(December 2014)

Supporting families as the child's first educator

Barnes-Najor, J. V., Burnett, R., Verdugo, M., Filimore, R., & Abramson, L.

Workshop presented at the Honoring Our Commitments to Native Families and Communities: Today and Tomorrow (2014 ACF Grantee Conference)

Washington, D.C.

(December 2014)

Supporting your tribe in creating effective teams to enhance native language and culture

Barnes-Najor, J. V., Burnett, R., Kerver, J., Verdugo, M., Brown, R. E., Filimore, R., & Abramson, L.

Workshop presented at the Honoring Our Commitments to Native Families and Communities: Today and Tomorrow (2014 ACF Grantee Conference)

Washington, D.C.

(December 2014)

Building the research capacity of tribal communities to understand AI/AN children and families

Whitesell, N., & Barnes-Najor, J. V.

Workshop presented at the Honoring Our Commitments to Native Families and Communities: Today and Tomorrow (2014 ACF Grantee Conference)

Washington, D.C.

(December 2014)

Making it work! Connecting traditional learning to school success

Knapp-Philo, J., Barnes-Najor, J. V., & Goeson, R.

Workshop presented at the Honoring Our Commitments to Native Families and Communities: Today and Tomorrow (2014 ACF Grantee Conference)

Washington, D.C.

(October 2014)

Exploring and supporting the fundamentals of youth-adult partnership

Weiss, J. & Wu, H. J.

Michigan Afterschool Collaborative Conference

Lansing, Michigan

(October 2014)

Conducting research in tribal communities

Barnes-Najor, J. V.

FACES Staff Training

Washington, D.C.

(September 2014)

Healthy babies through infant-centered feeding: Impact of a community-based home visitation intervention to reduce the risk of infant obesity in low-income populations

Horodynski, M. A., Baker, S., Olson, B., Van Egeren, L. A., Brophy-Herb, H., Auld, G., & Lee, K.

Paper presented at the Congress for Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science

Washington, D.C.

(September 2014)

The Tribal Early Childhood Research Center: Building capacity by supporting networks of university and community partners

Barnes-Najor, J. V.

Paper presentation at the Native Children’s Research Exchange Conference

Denver, Colorado

(September 2014)

Examining the impacts of participating in a volunteer tourism-based study abroad program on college students’ sense of purpose in life

Wu, H. J., & Paulsen, R.

Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the World Leisure Congress

Mobile, Alabama

(September 2014)

International Engagement in Mexico (IEM): An exemplary study abroad program model for promoting community livelihood and positive student outcomes

Wu, H. J., Paulsen, R., & Garcia, L.

Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the World Leisure Congress

Mobile, Alabama

(September 2014)

The utilization of a youth-adult partnership rubric for youth program quality assessment and professional development

Wu, H. J., Kornbluh, M. & Weiss, J.

Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the World Leisure Congress

Mobile, Alabama

(July 2014)

The TRC Summer Institute: Supporting capacity for early childhood research and evaluation in tribal communities

Sarche, M., Barlow, A., Barnes-Najor, J. V., Belleau, A., Brown, P., Parker, M., & Whitesell, N.

Paper presented at the 12th Annual Head Start Research Conference

Washington, D.C.

(July 2014)

Cultural considerations for the Classroom Assessment Scoring System in American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start programs

Barnes-Najor, J. V., Belleau, A., Brown, P., Smith, S., & Verdugo, M.

Paper presentation at the 12th Annual Head Start Research Conference

Washington, D.C.

(July 2014)

Using research on children’s academic readiness skills for program improvement

Barnes-Najor, J. V., & Belleau, A.

Paper presentation at the 12th Annual Head Start Research Conference

Washington, D.C.

(July 2014)

Supporting American Indian children’s development through partnerships among research, practice, and policy

Barnes-Najor, J. V.

Symposium chair at the 12th Annual Head Start Research Conference

Washington, D.C.

(July 2014)

The Tribal Early Childhood Research Center: Social network analysis

Barnes-Najor, J. V., Sarch, M.

Paper presentation at the 12th Annual Head Start Research Conference

Washington, D.C.

(June 2014)

American Indian/Alaska Native Family and Child Experiences Survey

Barnes-Najor, J. V., & Sarche, M.

Keynote presented at the National Indian Head Start Directors Association 24th Management Training Conference

Minneapolis, Minnesota

(June 2014)

Efficacy of a community-based home visitation intervention to reduce the risk of infant obesity in low-income populations

Horodynski, M. A., Baker, S., Olson, B., Van Egeren, L. A., Brophy-Herb, H., Auld, G., & Lee, K.

Paper presented at the World Association for Infant Mental Health

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

(June 2014)

Parental measures of pre-K children’s behavior: Cultural variations

Lee, K., Farrell, P., Gerde, H., Barnes-Najor, J. V., Belleau, A., & Fitzgerald, H. E.

Poster presentation at the World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIHM)

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

(June 2014)

The relationship of parent/teacher efficacy and cross-academic domains through learning motivation for preschoolers

Cho, S., Lee, K., Brophy-Herb, H., & Van Egeren, L. A.

Paper presented at the World Association for Infant Mental Health

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

(June 2014)

High stakes assessments of early childhood teacher quality: Implications for reliability

Van Egeren, L. A., Stein, M., Gerde, H., Lee, K., & Pierce, S.

Paper presented at the World Association for Infant Mental Health

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

(June 2014)

The PLAY Project: Improvements in autism diagnosis and behaviors through parental intervention

Van Egeren, L. A., Solomon, R., Huber, M. Q., & Zimmerman, P.

Paper presented at the World Association for Infant Mental Health

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

(May 2014)

Assessing cross-domain measurement invariance for teacher efficacy in science, literacy, and math

Lee, K. S., Pierce, S. J., & Van Egeren, L. A.

Paper presented at the Modern Modeling Methods (M3) conference

Storrs, Connecticut

(April 2014)

Challenges of using existing measures of early development in tribal contexts

Barnes-Najor, J. V., Belleau, A., Fitzgerald, H. E., & Sarche, M.

Invited presentation at The Way Forward: ACF Research with American Indians and Alaska Natives

Washington, D.C.

(April 2014)

Participation in 21st Century Community Learning Centers programs is associated with enhanced developmental assets

Van Egeren, L. A., Wu, H. J., & Devereaux, S.

Paper presented at the biennial meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence Conference

Austin, Texas