Projects
Research is at the heart of all we do at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. As one of the nation's foremost multidisciplinary centers devoted to the study of children from infancy to adolescence, our scientists are committed to conducting research and evaluation studies that improve children's lives, support families, and inform public policy.
Learn more about our projects—current and completed—by clicking on the links below. And to stay up to date on news and events related to our work via social media, visit our Project Digital Directory.
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NPC worked to help local, state, and federal leaders develop high quality prekindergarten programs through research, policy analysis, communication, and technical assistance. Particular interests were finance, professional development, and governance.
The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder was created to promote the development and learning of individuals with ASD from birth to 22 years of age by increasing practitioners' use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in their programs and building states' capacity to implement EBPs.
The National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI) developed products and worked with states to ensure that early childhood teachers are prepared to educate and care for young children with disabilities in settings with their typically developing peers.
Natural Allies developed, implemented, evaluated, and disseminated a model to yield change and improve community college coursework and practical experiences related to serving young children with special needs in inclusive natural environments.
NC Early Intervention Technical Assistance and Professional Development Support (NC EI-TAPS) Project
The project team will complete three tasks at the request of the North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education: (1) provide context for analyses in previously submitted report; (2) continue data management of NC Pre-K data extracted from state data systems; and (3) collect information related to preschool operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Project staff will provide technical assistance to the Early Childhood Advisory Council in the state of New Hampshire. The primary outcome of this technical assistance is an operationalized strategic plan for developing a statewide comprehensive system of early learning and development, including all sectors of supports for young children and families including all services broadly related to health, education, disabilities, and social services.
New Voices is designed to develop, refine, demonstrate, and evaluate a professional development curriculum on cultural and linguistic diversity in early childhood with a special focus on Latino children and their families.
FPG provided support and expertise to the North Carolina Early Childhood Advisory Council (ECAC) and assisted the ECAC leadership in accomplishing its goals, including the implementation of the Early Learning Challenge grant. Specific expertise included the application of implementation science principles to early childhood efforts, the development of an integrated data system for young children, and assessment of young children.
The Early Intervention Branch in the Women’s and Children’s Health Section of the Division of Public Health is the lead agency for services to NC children birth to three years old with developmental disabilities. This project will provide analysis of the federal required data on the family outcomes of NC Early Intervention (NC EI), as well as advise the program administrators on how to utilize the family outcome data to inform state and local program improvement.
The purpose of this project was to conduct a statewide needs and resources assessment concerning the status of children under 6 in North Carolina. The study focused on the numbers of children in various types of child care, the quality of their care, and the numbers of children not in an early childhood education setting.
The mission of NCODH was to promote the health and wellness of children, youth, and adults with disabilities in North Carolina and to address health disparities experienced by persons with disabilities across the life span.
The evaluation of the North Carolina Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Grant Transformation Zone will examine the extent to which the TZ communities have been able to enhance their capacity to improve the quality of their early childhood systems, including policy, practice, and infrastructure changes to support successful implementation of evidence-informed practice.
FPG provides support and expertise to successfully implement the North Carolina Race to the Top- Early Learning Challenge grant. FPG helps support the overall management of the grant, provides leadership on the Early Childhood Integrated Data System project and on the Transformation Zone activities and expertise about implementation science, and as well as other content expertise as needed.
This project conducted a pilot test of the proposed North Carolina school readiness assessment system with a sample of 1,000 kindergarten children and 500 elementary schools across NC. This assessment system gathered information about the condition of children as they enter school as well as schools' capacity to educate all children who enter public kindergarten.
The purpose of this project was to provide technical assistance to the 619 Preschool Coordinator in carrying out the planning and execution of state level duties necessary to carrying out the State Performance Plan.
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Nuestros Niños program on the language, literacy, math, and socioemotional outcomes of Spanish-speaking English language learners during the pre-kindergarten year and to examine the extent to which the effects of the pre-kindergarten intervention are maintained at entry into kindergarten and 1st grade.
Existing guidelines and strategies for the prevention or reduction of obesity were developed from an evidence base of research that typically excluded participation by people with disabilities. This project is using a systematic approach to develop, identify, and adapt strategies and practices supporting participation of youth/young adults with disabilities in community-based obesity-prevention programs.
The National Implementation Research Network within UNC-Chapel Hill's Frank Porter Graham Institute will support Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) to develop a team of leaders and coaches' capacity to use an instructional fidelity observation tool, the Observation Tool for Instructional Supports and Systems (OTISS), to identify and align supports needed to achieve academic success for every student in every school.
The purpose of the Ohio Alternative Response Project is to: 1) seed and develop the capacity of a state implementation team to support the statewide implementation of AR and 2) develop coaching skills of child welfare supervisors and build the capacity of the state to provide ongoing consultation and training on coaching for the AR model.
The goals of this project are to develop online modules that translate EBPs for children and youth with ASD identified in a recent review of the intervention literature into engaging self-learning modules and resources, and to monitor, revise, and evaluate completed modules for use, quality, usefulness, and relevance by monitoring access by learners, reviewing evaluation by users, and soliciting feedback that can contribute to needed revisions. Access to these learning materials is free.
This research will evaluate outcomes of a center-based model of intervention for toddlers with ASD. The results will provide practical information to families of toddlers recently diagnosed with ASD as well as to service providers.
