The Kids in Development Study is being conducted by the Center
for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging
Behavior (CEBP), a national collaborative of key experts in the field of early childhood development. The Center is funded by the U.S.
Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. The goal of the Center is to improve the lives and futures of young children and their families by: raising awareness, increasing implementation, and adding to the database of positive, evidence-based practices. The Kids in Development Study is a central component in achieving this goal.
For
more information about the CEBP please visit: www.challengingbehavior.org
The
Principal Investigator for the Center for Evidence-Based Practice:
Young Children with Challenging Behavior and the Kids
in Development Study is Glen Dunlap, PhD, with the University of
South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute.
He is joined by his Co-Principal Investigators: Lise Fox, PhD,
also with the University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida
Mental Health Institute; Phillip Strain, PhD, and Barbara Smith,
PhD, both with the University of Colorado at Denver, School of
Education.
The
Kids in Development Study Central Office, located at the University
of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental
Health Institute, is responsible for developing, implementing,
and maintaining the study’s infrastructure. This includes
data collection procedures; study coordination and support; staff
training standards and procedures; facilitating collaborative communication;
database development and management; and administrative oversight
and planning. The Central Office is headed by Sharon Lardieri,
MSW, Director of Data Collection.
Six
National Research Sites are participating in the Kids in Development Study.
The sites include the University
of Colorado at Denver, College of Education; the University of
Florida, Department of Special Education; the University of Kansas,
Juniper Gardens Children’s Project; Lehigh University, College
of Education; Tennessee Voices for Children; and the University
of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute.
Each site is under the direction of a Regional
Site Director. The day-to-day management of recruitment, retention,
data collection, staff training and supervision is handled by the
Regional Site Coordinator.
The Kids in Development Study is also fortunate to
have Training Consultants, experts in the measures being used in
the Study, available to provide initial and ongoing training to
the Research Team.
For more
detailed information about How We’re
Set Up and staff information please go to: Kids in Development
Study Organizational Chart.
