Indiana Family Impact Seminar #1
Healthy Environments for Young Children
February 1, 1999
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Featured Speakers
Daniel Lichter, Director, Population Research Institute
Threats to the Quality of Children’s Environments
Deborah Vandell, Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Susan Kontos, Professor of Developmental Studies & Early Childhood Education, Purdue University
What is Quality in Early Care and Education?
James Elicker, Assistant Professor of Developmental Studies, Purdue University
An Assessment of Full-Day Kindergarten
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The NICHD Study of Early Child Care, prepared by Robin Peth-Pierce, Public Information and Communications Branch, NICHD
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