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Head Start's Ninth National Research Conference Creating Connections: Linking Policy, Practice and Research across Early Childhood Development, Care and Education
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Summaries of the eight previous Head Start Research Conferences are provided below. Details of the conference Proceedings can be viewed by clicking the ‘View’ link in the Proceedings Content column. To purchase copies of the Proceedings, follow the instructions in the “Proceedings” section below.

Number Title Summary Proceedings Content
Eight Serving Children Through Partnership and Collaboration

HSRC8 reaffirmed the importance of partnerships and collaborations to serve children in an era of standards and accountability. Within this theme, the conference emphasized social and cultural context and the multiple competencies that children must master to succeed in school and later life. The conference emphasized research that leads to evidence-based practice, measurable outcomes, and innovative implementation strategies. In addition to student programming initiated in Conference 7, highlighted poster sessions of ACF graduate student grantees were presented.

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Seven Promoting Positive Development in Young Children HSRC 7 emphasized research which provided converging evidence of strategies to enhance competencies and cross-developmental domains. Evidence-based programs and practices that reexamined traditional early childhood approaches were highlighted. Emphasis on the student-mentor relationship was provided through expanded student programming. View
Six The First Eight Years: Pathways to the Future Identified and disseminated early childhood research conducted with young children in preschools and early grades of elementary school. Continued fostering partnerships among researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. Focused on prenatal development through age 8, and examined how development during a child's early years affects a child's future success and well-being. View
Five Developmental and Contextual Transitions of Children and Families Head Start's 35th year of promoting the growth and development of disadvantaged children. Focused on the continuity within and between the developmental and the contextual transitions affecting the health and well-being of young children. New initiatives encouraged students to submit research and participate in the conference. View
Four Children and Families in an Era of Rapid Change Identified and disseminated research in early childhood and family issues, and continued to foster partnerships among researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. Continued to address partnership-related problems and processes identified in Conference 3. Focused on creating and implementing research and programs for children and their families, especially within areas of rapid change such as education, health care, child care, social services, economics, and diversity of ethnic groups. View
Three Making a Difference for Children, Families, and Communities Provided an opportunity for interaction among researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. Translated the research knowledge base into practical applications and helped increase the number of program initiatives which are evaluated through research.

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Two Implications for Serving Families With Young Children Continued to foster the relationship between academia and practitioners involved in early interventions. Those from psychology, education, sociology, anthropology, pediatrics, medicine, psychiatry, social work, nursing, public health, law, epidemiology, and economics were represented. Special emphasis was placed on the strength of families, and the need for increased cooperation among researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. View
One New Directions in Child and Family Research: Shaping Head Start in the 90s Initiated communication between academia and early childhood and family-support practitioners in an effort to exchange knowledge aimed at enhancing the well-being of low-income families with young children. n/a

Proceedings

Proceedings for conferences 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 can be purchased for $15.00 each. The purchase price includes shipping and handling.

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