Call for Proposals

Deadline: March 5, 2010

 

ZERO TO THREE’s National Training Institute is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary conference that focuses on cutting-edge child development research, best practices, and policy issues for infants, toddlers, and families.
We seek proposals to be featured in presentations or posters that align with the following topic areas:

• POLICY
• RESEARCH
• CLINICAL PRACTICE
• TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• PROGRAM DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP
• CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH

Topic areas of specific interest related to services for families and infants/toddlers from birth to three years old include:

• Infant/toddler development in all domains
• Child care
• Reflective supervision
• Child welfare
• Early intervention (Part C)
• Infant mental health
• Health care
• Services for military families and children
• Work across disciplinary or agency lines
• Advanced clinical reasoning/practice
• Personnel preparation
• Impact of culture, language, race, ethnicity, class, and gender on
  early development
• Family-centered practice
• Observation/assessment
• Prenatal health and services

 

Submissions are invited for:

 

1 ½ hour presentations that feature:

 

a) Lessons learned from practice, research, or public policy endeavors

 

b) Clinical intervention with an individual child (birth to three years old) and, the child’s family (case presentations).

 

OR

 

Poster presentations that feature:

 

a) Research projects and/or new research findings.

 

b) Program models or practices, especially in experimental/ early stages.

 

Click Here to Submit Your Proposal

 

For questions about completing your proposal or for additional information about the National Training Institute, call (202) 638-1144 ext. 665.

Download the 2009 Program Information.