News & Resources from UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

New Workshop Opens for Professionals Who Train Teachers with Students Ages 3-8 The Incredible Years® Teacher Classroom Management program strengthens teachers’ classroom management skills, promotes children’s competence and school readiness, and reduces classroom aggression and disruptive behaviors--and teachers even report decreased stress levels after attending the training... more FPG Researchers Discuss Supporting Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder Schools are teaching increasing numbers of students with ASD as its prevalence has grown 200 percent in the last decade, and although educators want to provide a good and effective educational experience, they may not be sure where to start or what to do… more The PDC@FPG Offers New CONNECT Course for CEUs on Building Powerful Family Partnerships This new course is an excellent complement to the "Communication for Professional Collaboration" course, which also helps promote partnerships with families with children in early care and education... more Webinar on Thursday Demonstrates Self-Assessment Tool for State Part C and Section 619/Preschool Programs The assessment tool produces a profile across quality indicators, provides a current snapshot to help prioritize improvement efforts, and generates a set of scores for states to measure progress... more Early Childhood and Adolescence Are Key Times in the Development of Self-Regulation According to the new "Foundations for Understanding Self-Regulation," self-regulation can be strengthened and taught, and skills that aren't developed early can be acquired later--with multiple opportunities for intervention... more New Intervention for Preschools with Students with Autism Draws on Expertise from Educators and Researchers   FPG scientists also used information from parents and children in a process involving multiple partners to develop the "Advancing Social-Communication and Play" intervention...more Implementation Science Can Support and Propel Research and Evaluation in Early Care and Education FPG's Allison Metz and colleagues introduce this series of free research briefs by explaining key elements of effective implementation within an integrated, stage-based framework... more The Abecedarian Project Takes Center Stage in UNC's Most Popular TED Talk of the Year  FPG scientist Kate Gallagher spoke about the most famous study in early education, and you can watch her talk here... more Free Guide Helps Parents and Educators Ignite Children's Early Language Skills More Than Baby Talk reveals how to spark communication skills in infants and toddlers... more Free Learning Modules Use Videos and Teach Interventions for Toddlers with Autism Based on FPG's extensive review of the research, these modules present focused intervention practices for use with toddlers with autism spectrum disorder... more FPG's Implementation Science Team Contributes to the International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences The new edition of the encyclopedia is a broad source of social and behavioral sciences reference material...  more   Source:  UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute