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July 18, 2022
Chih-Ing Lim, a senior technical assistance specialist at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) has received a Global Partnership Award to advance a partnership with the National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University (NIE-NTU) in Singapore this summer.
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July 14, 2022
Despite good intentions, U.S. education systems struggle to adopt evidence-based practices to improve the quality and effectiveness of services provided for students with disabilities. Implementation science—the multi-disciplinary study of methods and strategies to promote use of research findings in practice—addresses this by providing frameworks that facilitate the use of such practices and support practitioners in consistently using these tools.
Ann Sam - woman with long brown hair wearing blue shirt stands outside in front of trees and shrubbery
July 13, 2022
On July 1, Ann Sam, PhD, became the lead of the Research and Evaluation Division at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG). Sam, an advanced research scientist, focuses her work on increasing awareness and use of evidence-based practices and interventions designed to improve outcomes for students with autism. She is excited about the future of the division, which is committed to conducting research and evaluation studies that improve children’s lives, support families, and inform public policy.
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July 7, 2022
During its 20th annual conference from July 11 – 13, the BUILD Initiative will host three days of virtual sessions featuring the visionary work of leaders who are building early childhood systems that work toward racial equity and center families and providers. On July 11, FPG technical assistance specialists Jani Kozlowski and Catasha Williams will present a session titled, “Inclusion of Young Children with Disabilities: A Critical Quality Indicator in Early Childhood Education.”
Kelsey Thompson headshot; woman in purple v-neck top with dark hair and glasses stands outside in front of hedge
June 22, 2022
We’re pleased to share that Kelsey Thompson is the winner of this year’s James J. Gallagher Dissertation Award. She recently spoke with us about her research and what impact receiving this award will have on it.
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June 14, 2022
Orla Putnam, a UNC doctoral student in Clare Harrop's lab, and Clare Harrop, a research assistant professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences, and a faculty fellow at UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) have received an NC TraCS award for a project titled, Gendered Experiences in Autism Research: Analysis with Stakeholders.
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June 13, 2022
This year marked the 22nd annual International Early Childhood Inclusion Institute at UNC FPG. The event, which was offered in a hybrid format and is designed for individuals working toward inclusion at all levels and in a wide variety of roles, served more than 500 attendees, including classroom teachers and assistants, government officials, family members, faculty, and researchers.
kylie garber; woman with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses wearing green sweater stands outside smiling at camera
June 6, 2022
FPG social research assistant Kylie Garber has received a postdoctoral fellowship from Society for Research in Child Development. Garber will soon move from Chapel Hill to Capitol Hill for this immersive one-year opportunity to learn about policy development, implementation, and evaluation, as well as how to use developmental science to inform U.S. public policy.
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May 31, 2022
FPG's Ann Sam and several UNC colleagues from the School of Education and the Department of Allied Health Sciences have answered a call for help from Ukraine, collaborating to create a compilation of simple-to-use resources, accessible online, to help families and others who care for autistic children and youth cope with the violence and uncertainty of war.
2022 implementation Summer Interns Marie David, Megan Faber, and Adrianna Richards; orange background with ligt blue, white and navy leaves and headshots of three women smiling at camera
May 20, 2022
The UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute's Implementation Division welcomes three interns for its third cohort of the Implementation Division Summer Internship Program.
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May 20, 2022
A collaboration between STEMIE, the Kansas Deaf-Blind Project, and the Kansas State School for the Blind has resulted in the development of two video demonstrations on engaging young children with visual impairments in storybook conversations.
photo collage of 2022 mckinney scholars program cohort including small round headshots of each scholar: marcia carroll, damari holley, tyler hughes, and monteria reaves
May 18, 2022
The UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) is proud to welcome its third cohort of interns to work with FPG for the Marvin H. McKinney Scholars Program in Research, Practice, and Policy. This program was established to offer hands-on research experience in child development to undergraduate students from North Carolina's HBCUs.
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May 13, 2022
With its commitment to advancing science, FPG is dedicated to impacting and influencing the next generation of researchers. During the spring 2022 semester, Iheoma Iruka, PhD, founding director of FPG’s Equity Research Action Coalition, mentored four undergraduate students enrolled in Policy 698: Senior Capstone in Public Policy who undertook a project to determine the impact of reparations on Black children and families.
Samantha Schilling, MD, MSHP; woman with shoulder-length red hair wearing blue and white top smiles at camera in front of fuzzy building background
May 9, 2022
A new study from FPG Faculty Fellow, Samantha Schilling, MD, MSHP, and colleagues in the Department of Pediatrics Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, titled “COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among low-income, racially and ethnically diverse US parents," examines parent hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccines for children.
kori flower, woman with shoulder-length blond hair wearing lab coat stands in bright window-filled hallway
May 4, 2022
FPG Faculty Fellow Kori B. Flower, MD, MPH, has been appointed the next Division Chief for General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at UNC and will assume this role on July 15, 2022. Flower’s appointment follows a national search conducted earlier this year.
hanna spitzer smiles at camera; young woman with brown hair and glasses standing in front of wood panelled wall smiles at camera with  text  Hannah Spitzer 2022 Barbara Davis Goldman Award WInner
April 28, 2022
Hannah Spitzer’s tenacity and determination have guided her educational journey--and this month, she was named the winner of this year’s Barbara Davis Goldman Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research for the research she conducts as an integral team member of Project EXPRESS.
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April 22, 2022
FPG's Information Technology Services (ITS) core supplies a wide range of services to support and strengthen the projects, programs, and research endeavors of the Institute's investigators and partners. Learn more about FPG's ITS in this core update.
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April 18, 2022
Just one year after reaching 200,000 users, the Autism Focused Intervention Resources and Modules (AFIRM) project at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute has reached another milestone―250,000 users now rely on AFIRM for evidence-based practices that can help learners with autism.
father with son who has down syndrome work together looking at laptop screen
April 13, 2022
FPG's International Early Childhood Inclusion Institute invites everyone involved in the care and education of young children with disabilities in inclusive settings to its upcoming annual conference. The event, being held April 26 – 28, will be hybrid, with both in-person and online components. UNC’s Friday Conference Center in Chapel Hill provides the setting for the in-person event, limited to 250 people to facilitate social distancing.
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April 11, 2022
Over the years, people from more than 180 countries have relied on our publications and resources to support their work on behalf of children and families. In this publications roundup, we've gathered a few of our most recent (published in 2021) autism-related publications.

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