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Head Start Research Conference

"Research on Young Children and Families: Effective Practices in an Age of Diversity and Change"

Grand Hyatt Washington—Washington, DC—June 18-20, 2012

Date/Time

Topic

Presenter/Author(s)
Monday, June 18    
10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Symposium: Getting Inside the Black Box: Monitoring Fidelity and Quality in Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs  
  Home Visit Receipt in Early Head Start Jaime Thomas, Pia Caronongan, Cheri Vogel, Kimberly Boller, and Others
1:30-3:15 p.m. Symposium: Baby FACES: A Picture of Early Head Start Programs, Children, and Families  
  Baby FACES Study Design, Sample Overview, and Analytic Approaches Cheri Vogel, Kimberly Boller, and Barbara Carlson
  Early Head Start Program and Staff Characteristics and Quality of Services Offered Eileen Bandel, Nikki Aikens, Pia Caronongan, Kimberly Boller, and Cheri Vogel
  Early Head Start Children's Functioning at Age 3: Findings from Baby FACES Yange Xue, Eileen Bandel, Kimberly Boller, and Cheri Vogel
  Symposium: Defining and Measuring Family Engagement in Early Childhood Programs Serving Diverse Families  
  A Universal Preschool Initiative in Los Angeles County: Engaging Families in Children's Learning Emily Moiduddin
3:30-5:30 p.m. Poster Session  
  Designing a Measure of Caregiver-Child Interaction for Infants and Toddlers: Q-CCIIT Project Louisa Tarullo, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Shannon Monahan, Elizabeth Cavadel, and Others
  Methodology of the Two-Bag Assessment: Findings from a National Early Head Start Study Eileen Bandel, Cleopatra Jacobs-Johnson, Cheri Vogel, Kimberly Boller, and Shannon Monahan
  A Universal Preschool Initiative in Los Angeles County: The Well-Being of Participating Families and Children Emily Moiduddin, Yange Xue, Sally Atkins-Burnett, and Elisha Smith
  Assessing Dual Language Learner Children in a Universal Preschool Initiative in Los Angeles County Yange Xue, Emily Moiduddin, and Sally Atkins-Burnett
  A Year in Head Start: Findings on Child Outcomes from FACES 2009 Nikki Aikens, Emily Moiduddin, Louisa Tarullo, and Jerry West
Tuesday, June 19    
10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Session: Home Visiting: Evidence for Impacts and Implementation Across Models and Outcomes Patricia Del Grosso
  Evidence of Impacts Across Home Visiting Program Models and Outcomes Sarah Avellar
5:00-7:00 p.m. Poster Session  
  Predictors of Overweight and Obesity for Children in Early Head Start Pia Caronongan, Cheri Vogel, Lauren Bernstein, Yange Xue, and Kimberly Boller
  Taking a Validation Lens to Child Care Quality Measurement: Secondary Analyses of Quality Ratings Across Three Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Lizabeth Malone, Gretchen Kirby, Pia Caronongan, Kimberly Boller, and Judy Cannon
Wednesday, June 20    
10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Symposium: What We Know About Dual Language Learners in Head Start and Early Head Start and What We Still Need to Know  
  Dual Language Learners in Early Head Start and Head Start: Characteristics of the Children and Families Served and the Services Received Nikki Aikens, Jerry West, Yange Xue, Judy Cannon, Cheri Vogel, and Kimberly Boller
  Symposium: Linkages Between Quality and Child Outcomes: Deepening Our Understanding  
  Exploring Linkages Between Head Start Classroom Quality and Child Outcomes in FACES 2009 Yange Xue, Emily Moiduddin, Nikki Aikens, Louisa Tarullo, and Jerry West
1:30-3:15 p.m. Roundtable: The Early Childhood Workforce: Building Coherence and Supports Across Early Care and Education, Home Visiting, Early Intervention, and Child Welfare Kimberly Boller, Chair
Diane Paulsell, Discussant
  Symposium: What Is Head Start Management Research: The Gap in Head Start Research  
  Working in Head Start Programs: Correlates of Teacher Perceptions of Management Climate Emily Moiduddin, Nikki Aikens, Louisa Tarullo, and Jerry West