News Archive
July 10, 2023
A few years ago, educators in Wyoming contacted FPG's Sherri Britt Williams and Catasha Williams with the dream to improve outcomes for children with disabilities. Through a series of phone calls, the group determined the outline of that dream, which resulted in state leaders using evidence-based practices (EBPs) with an implementation framework.
June 27, 2023
The 2023 International Early Childhood Inclusion Institute, “Committing to Communities Where Everyone Belongs,” drew a capacity crowd of 550 attendees at the Friday Center at UNC while another 250 people attended virtually, creating the largest event in the conference’s history. With the goal of expanding the reach of inclusion, conference organizers built on past successes and opened up new avenues of outreach.
June 22, 2023
In April 2023, the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute's (FPG) FRONTIER program sponsored a statewide summit, “Leveraging North Carolina’s Assets to Prevent Child Trauma." During the two-day event, certain themes arose repeatedly around several key topics. A series of articles were produced to explore those themes in greater detail.
June 19, 2023
To expand use of evidence-based practices for students with autism, the National Professional Development Center on Autism (NPDC) team has developed a virtual training for professionals who work with autistic students from pre-K through 12th grade.
June 15, 2023
On Friday, June 9, Brian Boyd, PhD, interim director of the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Education in the UNC School of Education, hosted the first in-person meeting of the Black Empowerment in Autism Network, which met in Peabody Hall on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.
June 8, 2023
Capri Banks is an implementation specialist for the Implementation Capacity for Triple P (ICTP) project within the Impact Center at FPG. As part of our FPG profile series, we recently spoke with McDonald to learn more about her work here at the Institute.
June 5, 2023
Two themes are increasing in current autism research: how to be more inclusive of autistic voices and self-advocates and how to deal with longstanding racial and ethnic disparities. Brian Boyd, interim director of FPG and William C. Friday Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at UNC-Chapel Hill, is deeply committed to addressing these issues.
June 1, 2023
The UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute's Implementation Division welcomes four interns for its fourth cohort of the Implementation Division Summer Internship Program.
May 30, 2023
Nissa Towe-Goodman, PhD, is a research scientist at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG). Her research examines the interplay between the early family environment and the development of regulatory skills, and the implications of regulatory deficits for children's adaptation and mental health.
May 24, 2023
Data is at the heart of research. To help bring research to life, the Data Management and Analysis Core at FPG works with researchers and investigators—at FPG and elsewhere at UNC—providing support across the full course of projects. For more than 30 years, it has served as a data coordinating center, data management hub, and methodologic support for projects.
May 22, 2023
Growing up in Chandler, Arizona, Iris Kang BA ’23 saw firsthand the impact that socioeconomic status and family support have on students’ ability to learn at school. Her understanding that much of a child’s future is determined by their early years piqued her interest in child development. She is the 2023 recipient of FPG's Barbara Davis Goldman Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research.
May 15, 2023
Recognizing the value of mentorship as a critical component to the success of its scientists, FPG offers a mentoring program for early career researchers. Program director Ron Seifer, PhD, who is also associate director for research at FPG, believes that research groups flourish by cultivating the next generation.
May 8, 2023
Children are not miniature adults. So states the article, “Science for policy to protect children in cyberspace,” published in the March 30, 2023 issue of Science. The piece resulted from a collaboration among Diana Fishbein, PhD, director of translational neuro-prevention research at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) and three other scholars, Michal Gilad, Gideon Nave, and Nizan Geslevich Packin.
May 2, 2023
The UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is not only a leader in research, policy, and practice but an innovator in creating technological solutions to disseminate implementation science. FPG‘s Julie Chin and Wendy Morgan, PhD, are at the forefront of this work.
April 24, 2023
In 2018, a team of researchers at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and George Mason University launched the Bilingualism, Education, and Excellence (BEE) Project, which was funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) within the U.S. Department of Education. Learn some initial insights from the team.
April 19, 2023
Jessica Amsbary is a technical assistance specialist at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute where she engages in research and development related to STEM innovations for young children with disabilities and supporting provider and family use of evidence-based practices for toddlers with autism.
April 17, 2023
Researchers at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) within the STEM Innovation for Inclusion in Early Education Center (STEMIE) recently examined the perceptions and beliefs of early childhood practitioners and directors related to STEM and inclusion in early childhood settings.
April 10, 2023
Lena Harris, MSW, is an implementation specialist at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG). She is currently working on the Build Up project, which is part of The Impact Center at FPG. The Impact Center is a collection of people and projects dedicated to supporting the use of effective implementation practices with a focus on prevention and well-being strategies for children, youth, and families.
April 6, 2023
Kellen Reid is a technical assistance specialist with the Early Childhood TA (ECTA) Center within the Trohanis Technical Assistance (TA) Projects at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. As part of our FPG profile series, we recently spoke with him to learn more about his work here at the Institute.
April 4, 2023
Recently, several FPG researchers, specialists, and faculty fellows attended the Society for Research in Child Development 2023 Biennial Meeting, which took place in Salt Lake City (#SRCD23), participating in more than 20 panel, paper, and poster presentations. After the conference, we checked in with some of them to hear about the event.
