Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
Web Site: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/
The national Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning is focused on strengthening the capacity of child care and Head Start to improve the social and emotional outcomes of young children. The Center will develop and disseminate evidence-based, user-friendly information to help early childhood educators meet the needs of the growing number of children with challenging behaviors and mental health needs in child care and Head Start programs. The Center focuses on: (1) promoting the social and emotional development of children as a means of preventing challenging behaviors; (2) collaborating with existing training and technical assistance (T/TA) providers for the purpose of ensuring the implementation and sustainability of practices at the local level; (3) engaging in a comprehensive, culturally sensitive approach that is inclusive of and responsive to the needs of programs, families, other professionals, and communities; (4) providing ongoing identification of training needs and preferred delivery formats of local programs and T/TA providers; and (5) disseminating evidence-based practices. The Center is a multi-university, multi-organization collaboration of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Colorado at Denver, University of Connecticut, University of South Florida, Education Development Corporation, and Tennessee Voices for Children.
