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Families and Schools

A University of Nebraska–Lincoln research team led by Lisa Knoche, research associate professor and co-director of the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, has been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support early intervention services to help the families of infants and toddlers who are not developing typically.

Husker researchers awarded $1.6M to strengthen services for infants, toddlers

December 2, 2020

Society & Culture

CYFS research continues to impact areas of early childhood, health equity and wellness, and communities.

Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools releases annual report

November 17, 2020

Edwards studying recovery program for women with past addiction, victimization

October 21, 2020

Society & Culture

A Yazidi woman shows off a large batch of naan, a round, flat, leavened bread. In keeping with cultural traditions, many women share freshly prepared naan with their neighbors, including Americans. (Photo courtesy of Zozan Bashar)

Project gives voice to refugee population

October 7, 2020

Sue Sheridan

Sheridan sets new course for research leadership

July 27, 2020

Denise Ruschel Bandeira, professor, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, right, shares findings from the Dimensional Inventory for Child Development Assessment (IDADI) pilot impact project. (Photo by Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

Tool uses cultural lens to evaluate young children’s development

June 24, 2020

Teacher Elizinete Natália Queiroz de Araújo Souza, second from left, explores the garden with her young students at EMEI Ignacio in Recife, Brazil, one of the preschools engaged in the PreSTAR pilot impact project. (Photo by Dana Ludvik, CYFS)

Brazil early childhood research partnership continues to thrive

June 4, 2020

Society & Culture

Researchers are testing a model that conceptualizes emotion regulation, mindfulness and parasympathetic tone in teachers as central resources that foster their well-being and capacity for high-quality caregiving.

Interdisciplinary study leverages technology to assess preschool teachers’ resilience

May 13, 2020

Using a Braille writing machine, a student writes a paper at the Nebraska Center for the Education of Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired in Nebraska City.

Project VIEW aims to sharpen writing instruction for visually impaired

March 25, 2020

Society & Culture

The workshop will address teen dating and sexual violence, and how to prevent it.

Registration open for Dating and Sexual Violence Prevention Workshop

February 24, 2020

Lisa Knoche, CYFS research associate professor and principal investigator of the Getting Ready Preschool Development Grant (Photo by Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

Research supports early childhood strategies across Nebraska

January 31, 2020

Marc Goodrich and Natalie Koziol are exploring ways to identify and control selection bias in evaluations of differential item functioning.

Research seeks to boost STEM proficiency in Latino youth

January 15, 2020