The Scope
of this project is to: - Provide seed funding and support pilot implementation
of ideas resulting from the June 2014 design workshop on improving outcomes for babies in foster care; - Launch pilots
of co-designed strategies for working collaboratively with parents in creating daily, regularized family routines in four sites and evaluate executive
function skills, child development, child
literacy and parental stress levels
of participants pre -, during, and post-intervention; - Build a core group
of leaders to help set the strategic direction for Frontiers
of Innovation (FOI) and take on leadership for parts
of the portfolio; - With Phil Fisher at the University
of Oregon and Holly Schindler at the University
of Washington develop a measurement and data collection framework and infrastructure in order to collect data from FOI - sponsored pilots and increase cross-site and cross-strategy learning; Organize Building Adult Capabilities Working Group to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive
function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels
of adversity and produce summary report in the fall
of 2014 that reviews the knowledge base in this
area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generations.
The 10 ELP Standards highlight a strategic set
of language
functions (what students do with language to accomplish content - specific tasks) and language forms (vocabulary, grammar, and discourse specific to a particular content
area or discipline) which are needed by ELLs as they develop competence in the practices associated with English language arts (ELA) &
literacy, mathematics, and science (Bunch, Kiber, & Pimentel, 2013; CCSSO, 2012; Lee, Quinn, & Valdez, 2013; Moschkovich, 2012; van Lier & Walqui, 2012).
The field needs a tool to capture change in one or more
of the following developmental
areas: cognitive and executive
functioning, social and emotional development, language and
literacy, physical and motor development, and self - help and adaptive behaviors.