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.
Selected FPG Sites
- African American English and Literacy Skills in Early Adolescence
- BOUNCE
- Carolina Abecedarian Project
- Carolina Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Project
- Comparison of Two Treatment Models for Preschool Children with Autism
- CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge
- Crosswalks
- Developmental Trajectories of Young Maltreated Children
- Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales
- Early Developments Magazine
- Evaluation of NC's Smart Start Initiative
- FirstSchool
- FPG Child Care Center
- FPG Fragile X Project Site
- FPG Product Catalog
- More at Four Evaluation
- National Center for Early Development & Learning
- NECTAC
- National Implementation Research Network
- National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders
- National Professional Development Center on Inclusion
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders Research Center
- New Voices/Nuevas Voces
- North Carolina Office on Disability and Health
- Nuestros Niņos/Our Children
- Partnerships for Inclusion
- Promoting Academic Success in Boys of Color
- Recognition and Response
- School Competence of African American High School Youth
- State Implementation and Scaling-up Evidence-based Practices
- Systems Change in Personnel Preparation
