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Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting

Palais des congrès de Montréal—Montréal, Quebec, Canada—March 31-April 2, 2011

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Thursday, March 31    
10:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Paper Symposium: The Children of Head Start: Characteristics and Developmental Outcomes of a National Sample of Low-Income Preschoolers  
  English and Spanish Language Trajectories for Dual Language Learners: Differences by Language Proficiency and Exposure at Home Jerry West and Nikki Aikens
  Sweet Dreams: Linkages Between Sleep Quality and Quantity and Children's Developmental Outcomes in a Head Start Sample Sally Atkins-Burnett and Nikki Aikens
  Diversity in Disadvantage: Factors Influencing Differential Developmental Trajectories of Head Start Children in Kindergarten Nikki Aikens, Louisa Tarullo, and Yange Xue
12:10-1:50 p.m. Poster Session  
  Identification of Young Children with Special Health, Mental Health, and Educational Needs and Links to School Readiness in Chile Lorenzo Moreno and Others
12:30-2:10 p.m. Paper Symposium: Child Care Quality Dosage, Thresholds, and Features and Child Outcomes: New Analyses of Data from National Studies  
  Building on Previous Research in Addressing the Issues of Quality Dosage, Thresholds, and Features in Early Childhood Settings Louisa Tarullo and Others
  Secondary Data Analysis Looking for Thresholds in Child Care Quality Yange Xue and Others
  Dosage Effects in Early Intervention and Child Care Quality: Evidence from Secondary Data Analysis Yange Xue, Louisa Tarullo, and Others
4:10-5:50 p.m. Poster Session  
  Dual Language Learners in Head Start: Trends in Services for DLL Children and Their Families Lara Kristin Hulsey, Jerry West, and Ama Takyi-Laryea
4:30-6:10 p.m. Roundtable Discussion Symposium: The Rise of Evidence-Based Decision Making: How Will It Influence Future Research and Policy?  
  Assessing the Evidence of Effectiveness of Home Visiting Programs: Lessons Learned from a Systematic Review of Evidence Diane Paulsell
  The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Research Evidence Review: Findings and Lessons Learned Christopher Trenholm
Friday, April 1    
8:20-10:00 a.m. Paper Symposium: Exploring Parent-Child Relationships in High-Risk Environments Louisa Tarullo, Discussant
10:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Paced Presentation Symposium: Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS): Research-Informed Practice and Practice-Informed Research Kimberly Boller, Chair
  Getting the Most Out of State QRS Data: Secondary Analyses of Quality Ratings from the QRS Assessment Project | PDF of Slides | PowerPoint Lizabeth Malone, Gretchen Kirby, and Pia Caronongan
  Impacts of Seeds to Success on Child Care Quality: Findings from a QRIS Randomized Control Trial Kimberly Boller, Patricia Del Grosso, Randall Blair, Yumiko Jolly, Kenneth Fortson, Diane Paulsell, and Others
12:10-1:50 p.m. Poster Session  
  Impacts of an Education and Career Planning Program During Middle School Martha Bleeker, Duncan Chaplin, and Kevin Booker
12:30-2:10 p.m. Lunch With the Leaders Louisa Tarullo and Others
Saturday, April 2    
8:20-10:00 a.m. Paper Symposium: Classroom Supports for Children at Risk: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Early Intervention Programs  
  The Impact of Insights into Children's Temperament of Disruptive Behavior: An Investigation of Mediating Mechanisms Eileen Rodriguez and Others
2:30-4:10 p.m. Paper Symposium: Infant Feeding Practices and Toddler Obesity: Findings from Low-Income National Samples  
  Infant Feeding Practices, Demographics, and Risk Factors: Predictors of Overweight and Obesity for Children in Early Head Start Cheri Vogel, Yange Xue, Pia Caronongan, Kimberly Boller, and Others
  Racial and Ethnic Differences in Rates of Overweight and Obesity in Low-Income Children: Findings from the FACES 2006 Study Jerry West and Ashley Kopack
  The 2008 Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS): Data to Inform Action to Reduce Childhood Obesity Ronette Briefel, Mary Kay Fox, and Others
  Roundtable Discussion Symposium: Diverse Aspects of Early Learning Environments as Precursors to Kindergarten Readiness and School Age Achievement Eileen Rodriguez, Chair
4:30-6:10 p.m. Paper Symposium: International Perspectives on Teacher-Child Interactions in Early Childhood Classrooms Kimberly Boller, Discussant