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Serving All Children to Catch the Most Vulnerable (html)
Healthcare Quarterly Vol. 15 Special Issue, 2012
Article by Kerry McCuaig: "The needs of modern families have changed; the services designed to support them have not. Children's programming in Canada is divided into three distinct streams – education, child care, and family and intervention supports.... The result is service silos. Children and families don't experience their lives in silos; their needs can't be dissected and addressed in isolation."
Trends in Early Education and Child Care (pdf)
July 2012
Report by Kerry McCuaig, Jane Bertrand and Stuart Shanker: "Over the last few decades the science of early development has witnessed explosive growth. New technologies confirm that infancy and early childhood are the first and most critical phases of human development. A child’s earliest experiences shape the structure of genes and the architecture of the developing brain. At the same time families have changed, becoming more diverse and are raising young children in circumstances that are significantly more complex, and for many, more stressful."
How Research in Early Learning Can Help Make a Decision on Election Day (pdf)
October 2011
Lots of studies show us that the early years are crucial for how we manage as adults. We have an election coming up tomorrow. We encourage you to think about research findings about our children’s development. Please cast your vote thinking about what matters for our children.
An Investigation of the Career Paths of Internationally Trained Early Childhood Educators Transitioning into Early Learning Programs (pdf)
August 2011
The current research initiative examines the pathway to employment in the field of early childhood education for internationally trained professionals. In particular, the study's aim is to investigate the experiences of internationally trained professionals in the ECE Bridging Program (first step in the accreditation process in Ontario for internationally trained educators). The study also explored the experiences of participants in applying for jobs prior to and after achieving their ECE equivalency. The second goal was to explore whether international education credentials had any impact on employability. .
The Cost-Benefits of Ontario's Early Learning Program
August 30, 2010
Robert Fairholm, a director of the Centre for Spatial Economics (CSE), brings his 20 years of experience in economic analysis, modeling and forecasting to quantify the benefits of new public spending on young children revealing some startling findings.
Symposium: Pedagogical Leadership: Lead From Where You Stand
February 1, 2010
The Atkinson Centre joined Ryerson University, George Brown College, and the Child Care Resource and Research Unit in sponsoring a Symposium on "Pedagogical Leadership: Lead From Where You Stand" to discuss the recommendations for staffing Ontario's new Early Learning Programs and Child and Family Centre.
Atkinson Centre Annual Reports
Atkinson Chair's Research Digest
- December 2012 (pdf) ~ New
- December 2012 References (pdf) ~ New
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Research Bulletin: Playing Favorites is Bad for Child Health (pdf)
Excerpt: "In a study recently published in Social Sciences and Medicine, PhD student Dillon Browne and psychologist Jennifer Jenkins sought to determine if being a disfavored sibling can have negative consequences in terms of general health. Browne and Jenkins followed 501 families over a period of 18 months as part of an investigation called the Kids, Families, Places Study, led by Dr. Jenkins at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education..."
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Research Bulletin: Playing Favorites is Bad for Everyone (pdf)
Excerpt: "In a study recently published in the journal of Developmental Psychology, psychologist Jean-Christophe Meunier and his colleagues at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education tested to see if playing favorites, as a family style, has negative consequences for all children in the family, rather than just the disfavored child."
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Research Bulletin: Siblings Teaching Siblings (pdf)
Excerpt: "Research demonstrates that young children teach one another, showing individual differences in the amount of teaching they do and the strategies they use. There is a special teacher-learner relationship among siblings, in particular.... We developed a measure to capture teaching between siblings when the youngest child was age 3 and their older sibling between 4-8 years old..."
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Research Bulletin: Genes, Experience and Parenting Behaviour (pdf)
Excerpt: "In a recent study, Dr. Rossana Bisceglia and her colleagues wanted to see what factors affected mothers' ability to provide sensitive care to their children. The hypothesis was that both biological and environmental variables would impact mothers’ sensitivity, and that certain combinations of factors would be more detrimental to parenting than others."
New! Pelletier, J. (2012). Key findings from Year 2 of Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten in Peel. Toronto: Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
Pelletier, J. (2012). Key findings from Year 1 of Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten in Peel. Toronto: Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
Pelletier, J. & Brent, J. (2002). Parent participation in children’ school readiness: The effects of parental self-efficacy, cultural diversity and teacher strategies. International Journal of Early Childhood, 34 (1), 45-60.
Pelletier, J. & Corter, C. (2005). Design, implementation and outcomes of a school readiness program for diverse families. The School Community Journal, 15, 89-116.
Pelletier, J., & Corter, C. (2005, April). Evaluation Methodology for Integrated School-Based Early Childhood Services. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.
Pelletier, J., & Corter, C. (2006). Integration, innovation, and evaluation in school-based early childhood services. In B. Spodek & O. Sarracho (Eds.), Handbook of research on the education of young children. (pp. 477–496). Matwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Zhang, J. & Pelletier, J. (August 17, 2006). Analysis of the short and long-term effects of a school readiness intervention program for parents and their kindergarten children. Paper presented at the International Conference on Speech, Writing and Context, Edmonton, Alberta.
Arimura, T. (2007). Daily routines, parenting hassles, and social support: The role that early childhood services play in parents' and children's daily life. Unpublished M.A.thesis, University of Toronto.
Corter, C., Janmohamed, Z., & Pelletier, J. (Eds.). (2012). Toronto First Duty Phase 3 Report. Toronto, ON: Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development, OISE/University of Toronto. New!
Corter, C., Patel, S., Pelletier, J. & Bertrand, J. (2008). The Early Development Instrument as an evaluation and improvement tool for school-based, integrated services for young children and parents: the Toronto First Duty Project. Early Education and Development. In press.
Corter, C., Bertrand, J., Pelletier, J., Griffin, T., McKay, D., Patel, S, Ioannone, P, with McQuaig, K. (2006). Toronto First Duty Phase 1 Summary Report: Evidence-based understanding of integrated foundations for early childhood.
Corter, C. (2006). Early Identification and Early Childhood Programs to Reduce Risk. Invited panel presentation to A National Dialogue on Students at Risk. Vancouver, B.C., 28 February.
Corter, C., & Pelletier, J. (2005). Parent and community involvement in schools: Policy panacea or pandemic? In N. Bascia, A. Cumming, A. Datnow, K. Leithwood & D. Livingstone (Eds.), International handbook of educational policy. (pp. 295-327). Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.
Corter, C. (2004, November). Evaluating Integration: The case of Toronto First Duty. Invited presentation to Ontario Children's Summit, Toronto, Ontario.
Corter, C., Bertrand, J., Endler, M., Griffin, T., Pelletier, J., McKay, D. (2002). Toronto First Duty Starting Gate Report: Implementing Integrated Foundations for Early Childhood.
Ioannone, P., & Corter, C. (2005, April). Early Childhood Professionals' Experiences With Collaboration in Integrated Care and Education. Poster presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta.
Janmohamed, Z., Pelletier, J., & Corter, C. (2011). Toronto First Duty, Phase 3: The BruceWoodgreen Case Study. Toronto, ON: Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development, OISE/University of Toronto.
Patel, S. & Corter, C. (2006). Parent-school involvement, diversity, and school-based preschool service hubs. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, 9 April.
Patel, S., & Corter, C. (2005, April). Parents, Preschool Services, and Engagement with Schools. Poster presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta.
Pelletier, J., & Corter, C. (2005). Toronto First Duty: Integrating Kindergarten, Childcare and Parenting Supports to help Diverse Families Connect to Schools. [Special Issue on Families and Multicultural Education.] The Multicultural Education Journal. 15 (1), 89-116.