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Early Developments Magazine

Early Developments, published since 1997, focuses on research, training, and technical assistance work at UNC's FPG Child Development Institute. Each issue of this award-winning publication is available for free as a PDF file. You may purchase paper copies from the FPG Product Catalog. Contact the FPG Publications Office if you wish to be added to the Early Developments mailing list.

Download Winter 2008, Vol. 12 No. 2
FirstSchool: Uniting the Best of Early Childhood, Elementary, and Special Education
[Winter 2008, Vol. 12 No. 2]

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  • Long-Term Change Requires Long-Term Planning Long-Term Change Requires Long-Term Planning
  • A Real Voice for Minority Communities
  • FirstSchool in Action
  • Uniting the Best of Early Childhood, Elementary, and Special Education
  • Poised to Succeed
  • Recent Grants
  • Recently Published
  • FPG Mourns Loss of Colleague
Download Summer 2008, Vol. 12, No. 1
Profession Development & Teacher-Child Interactions
[Summer 2008, Vol. 12, No. 1]

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  • Connecting Professional Development to Child Outcomes
  • How is Pre-K Quality Measured
  • Rethinking Professional Development
  • Do We Know What Works?
  • Recently Awarded Grants
  • Recently Published
Download Fall 2007, Vol. 11, No. 2
The Achievement Gap
[Fall 2007, Vol. 11, No. 2]

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  • The Achievement Gap: FPG efforts to close the gap
  • Helping Boys of Color Succeed: Promoting academic success
  • Rejecting the Stereotype: Project U-Stars~Plus assumes “at-potential”
  • A Closer Look: Insights into what may fuel the gap
  • Does English-only Fuel Achievement Gap?
  • Acknowledging & Reducing Stigmatization of African American Boys: Raising awareness, changing approaches
  • Recently Published
  • Recent Grants
Download Spring 2007, Vol. 11, No. 1
Evidence-based Practice
[Spring 2007, Vol. 11, No. 1]

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  • Evidence-Based Practice: Different Ways of Knowing
  • Recognition & Response: Establishing the Evidence for an Early Intervening System
  • Infusing Evidenced-Based Practice into Professional Development: Creating a Cross-Agency Professional Development System
  • Creating a New Vision of Early Education: FPG's FirstSchool Initiative
  • Odom Appointed FPG Director: An Interview with Sam Odom
  • Recent Grants
  • Research Highlights
  • Recently Published Research
Download Spring 2006, Vol. 10, No. 1
Celebrating 40 Years
[Spring 2006, Vol. 10, No. 1]

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  • Director's Notes
  • How FPG Got Its Groove
  • Measuring & Improving Quality
  • FPG-A Place for All Children
  • FirstSchool
  • Recent Publications
  • Don Bailey's Legacy
Download Fall 2005, Vol. 9, No. 2
Interventions
[Fall 2005, Vol. 9, No. 2]

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  • Back to School at High Speed
  • Cool Off Preschool Aggression
  • Partners for Literacy
  • Nuestros Niños Early Language and Literacy Project
  • Collaborative Consultation as a Key to Child Care Quality
  • New FPG products
  • Recent Publications
Download Spring 2005, Vol. 9, No. 1
NCEDL Pre-kindergarten Study
[Spring 2005, Vol. 9, No. 1]

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  • Pre-K Education in the States
  • Who Goes to Pre-K and How Are They Doing?
  • Who Are the Pre-K Teachers?
  • What Are Pre-K Classrooms Like?
  • How is the Pre-K Day Spent?
Download Fall 2004, Vol. 8, No. 3
Program Evaluation
[Fall 2004, Vol. 8, No. 3]

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  • Program Evaluation at FPG
  • How Smart a Start?
  • Much More at Four
  • Making the Literacy Connection
  • Can Song & Dance Improve Kids' Chances
  • Center Illuminates Early Childhood Outcomes
  • FPG Publications
Download Summer 2004, Vol. 8, No. 2
Fragile X Syndrome—Award-winning issue!
[Summer 2004, Vol. 8, No. 2]

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  • Director's Notes
  • Going the Distance with Fragile X
  • All in the Family
  • Screening Newborns for FXS
  • The Behavioral Challenge
  • Speech, Language and FXS
  • Finding Clues in Family Videos
  • Fragile x Info Center
  • Learn More About FXS at FPG
  • FPG Publications
Download Spring 2004, Vol. 8, No. 1
Diversity
[Spring 2004, Vol. 8, No. 1]

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  • Director's Notes
  • Nuestros Niños
  • Taking Up the Challenge
  • Bringing Diversityto Early Childhood Workforce
  • Secrets to Success
  • Social Identity in Diverse Schools
  • Finding the Stars in a Multi-Colored Sky
  • FPG Publications
  • Afterward: From Different Worlds
Download Fall 2003, Vol. 7, No. 2
Rating Early Childhood Environments
[Fall 2003, Vol. 7, No. 2]

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  • Director's Notes
  • A Place for Eliot
  • A Whole New Yardstick
  • A Giant in Her Field
  • A Star Performer
  • Roadmaps to Quality
  • FPG Publications
  • NCEDL Meets withState Representatives
  • NCEDL Publications
Download Spring 2003, Vol. 7, No. 1
Professional Development
[Spring 2003, Vol. 7, No. 1]

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  • Director's Notes
  • Research Central
  • Making It Real: Preparing Students to be Effective Practitioners
  • FPG Publications
  • Elevating the Educators: The Quest for Quality Begins with Effective Faculty
  • Teaching 4-8 Year Olds
  • NCEDL Publications

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