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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FPG will collect data using our Snapshot tablet application during one day-long observation in fifty of the Winston-Salem Forsyth County School District’s pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms. FPG will provide staff development for school and district personnel on the use of Snapshot data and other data for school improvement.
The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate the R&R-language and literacy system for use by pre-k teachers. The specific aims included: (1) design, test, and revise the assessment component of the R&R-language and literacy system; (2) design, test, and revise the instruction/tiered intervention component of the R&R-language and literacy system; and (3) conduct a pilot study to evaluate the promise of the R&R-language and literacy system for improving classroom practices and child outcomes.
This project is developing and evaluating a Recognition & Response model to address the development of pre-k children’s mathematics skills in public school pre-k classrooms. Consistent with a Response to Intervention approach, the R&R system consists of recognition–universal screening and progress monitoring and response–foundational instruction and tiered interventions based on assessment results.
Reliability training on the Inclusive Classroom Profile was provided to support the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Early Education Department in building the capacity to assess inclusive classroom quality in early childhood programs for the purpose of guiding program improvements.
This project is studying BrightStars, Rhode Island’s quality rating and improvement system for early learning and child care programs, family child care homes, and school-age programs.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) created the Science and Service Awards as a way of recognizing community-based organizations and/or coalitions that successfully have implemented one or more recognized evidence-based interventions to benefit consumers and/or communities.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) created the Science and Service Awards as a way of recognizing community-based organizations and/or coalitions that successfully have implemented one or more recognized evidence-based interventions to benefit consumers and/or communities.
The San Diego County Office of Education is seeking support for the capacity development of their county office staff in best practices of implementation science to support implementation of improvement strategies within their differentiated system of support for local education agencies. The National Implementation Research Network will provide a hybrid model of onsite and virtual training, coaching, and consultation supports for identified San Diego County Office of Education staff comprising an implementation team.
The National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) will partner with the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (DFTA) to build the capacity of DFTA staff to integrate implementation science into their technical assistance approach for Wendy's Wonderful Kids (WWK) scaling states to promote effective implementation of WWK and to integrate and sustain the model into adoption services so that intended outcomes can be achieved.
This study examined how selected youth, peer, family, and school factors serve as risk and protective factors for African American youth’s school competence during the transition to high school.
This project will provide support for a process to enhance the curriculum at Northampton Community College by incorporating evidence-based practices and content.
The current project is designed to improve outcomes of juvenile justice youth who have been incarcerated or under community supervision. The Impact Center at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute will provide implementation science and active implementation support training and technical assistance for local juvenile justice jurisdictions to improve their outcomes for youth in confinement and under community supervision.
The Self-Regulation Skills for Success Study (SRSS) is an Institute of Education Sciences funded randomized controlled trial of the Incredible Years© child group treatment program with supplemental intervention supports including recess coaching, teacher consultation and training, and parent education meetings.
The SERP Institute has received funding to support an effective partnership among external researchers, consultants, and Oakland Unified School District leaders in service of a program of math and science improvement efforts in the school district. FPG supports the SERP agenda through partnership facilitation and consultation with school leaders.
This grant supports staff with early childhood expertise to assist the "Regional Resource Center for Region 3," in providing technical assistance on issues related to early intervention and early childhood special education.
This workshop, Building a Sexual Assault Prevention Model that Respects, Supports, and Protects Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, created a supportive environment for discussion about sexual assault prevention and how to create opportunities for both person-centered and systems action on a local and state level. Topics included foundational concepts of healthy sexuality, effective principles of prevention, the public health model of prevention, and policy approaches to prevention.
The Children's Trust of South Carolina is planning to scale-up the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program system of interventions in several South Carolina communities. FPG's Implementation Capacity for Triple P (ICTP) project team, already working to support a similar statewide Triple P initiative in North Carolina, is providing active implementation support and implementation science guidance to help the South Carolina Triple P project become successful and sustainable.
Southeast Raleigh Promise (SER) seeks to answer the question: “What does it take to improve quality of early childhood programming and workforce in their participating child care centers?” The National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) within Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute will conduct an implementation study to answer this question and provide consultation supports in the use of the data collected for continuous improvement purposes.
This study compares segmental and prosody/voice features and speech intelligibility and aims to identify potential mechanisms underlying individual differences in speech intelligibility of boys with FXS, Down syndrome (DS), and typical development (TD) to determine whether individual differences in speech production relate to FXS specifically or to MR in general.
The purpose of this administrative supplement is to enhance the efficiency and completeness of the acoustic and perceptual data collection of the parent grant, Speech of Young Males with Fragile X Syndrome. The primary objective of the parent grant is to determine segmental and suprasegmental features of speech production that influence intelligibility in boys with fragile X and Down syndromes.
The primary purpose of this study is to investigate developmental pathways from infant to adolescent attachment security and to evaluate changes in attachment security in relation to social functioning and to changes in contextual factors. Central questions concern the ways in which security of attachment and working models of attachment predict the nature and quality of friendships and romantic relationships in late adolescence.
The North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education is funding a statewide Birth-5 Needs Assessment as part of an initial federal requirement of the Preschool Development Grant. The B-5 NA will be used in developing a statewide strategic plan to strengthen the early childhood system.
While there are many benefits to regular engagement in physical activity, individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with intellectual disability (ID) often do not engage in healthy levels of
physical activity. This study will examine the impact of using self-management components to increase physical activity for adults with ASD and ID as well as its feasibility in home settings.
