Research and community initiatives
Through the ongoing projects listed below, the Erikson faculty develops knowledge and improves early childhood practice in Chicago and throughout the nation.
 
Schools and teaching
Early Mathematics Education Project
Jie-Qi Chen and Jennifer McCray

New Schools Project
Christine Maxwell


Non-School Programs
Robert Halpern

Literacy
Early Reading First
Molly Collins

Electronic and Traditional Books: A Study of Interaction and Language Richness
Molly Collins

Vocabulary Acquisition Among English-Language-Learning Preschoolers
Molly Collins

Assessment
Ounce Scale
Samuel J. Meisels

Infancy
Fussy Baby Network
Linda Gilkerson

Predicting Infant Health Care Use
Tracy Moran


Infant and early childhood mental health
Culturally Informed Parent-Infant Psychotherapy
Tracy Moran


Illinois Child-Parent Psychotherapy Learning Collaborative
Jon Korfmacher

Illinois Early Intervention System Social-Emotional Component Evaluation
Linda Gilkerson

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Project
Linda Gilkerson and Laurie Kabb

Children at risk
Early Head Start: National Research Study and Local Program Evaluation
Jon Korfmacher

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Early Childhood Unit
Laura Esikoff and Andria Goss


Infant Crying and Developmental Outcome
Linda Gilkerson

Family support
Project Match


Promoting Parenting Self-Efficacy
Linda Gilkerson and Tracy Moran


Workforce development
City Colleges of Chicago Early Childhood Faculty Development
Aisha Ray and Jana Fleming


Developmental and Educational Needs of Culturally Marginalized Children Project
Aisha Ray, Barbara Bowman, and Melanie Wiley

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