What’s New at the BCYF
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Upcoming Workshop & Report Release:
November 20, 2008
Workshop on Individual Processes and Adolescent Risk Behavior – Workshop Agenda
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December 9, 2008
Report Release: Adolescent Health Services: Missing Opportunities – Agenda
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New Report Releases:
Committee on Developmental Outcomes and Assessments for Young Children
Early Childhood Assessment: Why, What, and How
Growing interest in publicly funded programs for young children has drawn attention to whether and how Head Start and other early childhood programs should be asked to prove their worth. Congress asked the National Research Council for guidance on how to identify important outcomes for children from birth to age 5 and how best to assess them in preschools, child care, and other early childhood programs. The Research Council's new report concludes that well-planned assessments can inform teaching and efforts to improve programs and can contribute to better outcomes for children, but poor assessments or misuse of the results can harm both children and programs. The report offers principles to guide the design, implementation, and use of assessments in early childhood settings.
Panel to Review the National Children’s Study Research Plan
The National Children's Study Research Plan: A Review
This report is a review and assessment of the research plan for the NCS (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2007). The National Children's Study is planned to be the largest long-term study of environmental and genetic effects on children's health ever conducted in the United States. It proposes to examine the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of approximately 100,000 children across the United States.
Recent Workshops:
June 5, 2008
Workshop on Implications of Weight Gain for Pregnancy Outcomes – Workshop Agenda
April 14, 2008
Workshop on Depression and Parenting – Workshop Agenda
PowerPoint Presentations from the Seminar are Available Here
Sounds of Science Podcasts now available:
Born to Learn: The Importance of Early Childhood Care, aired on July 20, 2007
Children's Health, The Nation's Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health, aired on April 20, 2007
Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility, aired on April 6, 2007
From Neurons to Neighborhoods: Applying the Science of Early Childhood Development, aired on March 27, 2007
Engaging Schools, aired on March 16, 2007
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