HCRC Mini-Conference:

Promoting Child Health and Well Being, Birth to Age Five

Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
University of Minnesota Twin Cities–Minneapolis West Bank
1:00pm to 5:00pm
April 27, 2009

This conference introduced and overviewed the activities of the Human Capital Research Collaborative. Four presentations on Child Health and Well Being were made on critical issues in the first fives years of children's lives.

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Agenda

Welcome & Refreshments
1:00–1:30

Introduction of the HCRC
1:30–2:00

Arthur Reynolds and Art Rolnick

Slide Presentation [PPT, 387k]

Child Health and School Readiness from the U.S. Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
2:00–2:20

Judy Temple & Jayne Fulkerson

Slide Presentation [PPT, 399k]

Question & Answer Session
2:20–2:30

A Prospective Longitudinal Examination of Early Child Maltreatment and Health in Early Adulthood
2:30–2:50

Michelle M. Englund

Slide Presentation [PPT, 294k]

Question & Answer Session
2:50–3:00

Coffee break
3:00–3:20

Changing Beliefs and Knowledge of Child Care Providers: The Ounce Research Project
3:20–3:40

Amy Susman-Stillman, Michelle M. Englund, Jessica Pleuss, Jennifer Cleveland, and Anna Shkolnik

Slide Presentation [PPT, 1,101k]

Question & Answer Session
3:40–3:50

One Year of Preschool or Two: Does it Matter for Long-term Outcomes?
3:50–4:10

Irma Arteaga, Sarah Humpage, Arthur J. Reynolds, Judy Temple

Slide Presentation [PPT, 1,182k]

Question & Answer Session
4:10–4:20

General Discussion & Wrap-up
4:20–5:00