Disseminating Recommended Practice: Early Childhood Education Institute researchers share strategies for involving families
August 26, 2024
BATON ROUGE, LA - Early Childhood Education Institute (ECEI) Researchers, Michelle Brunson, PhD and Cynthia DiCarlo, PhD, along with their colleagues Ashely Boudreaux, Debra Jo Hailey, and Katrina Jordan, recently shared strategies for involving families in early childhood education in their article, “Engaging Parents as Partners Using Traditional and Distance Learning Models” in the practitioner publication ChildCare Exchange.
ChildCare Exchange is read by thousands of early childhood professionals worldwide. Our readership includes faculty and professors, students, trainers, center directors, family childcare providers, classroom teachers, and early childhood organizations that support our field. ChildCare Exchange is committed to fostering an inclusive community by elevating story and conversation throughout early care and education. ChildCare Exchange has nearly 6,000 members, strategic partner organizations, and libraries that share Exchange articles with their networks!
Part of the mission of the ECEI is to disseminate research-based practices; publishing in practitioner journals gets research-based information in the hands of teachers. Stressing the importance of home-school relationships, this article shares practical research-based strategies with teachers just in time for the start of the school year.
ABOUT ECEI
The Early Childhood Education Institute at LSU is focused holistically on the early years and fills a unique niche by targeting early care, specifically birth through age three. Holistic development invites collaboration from other disciplines to study recommended practices for young children. The ECE Institute at LSU aims to make LSU a leader in early care and education research, dissemination, and advocacy of recommended practices. Through a balanced emphasis on research and education programs, recommended practices in educating and caring for young children will be created, applied, evaluated, and disseminated. We focus on developing expert early care practitioners who deliver high-quality early childhood programming, engage in research practices, and advocate for the profession.
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About CHSE
The College of Human Sciences & Education (CHSE) is a nationally accredited division of Louisiana State University. The college comprises the School of Education, the School of Information Studies, the School of Kinesiology, the School of Leadership & Human Resource Development, and the School of Social Work. CHSE has two model demonstration schools: the Early Childhood Education Laboratory Preschool, which enrolls birth to age four, and the University Laboratory School, which enrolls kindergarten through grade 12. The college also has four centers and institutes: the Early Childhood Education Institute, the Healthy Aging Research Center, the Leadership Development Institute, and the Social Research & Evaluation Center. The college is committed to achieving the highest standards in teaching, research, and service and improving quality of life across the lifespan.