Presentations
A catalogue of various presentations make by the Atkinson Centre team at different events and meetings.
Toronto First Duty: From activist research to public policy change (PDF)
Targeted vs. Universality: What Does the Evidence Say?
Presentations
- Targeted vs. Universal Intervention (PDF)
Michal Perlman, Associate Professor, 草莓污视频导航/UT - Universal vs targeted: how to improve the well-being of children (PDF)
Jenny Jenkins, Atkinson Centre Chair and Professor, 草莓污视频导航/UT - Some Challenges to Constructing the Evidence Base for Universal Children鈥檚 Programs (PDF)
Michael Baker, Professor, School of Public Policy and Governance, UT - 'Universal': the term is not universal - Free, Compulsory, The same for everyone - Not necessarily (PDF)
Kerry McCuaig, Fellow in Early Childhood Policy at the Atkinson Centre - Universal vs. Targeted early childhood programs: Can we cut and invest at the same time? (PDF)
Erica Okezie Phillips, PhD Candidate, 草莓污视频导航/UT; Program Officer, Education, McCormick Foundation, Chicago IL
Early Years Study 3: Making decisions, Taking action (PDF)
Voices from the Schools: School Teams Share their Experiences (PDF)
Kimberly Bezaire of George Brown College and Rachel Langford of Ryerson University summarized the key points of the day, in the presentation, "Voices from the Schools:School Teams Share their Experiences."
Conflict of Interest Disclosure: nothing to disclose (PDF)
Early Education Economic Forum
You've heard the claims from the famous HighScope Perry Preschool and Abecedarian studies about the tremendous payoffs of early education for disadvantaged U.S. families, but did you know that Canadian researchers are also amassing unique results documenting the cost-benefits of preschool here?
By age 4, 40% of Quebec youngsters are attending a full-time, publicly-supported learning and care program. Pundits point to the high cost, but new work by economist Dr. Pierre Fortin of the University of Qu茅bec at Montr茅al reveals the benefits begin immediately and the payoffs are more far-reaching than speculated. Award-winning economist Robert Fairholm of the Centre for Spatial Economics shows that almost all Canadian governments make the wrong decision when allocating their economic stimulus dollars. At a panel discussion, moderated by Dr. Lars Osberg, McCulloch Professor of Economics at Dalhousie University, these researchers presented their findings and provided some new ways of thinking and talking about the public's interest in early childhood.
Presentations
Summer Institute 2011 - Early Learning in Ontario: From Policy to Implementation
The early learning atmosphere in Ontario includes a number of significant policy changes that have created new opportunities and new challenges. Examples include moving the jurisdictional responsibility for early learning and child care to the Ministry of Education, a new regulatory body for early childhood educators, the expansion of degree programs in early learning, the unionization of early childhood educators and a blend of the teaching and early learning profession.
The 8th Summer Institute on Early Childhood Development addressed how these changes impact early learning professionals and focus on relationships amongst families and professionals that involve practitioners, colleges and universities, professional associations and government.
Presentations
Open Remarks
Jenny Jenkins and Olivia Nuamah
Research to Inform Development of Effective Public Preschool Programs
Ellen Frede and Steve Barnett
Panel Discussion: Building Minds for Collaboration
Carl Corter (facilitator), Jenny Jenkins, Janette Pelletier, Sue Makin, and Patricia Chorney Rubin
- How do we provide children with the skill for collaboration? (PDF)
- Building Minds for Collaboration (PDF)
Securing the Future for our Children: Preschool Excellence Initiative
Linda Lowther
Children, Their Families and Community Supports: What the Research Tells Us
Jenny Jenkins and Janette Pelletier
- How do we provide children with the skill for collaboration? (PDF)
- Children, Their Families and Community Supports: What the Research Tells Us (PDF)
Merging Early Learning Knowledge and Practice: Lessons from the Ground
Patricia Chorney Rubin, Early Learning Teams
Public Health & Early Childhood Education: Partnership Possibilities Through Child & Family Centres
Sue Makin
Panel Discussion: Moving the Vision Forward Through Local Leadership
Jane Bertrand (facilitator), Elaine Baxter-Trahair, Anne Biscaro, and Catherine Fife
- City of Toronto: Service and System Integration (PDF)
- Growing the 18 Month Strategy: A pilot project in a Niagara Falls Family Health Team (PDF)
Closing Remarks & Awards Presentation
Michael Cooke and Patricia Chorney Rubin
Posters
- Externalizing Behaviors in Children In-care: The Role of Child-welfare Workers and Foster Families (PowerPoint Download)
Connie Cheung, Deborah Goodman, George Leckie, Jennifer M. Jenkins, Heather Prime, and Mark Wade - Can we work together? Preliminary findings from an examination of ECE and teacher dynamics in full-day early learning-kindergarten (PDF)
Ainsley Gibson and Janette Pelletier - What Children鈥檚 Sharing can Teach us about their Understanding of Rational Numbers (PDF)
Cate Gulyas, Zack Hawes, and Shauna Kochen - The Developmental Progression of Rational Number Understanding Using the Number Line (PowerPoint Download)
Stephanie Hanson, Diana Chang, Michelle Chee, Niki Dowlat Singh, Allison Musson, and Joan Moss - Tom Goes To School: An Interactive Board Game (PDF)
Melanie Mancini and Jamie Morris - Ecological Determinants of School Readiness: A Longitudinal Study (PowerPoint Download)
Mark Wade, Dillon Browne, Heather Prime, and Jennifer Jenkins
First Nations Children in Canada: The Moral Courage to do the Right Thing (PDF)
Dr. Blackstock will share her advice and knowledge on how every person can make a difference in the lives of thousands of First Nations children in under two minutes.
Colloquium: Temperament, Shyness, and Anxiety Disorders: Looking for Links in Childhood (PDF)
On November 10, 2010, The Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology and the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development hosted a colloquium featuring Louis Schmidt, PhD, Director, Child Emotion Laboratory, Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University. Dr. Schmidt focussed on the origins, development course and outcomes of this temperamental style. He discussed how work on the phenomenon of temperamental shyness informs basic theory regarding brain鈥恇ehaviour relations and practice regarding the management of fearful children within the family and educational settings.
Implementing Early Learning in Ontario: Lessons from Toronto First Duty (PDF)
Measuring the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Care Programs
Measuring and monitoring quality in early childhood and care programs can help to inform research, policy development, and program practice. The following research papers discuss measures of quality and help us think about initiatives in the early learning sector to improve program quality, focus on relevant indicators of quality, and how to improve social and development outcomes for children.
Presentations
- Early Childhood Education Programs in Quebec: How Can we Raise the Bar? (PDF)
Christa Japel - Monitoring Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care Programs (PDF)
Michal Perlman - Tulsa to Toronto: Lessons Learned from Assessing Early Childhood Environments and Outcomes (PDF)
Deborah A. Phillips - Managing Quality City of Toronto - Operating Criteria (PDF)
Petr Varmuza - Monitoring quality in early childhood education programs: A bunch of W鈥檚 and one H (PDF)
Michal Perlman