Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning

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The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is a national resource center for disseminating research and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs across the country. CSEFEL is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. To support this goal, we have developed a conceptual model of evidence-based practices for promoting young children's social emotional competence and preventing and addressing challenging behavior.

The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning is a five-year project designed to strengthen the capacity of Head Start and child care programs to improve the social and emotional outcomes of young children.

The Center will develop training and technical assistance (T/TA) materials that reflect evidence-based practices for promoting children's social and emotional development and preventing challenging behaviors. The Center will then work with professional organizations and Head Start and child care T/TA providers to ensure the use of the evidence-based practices in local demonstration sites. View a Flyer about the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning.

The Center maintains a National Advisory Board of professionals and experts from a variety of fields.

View a PowerPoint presentation on the work of the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning.

The Center is located at Vanderbilt University under the direction of Dr. Mary Louise Hemmeter. In addition, the Center is a collaborative project involving faculty and staff from the following institutions:

  Vanderbilt University
Mary Louise Hemmeter
Rob Corso
Beverly Hand
Alana Griffin Schnitz
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tweety Yates
Micki Ostrosky
Rosa Milagros Santos
University of South Florida
Glen Dunlap
Lise Fox
Rochelle Lentini
Georgetown University
Roxane Kaufmann
Lan Le
Neil Horen
University of Colorado at Denver
Barbara J. Smith
Phil Strain
ZERO TO THREE
Janice Im
Amy Hunter

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