Community Collaboration
We partner with communities and community organizations to implement and evaluate programs intended to improve outcomes.
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Training and Transitional Research
Many of our projects take research-based knowledge and translate it into practice. Our training programs target professionals in community-based settings such as early care and education, mental health, home visits, shelters, and substance abuse treatment.
Research-Based Early Childhood Professional Development (Link)
See how our programs link to the Teaching Pyramid (PNG file)
Program Evaluation
We collaborate with community agencies to provide process and outcome evaluation of the implementation of interventions.
Research and Development
We develop new tools and interventions, test basic science hypotheses, and explore applied research questions.
COVID-19 Resources
My Teacher Wears a Mask
Our new social story, My Teacher Wears a Mask, was created to help address any potential fear or apprehension experienced by young children due to new guidance related to teachers’ use of protective masks.
Coping with COVID
This is a resource for center administrators using the 10 Components of Trauma-Informed Care to support children during/after COVID crisis.
Coping With COVID (PDF download)
Arkansas Health and Education Hotline
DCCECE staff have been working at the Arkansas Health and Education Hotline to answer incoming calls from Child Care Centers who are experiencing a COVID related issue. The staff at the hotline are able to guide them through the next steps they need to take when they’ve had a positive case or a probable close contact.
If providers need help or have had a positive case, please direct them to the hotline 1-833-504-0155.
RED News
DFPM-RED Faculty Co-Authors Study Receiving National Attention
DFPM-RED’s Kanna Lewis, Ph.D., along with members of the CDC have published a report regarding the impact of mask-mandates in schools during COVID. The report was recently highlighted by the CDC and has drawn the attention of both local and national media outlets such as CNN, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. The […]
DFPM-RED Team Member Appointed to Commission by Governor
UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Research and Evaluation Division (DFPM-RED) team member Elizabeth Waldrum was recently appointed to the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission/Early Head Start Governing Board. The board advises the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education in supporting the optimal and ongoing development of young children in Arkansas by: Providing […]
DFPM-RED Faculty Member Added to Governor’s Task Force
DFPM-RED’s Dr. Nicola Edge, Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine, and Dr. Sufna John, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, were appointed by Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson to the Blue Ribbon Task Force to End Child Abuse. Created during last year’s regular session of the Arkansas General Assembly, the task force will pursue a systematic and holistic […]