Head Start's Ninth National Research Conference

Special Sessions

Opening Session

Competencies and Credentials for Early Childhood Educators: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know? (Margaret Burchinal and Robert C. Pianta)

Plenary I

Developing Language and Literacy in Second-Language Learners (Diane August, David J. Francis and Nonie Lesaux)

Plenary II

How Research May Influence Policy and Practice (Mark Greenberg and Hirokazu Yoshikawa)

Plenary III

Emotion Regulation, Children’s Brains, and Learning (Adele Diamond and Mary K. Rothbart)

Closing Session

More than Workshops, Websites, and Synthesis: Busting Assumptions and Building Research–Practice Connections (Pam Winton)