Child and Family Literacy Development
The goal of the Child and Family Literacy Development Laboratory is to identify and investigate the characteristics and consequences of literacy learning opportunities and practices that promote optimal child and family literacy development. Laboratory activities are developed and implemented in ways that enhance child and parent confidence and competence. Laboratory activities include a number of assessment, intervention, and capacity building studies and initiatives examining the characteristics of practices increasing the likelihood that children and parents experience rich and varied literacy learning opportunities. Child-focused laboratory activities examine the literacy development of children birth to ten years of age in the context of everyday family and community activities. Family-focused laboratory activities examine the characteristics and consequences of family literacy experiences and practices enhancing adult literacy. Information about the focus of lab activities can be found in our CASEmakers (Volume 1, Number 3) publications. A major focus of laboratory studies and initiatives are the identification, development, and evaluation of the: (1) characteristics and consequences of development-enhancing child and family literacy activities and experiences, (2) methods, procedures, and tools for promoting the acquisition of literacy competence, and (3) practitioner adoption and use of evidence-based literacy development practices.
Learn more about the Child and Family Literacy Development Laboratory studies and initiatives by clicking on any of the following titles:
- Early Literacy Development Project
- Mediating Parents' Active Participation in their Children’s Early Literacy Development
- Measuring Preschooler’s Everyday Literacy Learning Opportunities
- Measuring Preschooler’s Early Literacy and Literacy Development
- Characteristics and Consequences of Effective Literacy Instruction
- Preschool to School Readiness Literacy Project
- Assessment Methods and Procedures of Early Literacy and Literacy Development Project
- Characteristics and Consequences of Intervention Practices Promoting Child and Family Early Literacy and Literacy Development
- Literacy Practices Utilization Project
- Characteristics and Consequences of a Literacy Tutoring Program
- Characteristics and Consequences of Effective Adult Literacy Practices
- Early Literacy and Literacy Practitioner’s Training Project
- Literacy Interventions for Students with Disabilities
