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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

CYFS

Pioneering New Research Frontiers

Institute for Parent-Professional Partnerships (IP3): Promoting the Competence of Young Children and Their Families

 

The purpose of the project is to expand and extend strengths at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) in the areas of early childhood development, learning, and education; family-professional consultations and partnerships; and diversity (e.g., culture/ethnicity, ability/disability, language, and social economic status). The goal of this project is to solidify the collaborative research base at UNL by establishing an Institute for Parent-Professional Partnerships. The Institute will position UNL as a regional, national, and international leader of interdisciplinary research on the ecology of child development in areas of significant importance to the scientific community (child competence and well-being, cognition and learning, prevention and intervention, building and maintaining parent-professional partnerships, measurement studies, and professional preparation and training).

The specific aims of this project are to create a rich and vibrant interdisciplinary context for UNL faculty and students to:

  • conduct state of the art research on basic developmental, familial, and ecological processes;
  • examine the efficacy of interventions relevant to healthy child and family functioning across systems and developmental domains;
  • establish mechanisms to translate (i.e., transport) research to practice in areas related to child and family competence and family-professional partnerships;
  • design measures of relevance to research on family-child-professional relationships that enhance early childhood development; and
  • create an interdisciplinary professional preparation and training environment to ensure that future early childhood researchers and educators are well equipped to engage in state-of-the-art work in the field.

 

For additional information on this investigation, please contact:

 

Dr. Carolyn Pope Edwards or Dr. Susan Sheridan

 

Project Key Investigators: Carolyn Pope Edwards (PI), Susan Sheridan (Co-PI)