UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Curriculum Vitae
1. Date: August, 2006
I. PERSONAL
2. Name: Susan F. Gold
3. Home Phone: (305) 371-2969 Cell: (305) 801-3292
4. Office Phone: (305) 243-6624 Fax: (305) 243-3410
E-Mail: [email protected]
5. Address: 301 North Miami Avenue - 10th Floor
Miami, Florida 33128
6. Current Academic Rank: Associate Professor
6a. Current Track of Appointment - Adjunct Track
7. Primary Department: Pediatrics
8. Secondary or Joint Appointments: School of Education
9. Citizenship: U.S. Citizen
10. Visa Type: N/A
II. HIGHER EDUCATION
11. Institutional:
1986 1988 Post Doctoral Research Fellowship,
Mailman Center for Child Development, Miami, FL.
1986 Ed.D. Early Childhood Education,
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
1973 M.Ed. Early Childhood Education,
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
1966 B.A.E., Magna Cum Laude, University of Florida,
Gainesville, Florida. Member Phi Kappa Phi
Honor Society.
12. Non-Institutional: High Scope Foundation Training of Teacher Trainers
13. Certification, licensure: Teacher Certification - Elementary Education;
Early Childhood Education, and Pre - Kindergarten Handicapped Endorsement State of Florida;
Department of Education July 1, 2001-June 30, 2006
III. EXPERIENCE
14. Academic:
2001-present Associate Professor, Mailman Center for Child
Development, University of Miami, Department of Pediatrics
1988-2001 Assistant Professor, Mailman Center for Child
Development, University of Miami, Department of Pediatrics
1988 Visiting Lecturer, University of Miami, TAL 620,
Reading in the Elementary School, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
1988 Visiting Lecturer, University of Miami, TAL 550,
Beginning Reading Instruction, St. Croix, V. I. and Cayman Islands
Winter 1985 Adjunct Professor, Florida International University
Fall 1984 CAP 3101 Computers and Teachers
Winter 1985 Instructor, Miami Dade Community College. HRS 20-hour course
for Daycare Workers, Course included Child Growth & Development, Child Abuse, Curriculum and State and Local Regulations.
1981 1983 Graduate Assistant, University of Miami, supervision and counseling with students
Summer 1981 Visiting Lecturer, for Miami Dade Community College at the
Redlands Christian Migrant Association. Taught Language Arts
Summer 1980 Visiting Lecturer; University of Miami. EED 322,
Philosophy and Trends in Early Childhood Education
Fall 1979 Visiting Lecturer; University of Miami. Taught EED 321,
Curriculum in Early Childhood Education
Summer 1978 Visiting Lecturer; University of Miami. Taught EED 322,
Philosophy and Trends in Early Childhood Education
15. Hospital Appointments N/A
16. Non-Academic:
Summer 1985 Computer Teacher, Educational Guidance Services, a school for
students with learning disabilities
Fall 1984 Teacher, The Parent Center, Miami Dade Community College, "Mommy and Me" program for mothers and toddlers
Winter 1984 Teacher, Temple Beth Am. "Mommy and Me" program
1983 Conducted 3 Teacher Education workshops covering early
childhood curriculum, planning and materials, including: language arts, cooking, affective education, science, math, reading readiness, and computers.
1976 1979 C.D.A. Trainer of Head Start Teachers for the University of
Miami. My job included observing the teachers at their centers,
writing observations, and counseling them after each observation.
1973 1976 Teacher/Director of the first Parent Cooperative Pre School,
Dade County.
1966 1970 First Grade teacher in the public schools, Durham, North Carolina and Miami, Florida.
17. Military: None
IV. PUBLICATIONS
18. Books and monographs published:
Frankel, E.B. & Gold, S. (in press). Early intervention: Principles and practices in Brown, I., & Percy, M. (Eds.). Intellectual and developmental disabilities. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Inc.
Gold, S.F. (2002). The Enterprise Zone-Preschool Inclusion Project: A Training and Resource Manual for Inclusion in Childcare. ED 471 952 EC 309 364 (ERIC Database)
Book 1 - Curriculum
Book 2 - Technical Assistance
Book 3 - Mentoring Component
Book 4 - Findings and Recommendations
Greenfield, D.B., & Gold, S.F., (1992). Screening head start children on a large multi-
ethnic urban population in New Direction in Child and Family Research:
Shaping Head Start in the 90's. (Eds. F.L. Parker, R. Robinson, S. Randolph, & A. Baker), ACYF, Washington, D.C. Panel # 113, p. 175-177.
19. Juried or refereed journal articles and exhibitions:
1. Kaplan, J. & Gold, S. (2006). Second generation inclusion: Including young children
with special N.E.E.D.s in early childhood programs. Children Our Concern,
29(1), 14-16.
2. Craig, S., Haggart, A., Gold, S., & Hull, K. (2000). Expanding the circle of inclusion: The childcare director's role. Young Exceptional Children, Natural Environments and Inclusion, Monograph Series No.2, DEC, 27-36.
3. Gold, S.F. (2000). Including young children with special needs in early childhood programs: Where is Florida headed? Children Our Concern, 24(2), 23-30.
4. Gold, S.F., Liepack, S., Scott M., & Benjamin-Wise, S., (1999) Creating inclusive classrooms: A report from the field. Young Exceptional Children, 2(2), 2-8.
5. Gold, S.F., Liepack, S., Scott, M., & Benjamin-Wise, S., (1998). If you offer inclusion training, they will come! Children Our Concern, 22(2), 24-26.
6. Greenfield, D.B., Wasserstein, S., Gold, S. F. & Jorden, B. (1997). The adaptive social behavior inventory: Evaluation with high risk preschoolers. Journal of Psychoeducational Evaluation, 15(4), 322-333.
7. Scott, M. S., Perou, R., Urbano, R., Hogan, A., & Gold, S.F. (1992). The Identification of Giftedness: A Comparison of White, Hispanic and Black Families. Gifted Child Quarterly, Vol. 36(3) 131-139.
8. Scott, M. S., Greenfield, D. B., Partridge, M. F., & Gold, S. F. (1991). Group
differences and individual classification accuracy associated with letter/word
oddity problems. American Journal of Mental Retardation, 95(4), 404 416.
9. Abbott, C.F. & Gold, S. F. (1991). Conferring with parents when you're concerned that their child needs special services. Young Children, 46(4), 10 14.
10. Gold, S. F. & Abbott, C. F. (1989). When to refer: A dilemma for preschool teachers. Dimensions, 17(2), 8 11.
11. Lesser, M. & Gold, S. F. (1988). Cooperative preschools: Not just for children.
Dimensions, 16(3), 11 13.
12. Gold, S. F. (1987). Predicting reading achievement using an individual reading readiness inventory. Child Study Journal, 17(2), 97 103.
20. Other works and publications:
1. Gold, S. F. (September, 2004). A call to action: Why your vote in November is important for Florida's Children. South Florida Association of Young Children Newsletter.
2. Gold, S. F. (2004). All children deserve the opportunity to succeed in Pre-K. Florida's Child. (Winter), 32.
3. Gold, S.F.; Murray, B. and Chery, M. (2002). Some Thoughts About Mentoring from an Outsider. Mentor M.I.N.D. Newsletter of the Florida Family Child Care Home Association.
4. Gold, S. F. (2000). Inclusion of young children with special needs in early childhood programs. Fundamentally for Families.
5. Gold, S. F. (1999). Ask the experts. Major Benefits of Day Care for Children. http://www.schoolhousedoor.com
6. Gold, S. F. (1999). Ask the experts. Children with Disabilities in Head Start. http://www.schoolhousedoor.com
7. Gold, S. F. (1999). Ask the experts. Preschool Curriculum.
http://www.schoolhousedoor.com
8. Gold, S. F. (1999). Ask the experts. Preschool children with Disabilities.
http://www.schoolhousedoor.com
9. Gold, S. F. (May,1999). We asked nine experts for basic parenting tips. Miami Herald.
10. Gold, S. F. (1988). Helping children resolve their conflicts. Gator Tales, 10(1), 4.
11. Gold, S. F. (1987). The pros and cons of early reading. Gator Tales, 9(2), 2.
12. Gold, S. F. (1987). Toys. Baby Times, 3(24),47.
13. Gold, S. F. (1986). Preschool screening. Gator Tales, 9(1), 2.
14. Gold, S. F. (1986). National sharing. Cooperatively Speaking, 16(3), 3.
21. Other works accepted for publication:
V. PROFESSIONAL
21. Funded Research Performed:
Current Grants and Awards
P.I. - Community Action Agency Services to Miami-Dade County Head Start (On-Going)
* Over $3 Million in contracts since 1988. * 2005-06 $380,000
Services to Head Start children, families and staff include psycho-educational evaluations, consultations with family and staff, attending Individual Learning Plan (ILP) meetings, and intervention with children with special needs. Supervise 20 people including students, professionals and staff; coordinate all bills and reports; arrange staff training.
P.I. - C-QuELL Evaluation
• 2005-2006 - $90,000 (17 months)
Evaluate the early literacy project awarded to the Broward County School Readiness Coalition through the Early Learning Opportunities Act.
P.I. - Early Discovery Service Partnership
• 2006 - $198,298
Establish a planning process and pilot project to serve children ages birth - five with special needs who do not qualify for Part C or Part B services. Services are provided in child care centers or other natural environments.
Co P.I. (with Connie Morrow) - Families First - Children's Trust
• 2004-2007 - $1,198,714
Establish a network of parenting activities in various locations in Miami-Dade County.
P.I. - Legislative Advocacy Training Initiative (LATI)
• Jan. 2006-June 2006 - $10,000
This project is establishing a Legislative Advocacy training curriculum for UM/JMH Pediatric Residents and Faculty, as well as their counterparts at other Florida Pediatric Residency Training programs consisting of five 1-hour conference calls.
P.I. - YWCA Success by Six Evaluation
*2003-2006 - $90,000
Supervise staff to conduct research on 90 children ages six weeks to five years of age enrolled in the Gerry Sweet Childcare Center to determine the effects of the enhancement projects.
P.I. - Creating Communities
• 2004 -2006 - $60,000
Conduct research on 4 additional YWCA childcare centers beginning enhancement projects.
Previous Grants and Awards
P.I. - NIEER
• 2005-2006 - $40,000
Conduct literacy, math and language assessments on 500 children attending childcare centers for the Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe.
P.I. - Evaluation of the Natural Environment Educational Development (N.E.E.D.) Project
• 2004-05 - $37,100
Evaluate the services that 7 Special Instruction Consultants provide to 70 subsidized childcare centers in Miami-Dade County.
P.I. - Gold Quality Comes with Pride - Alliance for Human Services
* 2001-2004 - $198,000
Work with family childcare providers in preparation for Gold Seal accreditation.
P.I. - Building Babies' Brains - Train the Trainer (B3T3) - Alliance for Human Services
* 2001-2004 - $225,000
Supervise staff to work with Community Agencies to train supervisors to use our B3 Curriculum
P.I. - Windows of Opportunity Early Learning Center - YWCA of Greater Miami
* 2001-2004 - $90,000
Supervise staff to conduct research on 44 children ages six weeks to three years of age and their parents enrolled in this new childcare center.
P.I. - Observer Training for Family Childcare Providers - Dade Community Foundation
* 2003 - $7,000
This grant allowed us to train 30 family childcare providers to become observers for the National Association of Family Childcare Homes.
P.I. - Finding and Keeping Family Child Care Providers - Dade Community Foundation
*2001-2003 - $45,000
Supervised staff to recruit and develop new family childcare providers in neighborhoods where the need for infant/toddler care is greatest.
P.I. - B3T3- Supplemental - Dade Community Foundation
* 2001-2003 - $10,000
Supplies and materials for the trainers enrolled in our B3T3 project were purchased.
P.I. - Model Demonstration Project for Young Children with Disabilities - Grant Number HO24B70071 - Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs
Enterprise Zones-Preschool Inclusion Project
• 1997-2002 - $588,001.
This project was designed to expand, implement, evaluate, and disseminate a model inclusionary program that would increase quality childcare services for all children. Four notebooks describing the process and outcomes were produced.
P.I. - B3 - Building Babies Brains - Health Foundation of South Florida
• 1998-2002 - $300,000
This project enhanced and expanded quality childcare by developing ten training modules for parents and caregivers of infants and toddlers.
P.I. - Building Babies Brains en Espanol et Creole - Alliance for Human Services
• 2000-2001 - $70,389.54
This project expanded Building Babies Brains by allowing us to translate the curriculum into Spanish and Creole and present the training in the first language of many participants.
P.I. - Family Child Care Component of the B3 Project - Dade Community Foundation's Children's Early Start Initiative
• 1999-2001 - $22,500
This project allowed us to deliver the B3 curriculum to family childcare providers.
P.I. - Project of National Significance - Grant Number 90DN0015 - Administration on Developmental Disabilities - The Preschool Inclusion Project (PIP)
• 1995-98 - $400,735
We developed and delivered 10 modules of training on inclusion of young children in neighborhood childcare centers to early care and education providers.
P.I. - Family Child Care Orientation Project - Dade Community Foundation
• 1998 - 99 - $9,000
P.I. - Redlands Christian Migrant Association - Mental Health Services
• 1996 - 1999 - $2,300
P.I. - Hearing and Speech Center of Miami - Mental Health Services
• 1997 - 2000 - $35,000
23. Editorial responsibilities: None
24. Professional and Honorary Organizations:
Executive Committee of the Universal Pre-Kindergarten Advisory Council - 2003-present
South Florida Association for the Education of Young Children - Board of Directors - since 2004
United Way - Center for Excellence in Early Education - Chair, Research and Evaluation Task Force - 2002- present
Florida Association of Infant Mental Health - Board of Directors 2002 - 2004
Chair - Nominating Committee
Comprehensive System of Personnel Development - for special educators -2001 - present
Florida Children's Forum - Board of Directors - 2000-Present
Study Commission on Children with Developmental Disabilities - 2000
State Coordinating Council for School Readiness Programs - July 1999 - 2001
15 members elected to give advice to the Partnership for School Readiness Board
State Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Services - Appointed by the Governor of the State of Florida, 1995 to 1999
• State Coordination Among Public/Private Agencies Committee
• Public Policy and Advocacy Committee
Florida Developmental Disabilities Council - Appointed by the Governor of the State of Florida, 1989 to present.
* Chairperson - Public Policy and Advocacy Committee (1995-97)
* Executive Committee (1995-97)
* Chairperson - Prevention Task Force (1997 to 2000)
* Leadership and Personnel Committee (1995 to present)
* Child Care Training Project Advisory Team (1996-97)
* Strategic Inclusion Plan - Advisory Team (1997 - present)
* Cultural Competency Committee (2002)
Map to Inclusive Child Care State Team - 1999 - 2003
Professional Advisory Team for Department of Children and Families - Special Needs Training Module 2002
District Interagency Coordinating Council on Early Childhood Services - appointed by the Dade County School Board, September, 1989 to 1999
Superintendent's District Advisory Panel for Exceptional Student Education 1991 - Present
*Member - Inclusion Work Group; Educational Performance Committee
Child Development Services Advisory Council, 1991 - present
* Member - Program Committee
* Chairperson - Awards Committee
Health Advisory Committee - Miami-Dade County Head Start, 1989 - present
* Member Mental Health Sub Committee
* Member - Disabilities Sub-Committee
Observation and Assessment of Young Children - State Workgroup - Appointed by the Chief of the Child Care Bureau - June, 1999 - June, 2001
Quality Enhancement Initiative - Success by Six - Board of Directors
Miami-Dade Coalition for School Readiness - Inclusion Advisory Grant Board
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) 1973-present
Southern Early Childhood Association. (SECA)
Early Childhood Association of Florida (ECAF)
South Florida Association for the Education of Young Children (SFAYC)
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Division for Early Childhood (DEC)
25. Honors and Awards:
• Appreciation Award for Dedication to Early Learning - From the Florida Family Child Care Association - June, 2005
• Appeared on PBT Television Broadcast - Issues - January, 2005 re: UPK
• Award from the Family Child Care Providers Association of Miami Dade - November, 2003.
• Award from the Florida Family Child Care Home Association, Inc. - Presented at the Tenth Annual Awards Banquet, June 29, 2002
• Certificate of Appreciation - Provider Appreciation Day - Family Central, Inc. May, 2002
• Certificate of Appreciation - Developmental Disabilities Council, 2001
• Champion for Children Award - June 6, 2000 - Presented at the Stand for Children Luncheon - Miami-Dade County, Florida
• Recognition Award for Service to State Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Services - July, 1999
• G. Joyce McCalla Award - In Recognition of Distinguished Contributions to the Children of Miami-Dade County - June 23, 1999 - Presented at the Thirteenth Annual Center Directors' Recognition Luncheon
• Finalist - Champions for Children Award - Early Childhood Program - June 4, 1999 - Miami, FL.
• Invited Guest - Take Me to Your Leader Luncheon - December, 1998 - Orlando, FL.
• Invited Guest - Research to Practice Summit on Inclusion in the Early Years - July, 1998 Washington D.C. Sponsored by the Office of Special Education Programs
• Invited Guest - Senator Graham's Summit on Child Care - June, 1998
• Recognition Award from Miami-Dade County Public Schools - Division of Early Childhood Programs - for the Inclusion Projects - February, 1998
• Invited Guest - White House Conference on Child Care - October, 1997
• Introduced Governor at the Kickoff Luncheon for the Help Them Thrive Birth To Five Campaign - 1997
• Certificate of Appreciation - Dade County Head Start - 1997
• Award - Raggedy Ann & Andy's Child Development Center 1997
• Certificate of Appreciation - Dade Association of Child Care Programs, 1995
• 18 Certificate of Appreciation - Healthy Start Coalition, 1994
• Recognition Award for Support of Children and Families Head Start Youth and Family Development August 29, 1990
• Endorsed Teacher Trainer for the High Scope Foundation 1989
• Who's Who in American Education 1989
• Validator for the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs - 1987
• First Annual Phi Lambda Pi Award for Outstanding Married Female Student 1984
• NAEYC Grant for Teacher Training - 1983
• Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society 1983
• Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges - 1983
• Graduate School Fellowship, University of Miami - 1983 1985
26. Post-Doctoral Fellowships: Mailman Center for Child Development
1986 - 1988
27. Other Professional Activities: Selected Professional Presentations:
2006
September
Promoting Inclusion: Making It Happen (with Bethany Sands & Jean ??). Presented at the Early Childhood of Florida Conference, Orlando, FL
July
Promoting Inclusion in the Preschool: Make It Happen (with Bethany Sands and Jeanette Torres). Presented at the One Goal Summer Conference, Tampa, FL.
March
Evaluation of the Natural Environment Education Development Program (with Jill Kaplan). Presented at the AMCHP Conference - Washington, D.C.
April
The Value of Accreditation - Presented to the SFAYC Conference, Miami, FL
Quality Early Care and Education - Presented to the pediatric residents, Miami, FL
Child Growth and Development: Knowing When to Refer a Child for Further Evaluation - Presented at the Early Head Start Conference, Miami, FL
2005
November
Making your vote count: Advocacy for Young Children - Presented to School of Education Students, Miami, FL
September
N.E.E.D. Evaluation - Presented to the Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade and
Monroe, Miami, FL
June
Inclusion Works! - Presented at the Florida Family Child Care Conference, Clearwater Beach, FL
Quality in Child Care- Presented at the Florida Family Child Care Conference, Clearwater Beach, FL
January
Identifying Risk and Resiliency Factors in Young Children (with Ruby Natale and Nurit Sheinberg) - Research Perspectives Poster Presentation; Masters of Pediatrics Conference, Miami, FL
Universal Pre-Kindergarten - Closing Remarks at the 4th annual Festival of Children Luncheon, South Florida Association of Young Children, Miami, FL
2004
August
I Read, You Read-Making Books Come Alive with Young Children (with Pat Donovan) - Presented at the Head Start Pre-Service Conference, Miami, FL.
June
Parenting Factors Associated With Resiliency in a Birth Through Five At-Risk Population (with Dr. Ruby Natale) - Poster Presentation at the National Head Start Research Conference Washington, D.C.
March
Inclusive Childcare Environments - Presented at the Childcare Health Consultants Training - Miami, FL
February
The Time of Their Lives Summer Program - Inclusion for ALL Children - Presented to C-One, Miami, FL
January
Assessment and Intervention of Head Start Children with Disabilities - Presented to the Children's Trust, Miami, FL
2003
December
Serving Children with Disabilities, Special Needs & Non-English Speaking Families, Presented at the UPK Conference II: The Next Steps, Orlando, FL
October
A Window from Birth to Five: Identifying and Referring Children with Disabilities - Presented at the Florida Children's Forum Conference, Orlando, FL
April
Children under 5 Television show produced by B.O.L.D. shown on WLRN.
2002
November
The Child Who Seems Different - Family Childcare Association, Miami, FL
October Changes in Childcare Policy; Where We've Been, Where We Are, Where We're Going. Presented at the Florida Children's Forum Conference, Orlando, FL
Chaired Public Forum on issues related to persons with Developmental Disabilities - for candidates for Public Office
September
Inclusion Really Means...(with Roni Tables and J.B. Bramson) Presented at the South Florida Association for Young Children Conference, Miami, FL
Focus on Inclusion (with Blynda Murray) Presented at the Early Childhood Association of Florida Conference, Orlando, FL
August
An Inclusive Community for all Children and Young Adults (with Irene Butcher and Mark Gross) Presented at the Florida Recreation and Park Association Annual Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
July
Focus on Inclusion (with Pat Donovan) Presented at the Pre-Conference One Goal for Children Summer Conference - Tampa, FL
May
The Enterprise Zone-Preschool Inclusion Project (with Tom Kennedy and Blynda Murray) Poster Presentation at the CSPD Institute, Clearwater, FL
February
Developmental Screening and School Readiness - Presented to the Child Care Health Consortium - Miami, FL.
2001
May
Interview with Channel 4 - Does Mozart make you Smarter?
April
Introduction to Inclusion - Presented to Future Teachers of America, Miami, FL.
February
Introduction to Inclusion - Presented to the Quality Enhancement Initiative, Miami, FL.
Train the Trainers - Workshop - Presented to Inclusion Specialists - Jacksonville, FL.
January
Testimony on childcare issues before the Dade Delegation, Miami, FL.
2000
January
Developmental Milestones. Presented to the Guardian Ad Litem staff, Miami, FL.
August
What is needed to effectively change state systems? (with Linda Frederick & Peggy Hayden). Presented at the Children, Families and Inclusive Communities Conference. Chapel Hill, N.C.
Inclusion Programs in Diverse Communities: Making it Work! (with Gloria Elder). Presented at the Chn, Families and Inclusive Communities Conference. Chapel Hill, NC.
Intervention the Easy Way: Classroom Based Intervention. (with Linda Soden & Pam McSheehy) Presented at the Head Start Pre-Service Conference. Miami, FL.
Prevention Strategies in Juvenile Court (with Judge Cindy Lederman). Presented at the Dependency Court Summit, Orlando, FL.
October
Development of Mental Health in Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers (with Jeff Brosco, M.D.) Presented at the WLRN Series regarding mental health of children 0-5, Miami, FL.
November
Issues and Trends in Inclusion: National and State Perspectives. Presented at the Medical Issues Conference, Miami, FL.
December
Projects of National Significance - The Preschool Inclusion Project, Presented at the Commissioner's Forum, Washington, D.C.
1999
February
EZ's/EC's - The UAP Connection. (with K. Bradley). Presented at the ADD Commissioner's Forum. Washington, D.C.
March
Testimony on Quality in Early Care and Education Programs before the House Committee on Children and Families, Tallahassee, FL
April
Inclusion: An Overview and Parent Perspectives (with S.M. Andrews). Presented at the Meeting the Needs of Infants & Young Children Conference. Tampa, FL.
July
Preschool Inclusion Projects. Presented at the Providing Child Care for Children with Disabilities Conference. Tampa, FL.
Strategic Plan for Inclusion of Children with Disabilities - Year 2. Presented at the One Goal Summer Conference. Tampa, FL.
Special Needs: Dial 10 10 Partnership (with Dolores Mendoza). Presented at the One Goal Summer Conference. Tampa. FL.
August
Prevention and Early Intervention. Presented at the President's Commission on Mental Retardation, Washington, D.C.
September
Inclusion in Education: Model Programs. Presented at the Consortium of Developmental Disabilities Councils, Atlanta, Georgia.
October
Including Children with Disabilities in Child Care. Presented at the Early Childhood Association of Florida Conference, Orlando, FL.
December
Parents as First Teachers. Presented at the White House Initiative on Educational
Excellence for Hispanic Americans, Miami, FL.
1998
February
Preschool Inclusion in Dade County. Presented at the Governor's Children's Summit, Orlando, FL.
April
Making Inclusion Work in Early Head Start. Presented at the National Head Start Conference, Seattle, Washington.
Inclusion - Here's How It Works. Presented at the 10th Annual Director's Conference of the Jewish Council of Early Childhood Educators. Pompano Beach, Florida.
June
What Brain Research says about Quality in Early Care and Education. Presented at Senator Graham's Summit on Children, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
July
Strategic Plan for Inclusion of Children with Disabilities (with P. Donovan, D. Dowds, and L. A. Long). Presented at the 1998 Summer Conference "Putting Families and Children First", Tampa, Florida.
Including Family Child Care: Introduction to EZ-PIP (with M. Scott). Presented at the National Association for Family Child Care Conference, Orlando, Florida.
August
Developmental Delays in Infants/Toddlers-Using the IFSP. (with P. McSheehy and J. Vickers). Presented at the Miami-Dade Head Start Pre-service Training, Miami, FL.
October
Including Children with Disabilities in Child Care: It Takes All of Us. What is you State Doing? (with D. Dowds). Presented at the National Association for Regulatory Administration. St. Petersburg, FL
Inclusive Child Care Initiatives. Invited speaker at the Linking Child Care and Health Care Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Working Together to make Inclusion a Reality. Presented at the Florida Children's Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida.
November
Including Children with Special Needs-How to make Inclusion Work. (with Y. Borroto and D. Dowds). Presented at the Florida Association for Child Care Management (FACCM) Conference. West Palm Beach, FL.
December
Verifying the Efficacy of Child Care Provider Inservice Training in Early Childhood Inclusion. (with B. McInerney, L. Dinnebeil, and S. Mulligan). Poster presentation at the DEC Early Childhood Conference, Chicago, IL.
1997
January
The Impact of Welfare Reform on Children With Disabilities. Presented to The Children's Services Council, Miami, FL.
February
Preschool Inclusion Project (with S. Benjamin-Wise). Presented at the Central Agency for Jewish Education Conference, Miami, FL.
April
Child Care Issues (with S. Benjamin-Wise and V. Buysee). Presented at the Administration on Developmental Disabilities Annual Commissioner's Forum, Washington, D.C.
May
Maximizing Brain Power - Use It or Loose It. (With J. Brosco, MD). Miami, FL.
August
Birth to two Research and its Importance to Early Care and Education. Presented at the UM/Canterbury Preschool Board of Directors Retreat, Miami, FL.
The Amazing Developing Brain. Presented at the Head Start Pre-service Conference. Miami, FL.
The Development of the Young Child's Brain. Keynote Speech presented at the Summer Training Institute for Prekindergarten Teachers, Marathon, FL.
October
Seeing Children First: How Our Community is Making Inclusion Work. Presented at the Florida Children's Forum Conference, Orlando, FL.
November
Working Together for the Sake of Children. Presented at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference, Anaheim, California.
Making Inclusion Training Work: Translating Theory into Practice. Presented at the Division of Early Childhood Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
1996
January
Normal and Abnormal Growth and Development. Presented to the Guardian Ad Litem Volunteers and Social Workers, Miami, FL.
February
Update on the Preschool Inclusion Project. Presented to the Administration on Developmental Disabilities and the Child Care Bureau, Washington, D.C.
March
Building a Community Vision for Inclusion. Presented at a joint meeting of the Interagency Coordinating Council and the Prekindergarten Handicapped Interagency Council, Miami, FL.
Collaboration in Dade County for Children with Special Needs (with S. Spaulding, G. Laskis, & E. Thompson). Presented at the Head Start Conference on Quality Services for Children with Disabilities, Tampa, FL.
April
The ADA and Child Care. Panel Presentation as part of the Children's Day Celebration. Tallahassee, FL.
Yes, You Can Do It! Including Children with Special Needs in Family Child Care. Presented at the Seventh Annual Family Day Care Providers Conference. Miami, FL.
The Child Who Seems Different: Meeting Special Needs. Presented to the participants of the Preschool Inclusion Project, Miami, FL.
Press Conference - Welfare Reform and Cash Assistance for Pregnant Women who are Medically Unable to Work - Tallahassee, FL.
July
The Next Step for Inclusion in Florida (with J. Rogers). Presented at One Goal for Children Conference, Tampa, FL.
Chair and Panel Member - Public Forum on Emerging Issues for the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council.
October
Working Together to Provide a Florida Early Childhood Professional Training System (with N. Rogers, J. Ferro, & H. Roberts). Presented at the Florida Children's Forum Annual Conference, Orlando FL.
1995
April
The PREP Program: Providing Resources and Education for Paraprofessionals. Presented at the National Head Start Conference. Washington, D. C.
May
The Power of Prevention. Presented at the State ARC Conference. Tampa, FL.
August
Paraprofessional Mentoring Program for Children with Special Needs. Presented at the One Goal: Conference "Putting Families and Children First". Tampa, FL.
October
Keynote Speaker - Inclusion Works! TLC Child Care Conference, Miami, FL.
December
Good News for Child Care Providers: Inclusion Becomes Reality. Presented at the DACCP Conference, Miami, FL.
1994
February
The American Disabilities Act, (ADA) and You. Presented at the Tenth Annual Early
Childhood Education Conference: One Vision, May Paths. Miami, FL.
1993
August
Collaborating for Effective Programs for Children (with B. Key, O. Brown, & L.
Hernandez). Presented at the 1993 Summer Conference. Tampa, FL.
November
Correlates of long-term positive outcomes in Head Start children (with D. Greenfield).
Presented at the Second National Head Start Research Conference: Translating Research into Practice, Washington, DC.
Identification of socially isolated Head Start children (with S. Wasserstein & D. Greenfield). Presented at the Second National Head Start Research Conference: Translating Research into Practice, Washington, DC.
1992
February
Educating the Black Child/The Early Childhood Perspective (with E. Thompson, M.
Staples, & S. Fernandez). Presented at the Southeastern Regional Conference on
Educating Black Children. Fort Lauderdale, FL.
July
Head Start/Dade County Public Schools/Early Childhood Transition Demonstration
Project (with C. Darling & O. Brown). Presented at the Early Experiences: Equity
& Excellence Conference. Tampa, FL.
1991
February
Esteem Builders: A Collaborative Program to Enhance the Self Esteem of Preschool
Children (with Beatriz Jordan). Florida Head Start DEC Conference, Palm Beach, FL.
April
Implementing MITCH: Model of Interdisciplinary Training for Persons working with Infants and Toddlers who have Special Needs. ACEI Conference, San Diego, CA.
June
Affective Education for Young Children (with B. Jordan). Early Childhood Special
Institute. Key West, FL.
Screening Head Start Children in a Large Multi Ethnic Population (with D. Greenfield). New Directions in Child and Family Research: Shaping Head Start in the 90's Conference, Washington, D.C.
August
Affective Education for Young Children. (with B. Jordan). Early Childhood Special Institute. Naples, FL.
November
A Collaborative Program to Enhance the Self Esteem of Preschool Children. 1991
Annual Conference of NAEYC. Denver, CO.
Screening Head Start Children in a Large Multiethnic Urban Population in Order to
Determine Special Needs (with D. Greenfield). Poster presented at the International
Early Childhood Conference on Children with Special Needs. St. Louis, MO.
1990
February
Services to Children Ages Birth to Three (with Carol F. Abbott). Florida Mainstreaming Conference. Jacksonville, FL.
April
Active Learning: Incredible How Children Learn. The Children's Resource Center and Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL.
July
Focus on South Florida: Head Start: The 25th Anniversary - Television show produced by local public television WLRN.
August
The Effects of Pre natal Drug Exposure (with Gwen Wurm). Child Development Services, Miami, FL.
September
Substance Abuse and Cocaine Babies (with Barbara vonWindeguth). Early Childhood
Conference, Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL.
October
The Use of the Brigance Preschool Screening Instrument. Dade County Head Start,
Miami, FL.
Cocaine Babies. Okeechobee County Schools, Octoberfest, Okeechobee High School. FL
MITCH: Training Series for Caregivers of Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs
(with Carole F. Abbott). International Early Childhood Conference on Children with
Special Needs, Albuquerque, NM.
The High Risk Child under Five Television show produced by B.O.L.D. for WLRN.
November
Identification of Giftedness: White, Hispanic and Black Families, Conference of the
National Association of Gifted Children, Little Rock, AK.
1989
October
MITCH: A Collaborative Effort to Develop Multi-disciplinary Training for Non Degree Persons (with Carol F. Abbott S. Daley, & K. Collins). Florida Federation Council for Exceptional Children, St. Petersburg, FL.
Implementing MITCH: Model Interdisciplinary Training for Persons Working with High Risk and Handicapped Infants/Toddlers (with Carol F. Abbott). International Early Childhood Conference on Children with Special Needs, Minneapolis, MN.
September
Working Together: Communication Skills for Parents, Caregivers and Other
Professionals, Early Childhood Conference, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL.
Testimony before the Task Force on the Future of the Florida Family - Miami Public Hearing, Metro-Dade Center.
May
Implementing MITCH: Model interdisciplinary training for non degree persons working with high risk and handicapped infants/toddlers (with Carol F. Abbott & J. Kelly). Sharing Best Practices, Jupiter, FL.
March
Performance of LD, Mild MR, and Normally Achieving Students on an Oddity Task
(with Mary F. Partridge, Marcia S. Scott, & Daryl B. Greenfield). Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Gatlinburg, TN.
1988
October
A Plan to Investigate the Role of Parents in the Identification of Gifted Black, Hispanic
and White Students (with Marcia S. Scott, Anne E. Hogan, Ruth Perou, & Richard
Urbano). Symposia on Culturally Diverse Exceptional Children, CEC, Denver, CO.
August
All children are special, but a special needs child requires special attention by all of us.
Dade County Head Start Orientation Keynote Speech, Miami, FL.
June
Realistic expectations of children birth to five: How do you know when a child is in
trouble? FDLRS/Gateway, Lake City, FL.
March
Building effective discipline for young children. Total Learning Consultants, Miami, FL.
1987
October
Identifying children at risk: Determining the needs of exceptional children (with Carol
F. Abbott). Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL.
VI. TEACHING
28. Teaching Awards Received: N/A
29. Teaching Specialization (courses taught): Early Childhood Education (TAL 591 -Cultural Diversity) Guest Lecturer
30.
TAL -610 - Curriculum Development in Early Childhood (Guest Lecturer)
Other teaching activities
Supervise graduate students in special education during their internship (2002 - present)
Answer email discussion questions for the Assistive Technology On-line Course
Prepare and deliver Friday Noon Conference Seminars for Graduate Students
30. Thesis and Dissertation Advising:
1. Pam Fischel A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Behavioral Parent Training versus Affective Parent Training for Mentally Retarded Children and their Parents. Date Completed: October 31, 1990
2. David Altschuler A Comparison of Learning Disabled and Normally Achieving
Grade School Students on a New Screening Task. Date Completed: May 31, 1991
3. Helen Masin Perceived Maternal Knowledge and Attitudes during Early
Intervention in Two Ethnic Groups. Date completed: June 5, 1992
4. Jean Bernholtz The Role of Inhibition in the Development of Cognitive Efficiency.
Date completed: February 26, 1993
5. Angelika Claussen Preschoolers' organization of behavior in interaction with their
mothers: Comparison of an attachment setting with a toy clean-up situation.
Date completed: April 16, 1993
6. Nitza Vega Lahr Promoting Social Interaction between Young Children with and
without Hearing Impairments: Effects of Group oriented Contingencies and
Task Interdependence. Date completed: August 7, 1995
7. Majorie Lipton - The Effect of the Primary Caretaker's Distress on the Sexually
Abused Child. Date completed: November 16, 1995
8. Marcello Castro - Screening Low-Income Preschoolers for Risk for Developing Emotional Disturbance. Date completed: March 24, 1998.
9. Bonnie Jallard - Title I Teachers' Perceptions of Pull-out and Pull-in Instructional Programs - Date completed: December 11, 2000.
10. Tom Kennedy - Using Intellectual, Personality and Behavioral Variables to Reliably Predict Violent from Non-violent Juvenile Offenders - Completed - December, 2005
VII. SERVICE
31. University Committee and Administrative Responsibilities:
Chair, Policy and Advocacy Committee - Mailman Center for Child Development
Executive Committee - Mailman Center for Child Development
Training Committee - Mailman Center for Child Development
Early Childhood Special Education Advisory Board - School of Education
32. Community Activities:
Young Children with Special Needs and Disabilities Council
Miami-Dade School Readiness Coalition - Star Rating System Task Force
Candidate's Connection - Florida Children's Campaign
Advocacy Efforts - Visits and letters to members of the:
• Miami-Dade County Commission
• Dade Delegation, Miami and Tallahassee, FL.
• U. S. Senate and House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
• Florida Senate and House of Representatives, Tallahassee, FL.
• Interviewed by El Nuevo Herald - article about inclusion of children with autism in school
• Letter to the editor published in the Miami Herald, Oct. 26, 2005
