Lecture: Responsive Parenting: What Is It and When Is It Most Important?
The Center for Research on Families (CRF) welcomes Susan H. Landry, Ph.D. from the Children's Learning Institute at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, as part of the 2008 Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series.
Dr. Landry is a developmental psychologist and nationally recognized expert in early childhood education. Her research into environmental factors that promote early cognitive growth and development led her to develop the framework for the Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and Education (CIRCLE) and then to the implementation of the Texas Early Education Model (TEEM) in pre-kindergarten classrooms across Texas.
Dr. Landry conducts many research projects and training activities that promote quality learning environments for young children. She is using the knowledge gained from years of study to help promote the national goals of early childhood literacy initiatives. Dr. Landry's numerous research programs, supported by the National Institutes of Child Health and Development, foundations, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, have resulted in a large research database on early childhood. More than 70 peer-reviewed publications and over a dozen chapters describe the findings of these research studies.
CRF’s Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series brings nationally recognized speakers with expertise in family research to campus each year. The forum began in 1999 though an endowment established in memory of Tay Gavin Erickson. The speakers provide public lectures, highlighting the importance of research on the family and its implications for public policy. Dr. Landry’s lecture is co-sponsored by CRF and the Center for Public Policy and Administration (CPPA), a nonpartisan, interdisciplinary research and teaching center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. CRF at the University of Massachusetts Amherst actively supports and disseminates social and behavioral sciences research on issues relevant to families.
