Cornell Early Childhood Program

Many of CECP’s professional and research conference presentations are available as PDF files. Please e-mail cecp@cornell.edu for more information about any public presentations.

Lekies, K. S. (2003, June). Early care for infants and toddlers: Examining the impacts of Universal Prekindergarten. Presented at the Research on Market Dynamics for Infant and Toddler Care Meeting, sponsored by Child Trends and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Alexandria, VA.

Dunlavey, K.L. (2003, May) Games children play. Presented for Ontario and Yates County satellite of Rochester Association for the Education of Young Children.

Dunlavey, K.L. (2003, May). Play for school-agers. State inservice presented for Child Care Resource and Referral staff for the New York State Child Care Council, Albany, NY.

McCabe, L. A. & Sharma, P. (2003, May). The New York State School Age Care Credential: Preliminary findings from a survey of credentialed professionals. School age care provider training presented at The New York School Age Conference, Rochester, NY.

Lekies, K. S., & Ellis, E. (2003, April). The New York Universal Prekindergarten Program: Impacts on community-based programs and director satisfaction. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.

Lekies, K. S., & Cochran M. (2003, March). The New York State Universal Prekindergarten Program: The first five years. Presented at the New York State Association for the Education of Young Children Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Ross-Bernstein, J. & Delvecchio, S. (2003, February). Hard kids: Understanding challenging behavior. Presented at the Ithaca City Prekindergarten Program.

Raden, A. & McCabe, L. (2003, January). Setting a research agenda for Universal Prekindergarten. Paper presented at the Developments in Universal Prekindergarten workshop. Washington, DC.

Cochran, M. (2002, November). Creating a culture of learning: What research tells us about effective professional development. Keynote address presented at the Conference on Professional Development, Rochester, NY.

Cochran, M. & Ross-Bernstein, J. (2002, November). The Swedish Practicum in Child Care and Family Policy. In International education: Pathway to global understanding. Symposium conducted at the National Association of International Educators Region 10 Fall Conference, Morristown, NJ.

Dunlavey, K.L. (2002, November & 2003, May). Eleven principles of character education. November presentation at the Corning Child Care Conference, Corning, New York. May presentation at the Coordinated Child Development Center SAC, Canandaigua, NY.

Dunlavey, K.L. (2002, November). The New York State School Age Care Credential: Small beginnings, big future. Presented at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Conference, New York City.

Lekies, K. S., Benejan, M., & Cochran, M. (2002, November). New York State’s Universal Prekindergarten Program: Lessons for other states. Presented at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Conference, New York, NY.

McCabe, L. A., Rebello-Britto, P., Hernandez, M., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2002, November). Games Children Play: Observing Self Regulation Across Home and School Settings. Paper presented at the New Directions in Young Children’ s Socioemotional Measures Workshop, Washington, DC.

Cochran, M. (2002, October). Kenya and the U.S. in global context: A framework for the cross-national comparison of early care and education programs. Invited address presented at the Cross-cultural Perspectives Lecture Series, Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Dunlavey, K.L. (2002, October & November) Welcome to the salad bowl: Anti-bias education. October presentation at the Child Care Givers Workshop Day, Canandaigua, NY. Two November Presentations at the Corning Childcare Conference, Corning, NY and the New York State School-Age Conference, Albany, NY.

McCabe, L.A. (2002, October). Self regulation in preschool children: Research, assessment, and early childhood practice. Child care director training presented at Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautauqua County, Jamestown, NY.

Lekies, K. S., & Jarrett, M. A. (2002, August). Parents Apart: Evaluation of a divorce education program. Poster session presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

McCabe, L. A. & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2002, June). Self regulation in low income children: Influences of child, family, and neighborhood characteristics. In M. Lopez (Chair), Recent findings from the Head Start Mental Health Research Consortium. Symposium conducted at Head Start’s Sixth National Research Conference, Washington, DC.

McCabe, L. A. & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2002, June). Self-regulation tasks for preschool children: Addressing issues to valid assessment in less “regulated” environments. In L. A. McCabe (Chair), Innovations in the study of self-regulation: New methods, ecologically valid contexts, and diverse populations. Symposium conducted at Head Start’s Sixth National Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Ross-Bernstein, J. & Cochran, M. (2002, May). The Swedish Practicum in Child Care and Family Policy. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of International Educators, San Antonio, TX.