Prevention

Dominique Levert was awarded the Early Care and Education Research Scholar: Head Start Dissertation grant. Levert’s project is entitled "Ensuring Young Children Have a Head Start: Transition Practices that Link Early Childhood Education Settings." The two-year, $50,000 project focuses on ensuring a smooth transition into preschool, as adjustment challenges can cause a negative experience, making children less likely to be responsive to later schooling. Levert will be mentored by her advisor, Dr.

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has awarded $6 million in grants to researchers in Lehigh’s College of Education to fund three separate research projects: mathematical skill development in preschool children, interventions for at-risk students headed to college or careers, and online behavioral parent education for young children at-risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). 

Dr. Robin Hojnoski, Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies was awarded a 4-year, $1.4M grant to develop a responsive computerized-adaptive assessment system for PreK mathematics. 

Dr. Lee Kern, professor of special education and director of the Center for Promoting Research to Practice and Dr.

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