- FPG experts will be presenting at meetings around the world. Visit the FPG website for a complete list of upcoming presentations.
- Visit the FPG websitefor the latest news on FPG projects.
FPG's Technical Assistance Center on State Implementation and Scaling Up of Evidence-Based Practices (SISEP) has released four new briefs on the following topics: Scaling Up Evidence-Based Practices in Education; Intensive Technical Assistance; Readiness for Change; and Implementation: The Missing Link Between Research and Practice. These briefs and other products and resources from SISEP can be found at www.scalingup.org
Long Island, NY – FPG Senior Scientist Debra Skinner will provide day-long workshops on large scale and longitudinal qualitative research at the Research Talk Qualitative Research Summer Intensive to be held at the Long Island Sheraton, June 24-26, 2009.
A team of investigators at FPG will assume editorship of the Social Policy Report (SPR) published by the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). Editorial team members are Sam Odom, Donna Bryant, Kelly Maxwell, and Oscar Barbarin. Published quarterly, the SPR is designed to summarize policy implications of child development research. It is disseminated to over 100,000 readers.
Charlotte, NC — FPG researchers and staff will lead multiple sessions at the upcoming National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development to be held at the Charlotte Convention Center, June 14-17, 2009, and sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Sessions led by FPG personnel include:
- Maximizing Tools for State Professional Development Systems
- Using NAEYC's Definition and Position Statement to Support Inclusion
- Mexican and African American Mothers' Beliefs About Play, Schooling and Growing Up
- Playing Well with Others: Supporting Cross-Sector Approaches to Professional Development
- A State Works Together for PreK-3 Education
- CONNECT - Web-Based Professional Development Resources to Support Inclusion of Children with Disabilities