What happens during a child’s earliest years deeply impacts the child throughout the entire lifespan. From the prenatal period through early childhood, children experience vitally important periods of brain development in which neural connections develop and strengthen, providing the foundation for subsequent growth and development. Early experiences, positive and negative, deeply matter for children’s long-term development, health, and success.
The University of Texas System EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOLARS SERIES is a unique opportunity to access current research from some of the nation’s leading scholars studying the prenatal to age 8 developmental period.
In recognition of the expansive and rigorous early childhood work amongst its leading faculty, The University of Texas System of eight academic and six health institutions is hosting a learning series for researchers, policymakers, and the early childhood field.
The series is free and open to the public. Registration for each webinar is separate, and linked below when scheduled.
The UT System Early Childhood Scholars Series is coordinated by the Child and Family Research Partnership (CFRP) at The University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs. CFRP and its national Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center are directed by the UT System Early Childhood Steering Committee chair Dr. Cynthia Osborne.
The University of Texas System (UT System) is one of the nation’s largest systems of higher education, with 14 institutions with over 21,000 faculty that educate nearly 240,000 students. For more than 130 years, the UT System has been committed to improving the lives of Texans and people all over the world through education, research, and health care. The UT System uses its size, diversity, and quality to advance education, push the bounds of discovery, enhance population health, build stronger communities, and shape public policy for the common good.
2020-2021 Webinar Schedule
Dates added as scheduled.
Upcoming Webinars
| Date and Time | Hosting Institution | Topic and Registration |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | TBD | TBD |
Past Webinars
| Date and Time | Hosting Institution | Topic | Presentation | Recording |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 (1:00-2:00 pm CT) | The University of Texas at Austin | Getting Off to a Healthy Start: Science and Policy to Guide Early Childhood Development Frances Champagne, Ph.D. (College of Liberal Arts) Cynthia Osborne, Ph.D. (LBJ School of Public Affairs) |
| Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 (12:00-1:00 pm CT) | UT Health Science Center at Houston | Impacting Early Childhood Education for Texas Schools and Families: Research-to-Practice at Scale Susan Landry, Ph.D. (Children’s Learning Institute) April Crawford, Ph.D. (Children’s Learning Institute) Tricia Zucker, Ph.D. (Children’s Learning Institute) |
| Thursday, March 11, 2021 (12:00-1:00 pm CT) | The University of Texas at Austin | Texas as a Window into National Trends in Early Childhood Education Robert Crosnoe, Ph.D. (College of Liberal Arts) |
| Tuesday, April 27, 2021 (12:00-1:00 pm CT) | The University of Texas at Dallas | Relational Health: From Research to Practice with Families of Children with Autism or Hearing Differences Pamela Rollins, Ed.D. (School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences) Andrea Warner-Czyz, Ph.D. (School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences) |
| Thursday, May 20, 2021 (12:00-1:00 pm CT) | UT Southwestern Medical Center | Teaching Pediatric Residents the CORP Program: Collaboration Beyond the Hospital Walls to Support Childhood Outcomes Richard Adams, MD; Abigail Kissel, MD; Sari Bar, DO (Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics) |
| Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 (12:00-1:00 pm CT) | The University of Texas at San Antonio | Examining Research in Early Childhood Bilingual Settings: A Focus on Literacy, Environmental, and Special Education María Arreguín-Anderson (Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching) Rica Ramírez (Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching) María Leija (Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching) |
| Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 (12:00-1:00 pm CT) | The University of Texas at Austin | Using Evidence to Support the Earliest Years: The Texas Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap Cynthia Osborne, Ph.D. (LBJ School of Public Affairs) |
| Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021 (12:00-1:00 pm CT | UT Health San Antonio | Addressing the Effects of Substance Use on Women and Children: A Community-Driven Approach Lisa Cleveland, Ph.D. (School of Nursing) Jacqueline M McGrath, Ph.D. (School of Nursing) Kelly McGlothen-Bell, Ph.D. (School of Nursing) |
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