Outreach

As part of our mission as a land grant university, the MSU Child Development Laboratories take an active role in outreach.

As an outstanding model for early childhood education, we welcome practitioners from across the state, country, and world to our labs. We are excited to share information about our work in supporting children's development in all domains. We model exemplary practice in support of children's social development.

Another facet of our work is teacher training. Students are supported in their professional development through conference presentations. Staff share their expertise through workshops, publications, and observational tours of their classrooms.

Teachers can also complete their required number of hours for their Early Childhood Endorsement (ZA) at the Child Development Laboratories.

A big thank you to MSU's Science Theatre for participating in our Family Science Night, November 2011. We appreciated being able to tap into this great resource. you can see Science Theatre offerings a www.pa.msu.edu/sci_theatre/. Participants from Science Theatre are Patrick McWilliams, Andreia Barbat, Catherine McWilliams and JJ.

We serve our community through outreach by:

Being a welcoming and outstanding model for early childhood professionals
Publishing books, articles, planning, and training materials
Encouraging and developing international programs
Providing workshops

We serve Early Childhood Professionals by:

Providing an exemplary research-driven program within which university students can observe and practice their developing skills
Including students in a comprehensive early childhood educational program, which includes integration of literacy across the domains, the use of anti-bias curriculum, and advocacy for children
Supporting each student in his or her professional development by providing an emotionally safe environment
Providing written and oral feedback

The following MSU HDFS students attended the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children Conference in Grand Rapids, beginning a career in professional development. Nichole Smith, Leah Barker and Beth Rood presented with Laurie Linscott on Family Engagement.

Conference Presentations

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February 2013, Jen Davis, Arika Starostanko, & Maggie Hawes, The Curious World of Toddlers: Supporting Social Interactions and Behaviors. Coming Together for Children Conference, Lansing, MI.

February 2013, Debbie Mendelson, Preschool Rock! Coming Together for Children Conference, Lansing, MI.

Fabruary 2013, Lucinda Atalla, Fun with Science, Coming Together for Children Conference, Lansing, MI.

February 2013, Marisa Doaz & Kalli Decker, How to Implement Infant Sign Language in an Early Childhood Setting. Coming Together for Children Conference, Lansing, MI.

February 2013, Erica Colon, From Storybooks to Free Choice. Coming Together for Children Conference, Lansing, MI.

February 2013, Wan Hsuan Lin & Sarah Belanger, How to Handle Separation Anxiety. Coming Together for Children Conference, Lansing, MI.

January 2013, Laurie Linscott, Supporting Kindergarten Transitions. Ingham Great Start Kindergarten Transition Commitee Professional Development.

January 2013, Laurie Linscott and Wan Hsuan Lin, Great Start to Quality: Developing You Program's Cultural Competence Statement. Michigan Early Childhood Collaborative Conference, Dearborn, MI.

January 2013, Laurie Linscott, Kindergarten Transition: A Year Long Process. Michigan Early Childhood Collaborative Conference, Dearborn, MI.

January 2013, Laurie Linscott, Julie Brower, Units of Study: Effective Use of Theme Planning. Michigan Early Childhood Collaborative Conference, Dearborn, MI.

March 30, 2012 - Lisa Foster, Open-ended Art Expeiences for Young Children. Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, MI.

March 30, 2012 - Wan-Hsuan Lin, How to Create Online Portfolios for Children. Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, MI.

March 29, 2012 - Erica Colón & Danielle Savory, Inclusion Strategies to Support All Learners. Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, MI.

March 29, 2012 - Wan-Hsuan Lin & Sarah Belanger, Strategies for Handling Separation Anxiety. Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, MI.

April 1, 2011 - Wan Hsuan Lin & Sarah Belanger, Creating an Anti-bias Classroom. Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, MI.

April 1, 2011 - Linscott, Laurie & MSU Students: Leah Barker, Nichole Smith & Beth Rood, Family Engagement. Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, MI.

April 1, 2011 – Danielle Savory & Lisa Foster, Strategies that Support All Children in an Inclusive, Tolerant Environment Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, MI.

May 15, 2010 - Laurie Linscott, The Home-School Connection: Supporting Family Partnerships & Leadership Connections. McCormic Center for Early Childhood Leadership. Chicago, Illinois.

March 31, 2011 – Trina Marks & Marisa Diaz, Building a Strong Foundation for Literacy for Children from Birth through Age 5. Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, MI.

March 27, 2010 - Laurie Linscott & Marianne Fant, Assessment: The Why and How. Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, MI.

March 26, 2010 - Julie Brower, Lisa Foster and Erica Colón, Strategies that Support all Children in an Inclusive, Tolerant Environment. Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, MI.

February 6, 2010 - Lisa Foster and Danielle Savory, Exploring the Natural World. Coming Together for Children Child Development Conference. Lansing, MI.

February 6, 2010 - Wan-Hsuan Lin, Potty Training. Coming Together for children Child Development Conference. Lansing, MI.

February 6, 2010 - Laurie Linscott, Adventures in Storytelling. Coming Together for children Child Development Conference. Lansing, MI.

February 6, 2010 - Grace Spalding, Working with Toddlers and Twos. Coming Together for children Child Development Conference. Lansing, MI.

January 27, 2010 - Laurie Linscott, Michigan State Child Development Laboratory - Moel Cole and Vanessa Winborne, Office of Early Childhood Education and Family Services, MDE Jeremy Reuter, Michigan Head Start - State Collaboration Office, MI Department of Human Services, Expanding Opportunities: Beginning with the Journey in Mind and Making Inclusion Count. Michigan Early Childhood Collaborative Conferenct. Dearborn, MI.

April 11, 2008 - Wood, K., & Deiters, J., Building a PK-3 Perspective: How to Make a Lasting Difference for At-risk Students.Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, MI.

April 10, 2008 - Laurie Linscott, Using Assessment Tools for Classroom Decision Making, Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, MI. Student presenters include: Katie Gold, Christa Hanley, Stacy Michelson, Melissa Shosey & Kelly Veley.

April 10, 2008 - Laurie Linscott & Kellye Wood, For the Children: Aligning Preschool and Kindergarten Curricular Best Practices, Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, MI.

March 18, 2008 - Laurie Linscott & Kellye Wood, Supporting Children's Positive Kindergarten Transitions. Parent meeting. MSU CDL. Haslett, MI.

January 25, 2008 - W. Witt& Laurie Linscott. Putting IDEA into Practice: Preschool Inclusion, Michigan Collaborative Early Childhood Conference. Dearborn, MI.

April 26, 2007 - Laurie Linscott & Jenny Alvarez, Staying Connected through Transitions. Early On Annual Conference. Frakenmuth, MI.

April 23, 2007 - Laurie Linscott, S. Peters, & S. Kujacznski, Making Inclusion Happen. Panel discussion at Michigan State University Early Childhood Inclusion Mini Summit. Lansing, MI.

March 31, 2007 - Laurie Linscott, Student Teachers from MSU Child Development Laboratories. Teacher Research: The Inquiry Project. Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children Conference. Grand Rapids, MI.

March 30, 2007 - Laurie Linscott, N. Perez, & Erica Colón., Creating a Literacy Rich Environment. Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children Conference. Grand Rapids, MI.

March 29, 2007 - Laurie Linscott, Laurie Schartow, & Kelly Flagg., Strategies for Inclusion: Effective Strategies for Inclusion in Your Classroom. Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children Conference. Grand Rapids, MI.

March 16, 2007 - Laurie Linscott, N. Perez.,Creating an Inclusive, Literacy Rich Environment for Your Preschool Classroom. Michigan Head Start Association Annual Early Childhood Training Conference. Kalamazoo, MI.

January 25, 2007 - Laurie Linscott, N. Perez., Inclusive Model. Michigan Collaborative Conference. Dearborn, MI.

October 27, 2006 - Laurie Linscott & R. Kirk., Early Childhood and Inclusion. Early Childhood Inclusion Conference, Western Michigan Inclusion Network. Grand Rapids, MI.

July 17, 2006 - Laurie Linscott., Authentic Assessment and the Garden Project. Presentation toHuman Development and Family StudiesGraduate class, MSU. East Lansing, MI.

May 2006 - Laurie Linscott, S. Bennett-Armistead, N. Perez, K. Flagg, & S. Jones., Whose Classroom Is It? Struggles, Strategies, and Successes in an Inclusion Model Early Childhood Program. Disability Studies in Education Conference, MSU. East Lansing, MI.

April 2006 - Laurie Linscott., Inclusion Model at MSU CDL: Transitioning from Early On. Early Staff, MSU CDL. Haslett, MI.

March 2006 - Laurie Linscitt, K. Flagg & M. Caine., Michigan State University Child Development Program: Inclusion. Parent Advisory Council. Mason, MI.

January 2006 - Laurie Linscott., Integrating Programs. Presentation to Office of Young Children Director's Tour, MSU CDL. Haslett, MI.

The Child Development Laboratory is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children

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Outreach

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