Snapshots and Reports
These “snapshots” and reports explore a particular topic related to early childhood education. These summaries are shared to inform and provide insights to support best practices.
May 20, 2024
Demographic Diversity & Enrollment of Priority Populations in Early Childhood Centers
The purpose of this report was to learn how early care and education centers that accept subsidies align into groups based on the demographics of children being served.
August 22, 2023
2023 Annual DIEEC Quality Improvement Synopsis
This report summarizes key DIEEC accomplishments from July 2022 – June 2023.
June 27, 2023
Arkansas Center-Based Provider Participation in the Child Care Voucher System
The purpose of this study was to learn how early childhood centers in Arkansas make decisionsabout enrolling children in their programs. Methods used included surveys and interviews.
June 9, 2023
Shining the Light on You: Family Child Care (FCC) Health and Wellness Initiative
This one-pager snapshot gives a detailed breakdown of this wellness initiative, presented in partnership with the University of Delaware College of Health Sciences. This 15-week program focuses on improving participants’…
Quarterly Data Reports
FY23
FY22
Presentations
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Nature-based home-school learning connections during COVID-19. Poster Session, Symposium Gallo-Fox, J. & Novikova, E.. Poster session for the Steele Symposium, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. (May, 2022)
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Impact of Intensive PD on play. Symposium Han, M., Buell, M., Liu, D., & Pic, A. Presented at The Association for the Study of Play Virtual Conference: Play in a Liminal Space: Considering Who We Are and Who We Are Becoming. (May, 2022)
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Play training and coaching for child care providers on how to play and support children’s learning 8 Han, M., Buell, M., Liu, D., & Pic, A. In Eleni Loizou & Jeffrey Trawick-Smith (Eds.), Teacher Education for Play Pedagogy: How we educate teachers to play with children and what roles they take during play (pp. 48-66). European Early Childhood Education Research Association Praxeological Series & Routledge. (April, 2022)
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Intensive professional development on play for childcare providers. Poster Session Han. M., Buell, M., Liu, D., & Pic, A.. Poster session presented at the 2022 SRCD Special Topic Meeting: Learning through Play and Imagination: Expanding Perspectives. St. Louis, MO, United States. (April, 2022)
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How early childhood lab school teachers utilized child-centered approaches during remote pandemic programming. Gallo-Fox, J., Pic, A. & Kouzeli, A. Poster session presented in Bloom Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. (April, 2022)
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‘But we are not an online preschool’: How early childhood teachers adapted to remote programming during the Covid-19 pandemic. Poster Session, Symposium Gallo-Fox, J., Kouzeli, A. & Pic, A. Poster session presented at the 36th Annual Marion H. Steele Research Symposium, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. (April, 2022)
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‘No! I’m the driver!’: Unpacking peer conflict during outdoor and indoor free play in a nature-based preschool. Poster Session, Symposium Pic, A. Poster session presented at the 36th Annual Marion H. Steele Research Symposium, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. (April, 2022)
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Maintaining environmental excellence: Lab school nature programming during COVID-19. Poster Session Gallo-Fox, J., Pic, A., & Novikova, E. Poster session for the In Bloom conference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. (April, 2022)
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Play, learning, and resilience in low-income families. Paper Session Han, M., Whiteside-Mansell, L., Hustedt, J. T., Drain, D., Eubanks, R., Joe, C., & Lawson, I. In S. Sandoval (Chair), Play and imagination interventions for learning. Paper presented at Society for Research in Child Development Special Topic Meeting on Learning through Play and Imagination: Expanding Perspectives, St. Louis, MO. (April, 2022)
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A national portrait of ECE center and community characteristics that predict subsidy density. Symposium Slicker, G, Hustedt, J. T., & Stoffers, M. In Z. Isik-Ercan (Chair), Issues in childcare and early education in the U.S. Symposium presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, CA. (April, 2022)
