Head Start's Eighth National Research Conference

Symposia, Conversation Hours, Master Lectures, Workshops

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation

American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Research Center: Research and Training Opportunities | PDF, 22k

Enhancing School Readiness: The Head Start Quality Research Center Studies (2001-2006) | PDF, 55k

The Early Head Start Landscape: A Profile of Program Services and Management Practices | PDF, 35k

What Makes a Difference? Early Head Start, Head Start, and More: The Cumulative Effects of Program Participation, Birth to 5, on Children and Families Living in Poverty | PDF, 59k

Child Outcomes Findings from the Head Start Impact Study and Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) | PDF, 36k

The Child Outcomes Research Support Consortia: How an Ecological Systems Model of Development Can Frame a Research Strategy Related to Child Assessment and Outcomes | PDF, 76k

Program Quality and Services Findings From the Head Start Impact Study and Family and Child Experiences Survey | PDF, 43k

Social and Emotional Development of Infants and Toddlers in Early Head Start: Findings from the Early Promotion and Intervention Research Consortium | PDF, 54k

New Measures Coming Soon: Early Head Start/Head Start University Partnerships for Measurement Development Projects | PDF, 66k

 

Children With Special Needs and Disabilities

CONVERSATION HOUR: Outcomes, Accountability, and Young Children With Disabilities: Where Are We? | PDF, 25k

Health Status, Health Care Services, and Disabilities in Low-Income Children: Findings From Early Head Start and the National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study | PDF, 34k

Journey through Early Head Start, Early Intervention, and Beyond | PDF, 36k

 

Assessment, Curriculum and Program Evaluation

Universal Prekindergarten Research and Evaluation: The Impact of Political Culture and Classroom Composition on Standards and Outcomes | PDF, 23k

POSTER SYMPOSIUM: The Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research (PCER) Program: Cross-Site and Site Specific Findings | PDF, 37k

WORKSHOP 1: Designing Assessments | PDF, 27k

WORKSHOP 2: Learning from Assessment: Models of Program-Research Partnership in Using Child Outcomes to Improve Practice | PDF, 49k

 

Head Start Research, Practice and Accountability

Putting Head Start Research Into Action: How to Use the Findings From Three Major National Studies to Improve Program and Child Outcomes | PDF, 102k

Head Start in an Era of Standards and Accountability | PDF, 46k

POSTER SYMPOSIUM: Early Head Start Risk | PDF, 49k

Building Evidence Based Practice Through Program Research Partnerships in Early Head Start | PDF, 34k

WORKSHOP 3: Research Opportunities Using Longitudinal Data From the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey | PDF, 10k

 

Health

The Impact of Environmental Injustice on Children’s Well Being | PDF, 35k

MASTER LECTURE: The History of Vaccines and Immunization: Familiar Patterns, New Challenges | PDF, 28k

Implications for the Drug-Endangered Child (DEC) in Head Start | PDF, 49k

Young Children with Special Health Care Needs: Practice and Policy in the 21st Century | PDF, 49k

Childhood Overweight: What Practitioners Should Know About Antecedents and Effective Interventions | PDF, 62k

MASTER LECTURE: What You Should Know About Children’s Sleep | PDF, 49k

MASTER WORKSHOP: Identifying and Responding to the Needs of the Drug-Endangered Child | PDF, 26k

 

Language and Literacey/Numeracy

Language and Literacy in Preschool Children | PDF, 45k

Language, Literacy, and Social-Emotional Development: A More Complete Portrait of Early School Readiness | PDF, 23k

Young Children’s Development in the Context of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity | PDF, 60k

Early Literacy and Early Numeracy: Building Collaborations and Partnerships | PDF, 23k

Language, Cognition, and Context: Multiple Dimensions of Early Bilingual Development | PDF, 33k

 

Measures/School Readiness

Developing New Outcome Measures With Program Partners: Process, Procedures, Practicalities | PDF, 33k

Measuring Readiness of Head Start Children | PDF, 50k

Furthering our Understanding of Play to Promote Competencies in Head Start Children | PDF, 48k

Policy, Early Care Settings, and the School Readiness of Low-Income Children | PDF, 23k

Evaluation and Accountability for School Readiness Initiatives in States and Cities: The Cases of First 5 California and the Kids Integrated Data System in Philadelphia | PDF, 33k

 

Mental Health

A System of Mental Health Service Delivery Models in Prekindergarten | PDF, 53k

Attachment and Adult-Child Relationships: Contributions to Children’s Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Competences | PDF, 53k

Young Children and Interpersonal Violence: Experiences, Consequences, and Recommendations for Intervention | PDF, 61k

Preparing and Coping With Disasters Involving Children in Early Childhood Settings | PDF, 44k

Noncognitive Factors in Child Development | PDF, 42k

Improving Early Social-Emotional Relationships: The St. Petersburg ( Russian Federation) Orphanage Intervention Project | PDF, 30k

Identifying, Assessing, and Intervening with Challenging Behavior in Head Start Children | PDF, 63k

 

Migrant and Immigrant Families

The Development of Young Children in Immigrant Families: Contextual and Intervention Effects | PDF, 35k

Migrant Head Start Issues | PDF, 55k

 

Miscellaneous

CONVERSATION HOUR: Conversation with the Editors | PDF, 9k

 

Parenting/Families

A First Look at Young Parents and Potential Risk Indicators of Negative Parenting and Child Neglect | PDF , 35k

Theoretical Approach to Understanding Father Involvement: Testing a Model | PDF, 26k

In Their Own Voices | PDF, 26k

 

Professional Development

Professional Development Partnerships | PDF, 28k

Training and Technical Assistance: What Supports Staff Development and Program Improvement? | PDF, 34k