Amanda Prokasky, senior research specialist at the Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics and Psychometrics, discussed best practices in gathering data online — and protecting it.

A panel of researchers and community partners explored the latest programming, interventions and resources being used to promote early childhood social/emotional development across Nebraska.

2024 CYFS Early Childhood Research Summit

The 2024 CYFS Early Childhood Research Summit enabled sharing of cutting-edge early childhood findings among NU-affiliated researchers and colleagues. The event helped link ongoing efforts in early childhood research, practice and policy, and advanced the science of early childhood education and development via connections among community partners, key stakeholders, policymakers, early childhood practitioners and researchers.

How can researchers best communicate their work to different audiences, including practitioners and policymakers?

A panel-led discussion focused on effective research communication, and shared insight and practical tips for disseminating research across different sectors.

Jocelyn Bosley, UNL Research Impact coordinator, shared strategies for coordinating research impacts, including the facilitation of research partnerships.

A panel of University of Nebraska early childhood researchers and community partners shared their experiences in forming and maintaining successful research partnerships and lessons learned through their interactions.

University of Nebraska researchers joined practitioners, administrators, community partners and policymakers April 13 for the 2022 CYFS Summit on Research on Early Childhood, which highlighted the latest research to advance early childhood education and development.

Microsoft Learning Consultant Kristi Collins outlined the main features of the Microsoft Teams collaboration tool, and shared information about the app's usefulness for collaboration among early childhood researchers.

Researchers from across the University of Nebraska system discussed the latest early childhood research.

Kristi Collins, Microsoft learning consultant based in California, shared information on the main features and abilities of Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint, and answered questions about the apps and how they can be optimized for use by early childhood researchers.

Elizabeth Lopez Everett, deputy director of First Five Nebraska outlined Nebraska Legislature rules and procedures, and discussed how her organization works with state lawmakers to help ensure early childhood research remains a priority.

NAECR Policy Fellows Soo-Young Hong, associate professor of child, youth and family studies, and associate dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences, and Marc Goodrich, assistant professor of special education and communication disorders, also shared their thoughts and experiences.

Dana Ludvik, CYFS communications and media specialist, outlined the basics of integrated marketing communications in the context of sharing research effectively. She discussed how social media can help get research in front of the right audiences, how to create compelling content and how researchers should talk to the media.

NAECR researcher Patty Kuo also shared her experiences in leveraging social media to disseminate her research and recruit research participants. Rachel Wenzl, associate director, Research Compliance Services, offered guidance and perspectives on compliance issues.

The second combined NAECR Knowledge/Networking event of the fall explored how early childhood researchers have adjusted ways they initiate, maintain and address research partnerships in the time of COVID-19.

The first combined NAECR Knowledge/Networking event addressed some creative data collection methods to consider when working with children, families and early childhood practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Lorey Wheeler and Dr. Natalie Koziol of the Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics & Psychometrics discussed how to access and use publicly available data sets, with a specific focus on utilizing early childhood data sets.

Leslie Delserone and Erica DeFrain of University Libraries, and Jeffrey Stevens, associate professor of psychology, led a discussion on best practices for making research data publicly available.

Dr. Hiro Yoshikawa, Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education at New York University Steinhardt, led a Sept. 26 discussion titled, "Evaluating Early Childhood Development Programming at Scale for Refugee and Conflict-Area Populations" at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Participants learned how development affects classroom interactions and the link between effective teacher-child interactions as it relates to learning. Training included an overview of the CLASS measure and its uses, and prepared participants to assess teaching quality based on the CLASS system.

The second NAECR Networking series took place May 1 with a training event designed to highlight how researchers and community partners work together to advance early childhood research and practice.

More than two-dozen people attended the event to learn about University of Nebraska researchers latest work in the early childhood field.

Participants learned how development affects classroom interactions and the link between effective teacher-child interactions as it relates to learning. Training included an overview of the CLASS measure and its uses, and prepared participants to assess teaching quality based on the CLASS system.

Participants learned how development affects classroom interactions and the link between effective teacher-child interactions as it relates to learning. Training included an overview of the CLASS measure and its uses, and prepared participants to assess teaching quality based on the CLASS system.

Dr. Brent McBride presented on strategies that allow university-based child development laboratory schools to balance the demands associated with providing high-quality early care and education services while maximizing teaching, research and outreach/engagement activities. This event was hosted by UNL Child, Youth and Family Studies and NAECR.

Dr. McBride is one of the leading researchers in the area of father involvement in families of children with disabilities. His cutting-edge research provides critical insight on how to better support fathers struggling within this challenging parenting context, as well as early intervention personnel working with these families.

The second NAECR Knowledge series took place Feb. 7 with a training event designed to highlight video data collection, administration and coding.

More than two-dozen people attended the event, “Video Data Collection, Administration and Coding,” to learn more about ways video can aid data gathering and early childhood research.

The NAECR Knowledge series began Nov. 14 with a training event designed to highlight Box features and data security.

More than 20 people attended — in person and via video conferencing — to learn more about Box's most useful features, and to discuss how to share secure data using the collaborative file storage tool.

What is Nebraska Extension and how can it support early childhood research? How can early childhood research be used in Extension materials and educational programming?

Hear researcher teams share their work and how they have partnered with Extension, and explore opportunities for future collaborations.

The fifth biennial CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood was held on Wednesday, April 25 at Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center. The summit consisted of numerous presentations and related roundtable discussions on the research and practices that are improving the developmental trajectories of young children.

Launching a global partnership for change

The mission of this two-day working meeting is to bring together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Brazil to improve young children’s lives through global interdisciplinary research collaboration, and to share evidence-based practices that promote the intellectual, behavioral, and social-emotional development and functioning of young children. We envision this initial meeting as a starting point for long-lasting and engaged research partnerships between Brazil and Nebraska.

The Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools (CYFS), the Buffett Early Childhood Institute and First Five Nebraska hosted the fourth biennial CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood on Thursday, April 7 at the Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel. The summit consisted of numerous presentations and related roundtable discussions on the research and practices that are improving the developmental trajectories of young children. This free, daylong event also included lunch and an evening reception for all registered participants.

The Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools (CYFS), the Buffett Early Childhood Institute and First Five Nebraska invite you to review proceedings from the 2014 CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood held April 10, 2014 at Wilderness Ridge in Lincoln, NE.

The Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools (CYFS) and the Buffett Early Childhood Institute (BECI) invite you to review proceedings from the 2012 CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood held April 25, 2012.

Welcome to the 2010 CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood website brought to you by the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families & Schools (CYFS). This year's theme was Creating Connections Between Research and Practice.