification and intervention; equity, access and inclusion; and early childhood policy.
FPG Project Websites
- BOUNCE/Educare
- Center for Early Care and Education Research – Dual Language Learners (CECER-DLL)
- Communication and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Project
- Comparison of Two Treatment Models for Preschool Children with Autism
- CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge
- Environment Rating Scales
- Evaluation of NC More at Four Program
- Family Life Project
- FirstSchool
- National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC)
- National Implementation Research Network (NIRN)
- National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders
- National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI)
- North Carolina Office on Disability and Health (NCODH)
- Nuestros Niños Program: Promoting School Readiness for Dual Language Learners
- Partnerships for Inclusion: Early Intervention
- Promoting Academic Success (PAS) in Boys of Color: Multi-systematic Intervention
- Recognition and Response: A Response to Intervention (RTI) Model for Early Childhood
- State Implementation and Scaling-up Evidence-based Practices (SISEP) Center
