Children at risk

Researching the issues that effect the most needy children.

Select papers and presentations

Making It Work: Low-wage Employment, Family Life, and Child Development

Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Ph.D. (Professor of Education, Harvard University)

Download the presentation from Social Justice and Child Development: A symposium celebrating Erikson’s first 40 years, an anniversary symposium honoring Erikson’s contributions to the early childhood field. More »

Projects

Austin Community Early Learning Partnership Needs Assessment

Jana Fleming, Aisha Ray

The partnership, a collaboration of Erikson, Chicago Public Schools, and Austin Coming Together, is conducting a needs assessment of early childhood services in Chicago’s Austin community. More »

Early Childhood Disability Transition Project

The project supports the transition of children receiving Early Intervention services (EI) to enrollment in Head Start programs. More »

Early Childhood Project with DCFS

Andria Goss

Through this project, Erikson administers developmental screenings to children ages birth through three entering the foster care system in Cook County and coordinates assessments statewide. More »

Home Visiting Program Quality Assessment Project

The study seeks to develop a practical and reliable tool for measuring program quality across different models of home visiting for families with infants and young children. More »

Illinois Child-Parent Psychotherapy Learning Collaborative

The project provides training to local clinical teams in child-parent psychotherapy for young children and their families who have experienced trauma or domestic violence. More »

Infant Crying and Developmental Outcome: A Biobehavioral Approach

The NIH-funded project examines the neurodevelopment of infants and young children. More »

Social Capital Project Planning

Juliet Bromer

The project helped develop a logic model for an intervention that links child, family, and community outcomes with social capital development activities. More »

Research & community initiatives