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In recognition of Women's History Month, we will be highlighting some of the women that are advancing our work at FPG in service of children in North Carolina, the United States and around the world. Jessica Amsbary, PhD, is a technical assistance specialist at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) where she engages in research and development related to STEM innovations for young children with disabilities and supporting provider and family use of evidence-based practices for toddlers with autism. As part of our FPG profile series, we spoke with Amsbary to learn more about her work here at the Institute. #WomensHistoryMonth #Research #Autism

We are proud to provide world-class technical assistance that supports all 50 states and over 122 countries! ?? Whether in education, early childhood, or healthcare and looking to implement evidence-based practices, our resources are here for you. ?? implementation.fpg.unc.edu The AI Hub is your go-to place for the latest tools, research, and resources to guide your implementation journey. Let’s continue building capacity and driving success together, no matter where you are! ?? #AIHub #ImplementationScience #GlobalImpact #TechnicalAssistance #EvidenceBasedPractices

UNC Research is bullying prevention. Read more about this research here: https://go.unc.edu/y2CXq Education researcher Dorothy Espelage is a pioneering and prolific researcher in the study of school-based bullying. One in five students are bullied each year, according to PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center. Bullying affects all youth — those who are bullied, those who bully, and those who witness bullying. Dorothy was the first researcher to use data to identify behaviors associated with bullying, like that bullies are often well-liked and popular and that bullies are more likely to engage in intimate partner violence and sexual assault later in life. Dorothy advises members of the U.S. Congress on bullying prevention legislation. She regularly conducts webinars on her findings for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and other national agencies.? Dorothy’s research is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health. This funding supports vital research, helping the people of North Carolina and beyond.?? #UNCResearchIsNorthCarolina #bullying #education #safeschools #research . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill UNC School of Education World Anti-Bullying Forum National Academy of Education

FPG at CEC 2025 Each year, special education professionals from around the world come together to learn, share, grow, and connect at the CEC conference. Several of our scientists, specialists, and fellows are presenting at CEC 2025. If you're there, be sure to check out their posters and sessions. ? March 13, 2025 | 9:15-10:00am | Poster session: Effective educational teaming around intervention implementation | FPG Research Scientist Stephanie Reszka ? March 13, 2025 | 11:45am -12:45pm | Concurrent Session: Implementing Group-Based Programs to Support Executive Functioning and Social-Relational Skills in Autistic Middle Schoolers | FPG Faculty Fellow Jessica Steinbrenner, FPG Senior Research Scientist Ann Sam, and UNC Clinical Assistant Professor Jamelle Salomon ? May 13, 2025 | 1:00-1:45pm | Poster session | STEM in infant and toddler early learning guidelines | FPG Senior Research Scientist Ann Sam and FPG Technical Assistance Specialist Hsiu-wen Yang ? May 14, 2025 | 9:15-10:00am | Poster session | Becoming inclusive STEM cultivators for young children with disabilities | Senior Technical Assistance Specialist Chih-Ing Lim

Dorothy Cilenti considers herself a “pracademic.” She is committed to taking what she learns in the academic environment and using that knowledge to impact outcomes in the practice community. Cilenti, a clinical professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, is a faculty fellow at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG). #PublicHealth #MaternalHealth #ChildHealth

In recognition of hashtag#WomensHistoryMonth, we will be highlighting some of the women that are advancing our work at FPG in service of children in North Carolina, the United States and around the world. FPG Technical Assistance Specialist Schatzi McCarthy, MP, MAPA, tends to see the world from a systems perspective. Her work at the Institute allows her to do that from a national and international perspective. McCarthy says her work at FPG lets her be a well-rounded generalist, employing her skills in evaluation, systems strengthening, supervision, and monitoring to support program initiatives. #TechnicalAssistance #SystemsChange

The UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) Summer Graduate Internship Program in Implementation Practice is seeking two graduate students to join our summer internship program in 2025. This program is designed to create a challenging and meaningful professional experience for the trainees that includes mentoring, networking, professional development, and experiential learning opportunities. Applications are due by Friday, March 14th at 11:59 pm ET. Learn more and apply: https://go.unc.edu/c9L4R #Implementation #ImplementationPractice #Internship

To help spread the word on how researchers can empower local communities through collaboration, Allison De Marco and several Educare colleagues presented, “Seeing Communities as Experts on their Own Data: A Research-Practice Partnership” during Carolina Engagement Week, which brought together Carolina faculty, staff and students with community partners to highlight partnerships between UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina communities. De Marco is an advanced research scientist at FPG and adjunct faculty at the UNC School of Social Work. #CommunityEngagement #Collaboration #SocialWork

UNC Research is student and teacher support. Read about one of our programs here: https://go.unc.edu/g8X9E In 2024, UNC-Chapel Hill received $23 million from the U.S. Department of Education. This funding puts research into practice in North Carolina's classrooms, providing resources for teachers and improving schools, from kindergarten to college. SCRIPT-NC, a program from the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute prepares current and future teachers to better support children and their families. To date, this program has enhanced the training of 10,000+ community college students studying to become teachers in every N.C. county. The U.S. Department of Education is UNC-Chapel Hill's biggest funder of school-related research, strengthening education for all North Carolinians. #UNCResearchIsNC #research #community #education #students #teachers #UNC #NC . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill UNC School of Education University of North Carolina System North Carolina Community College System Wake Technical Community College Durham Technical Community College

In recognition of #WomensHistoryMonth, we will be highlighting some of the women that are advancing our work at FPG in service of children in North Carolina, the United States and around the world. Heather Aiken, PhD, NBCT, serves as the intervention director for Targeted Reading Instruction (TRI) at UNC’s Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG). Before beginning this role, she worked for three years as a TRI literacy coach while earning her doctorate in teacher education and curriculum at UNC-Chapel Hill. As part of our FPG profile series, we spoke with Aiken to learn more about her work here at the Institute. #Reading #Literacy #ChildDevelopment