Kathryn Bigelow

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the impact of Promoting Communication: Tools for Advancing Language in Kids (PC TALK) on infants and toddlers with and at risk for developmental delay and disabilities. Given the pivotal role that experience with language plays in early vocabulary development, later reading, and school proficiency, ensuring that infants and young children have ample opportunities to learn language is of primary importance. Ongoing systemic inequities compounded by t...

The goal of this project is to design and test a professional development (PD) framework to support implementation of Promoting Communication Tools for Advancing Language in Kids (PC TALK), an existing intervention aimed at supporting parents in improving the language learning opportunities and outcomes of infants and toddlers with or at risk for disabilities. Research has documented the association between early opportunities to learn and practice language in daily interactions and later la...

The purpose of this project is to support teachers' implementation of a tiered model for promoting social-emotional growth in infants and toddlers by adapting an existing evidence-based tiered model and refining a professional development (PD) approach to support the teachers' implementation. Many early childhood teachers lack important skills for supporting children's early social-emotional development. As a result, many children enter kindergarten with or at high risk for challenging behav...