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QMC Spring 2023 By the Numbers Events: Childhood Poverty & Inflation By the Numbers (Zoom)

Friday, March 3, 2023, 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Dr. Kalee Burns, U.S. Census Bureau

Title: By the Numbers: Childhood Poverty & Inflation By the Numbers

Please join Dr. Kalee Burns, who is an Economist for the U.S. Census, for a discussion of recent findings published by the Census regarding childhood poverty.

Please read the following Census report authored by Dr. Burns before attending the event:

Census Report: Child Poverty Fell to Record Low 5.2% in 2021

Dr. Kalee Burns

Dr. Kalee Burns

Bio

Dr. Kalee Burns is an economist  at the Poverty Statistics Branch within the Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division at the U.S. Census Bureau. Dr. Burns completed her Ph.D.  in Economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.

Dr. Burns has authored and co-authored research articles on the Supplemental Poverty Measure in the U.S., migration constraints and job opportunities, social capital and entrepreneurship, and gentrification and amenities.

Her research interests include Urban and Regional Economics and Labor Economics.

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QMC Spring 2023 By the Numbers Events: Youth Homelessness & Intervention Findings (Zoom)

Friday, February 10, 2023, 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Dr. Natasha Slesnick & Dr. Tansel Yilmazer, Ohio State University

Title: By the Numbers: Youth Homelessness & Intervention Findings

Please join Dr. Natasha Slesnick, Professor of Human Development and Family Science, & Dr. Tanzel Yilmazer, Associate Professor of Consumer Sciences, for a discussion of recent findings regarding youth homelessness.

Bio

Dr. Natasha Slesnick

Dr. Natasha Slesnick is a professor of Human Development and Family Science in the Department of Human Sciences, and EHE Associate Dean for Research and Administration. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and her research focuses on intervention development and evaluation with substance using homeless youth and substance using mothers and their children. She has consulted with multiple organizations on the best strategies for intervening in youth homelessness and adolescent substance use. She has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1998 and has written more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and books.

Dr. Tanzel Yilmazer

Dr. Tanzel Yilmazer is an associate professor of Consumer Sciences in the Department of Human Sciences at Ohio State University. She is an economist specializing in applied microeconomics, health economics and policy. Her recent research is devoted to understanding the economic cost of interventions and the impact of health-related policies on physical and mental health outcomes among vulnerable populations. Dr. Yilmazer received the Emerging Scholar Award from the AAFCS and the ACCI Mid-Career Award. She is the editor of Review of the Economics of the Household and associate editor of Financial Planning Review. Her research has been funded by World Bank, National Institutes of Health, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, and Social Security Administration.

 

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Developmental brain imaging of human cognition Webinar

Join us for the November Crane Research Forum with Dr. Zeynep Saygin, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University.

How does uniquely human cognition emerge in the brain? The developmental cognitive neuroscience laboratory at OSU uses noninvasive brain imaging (MRI) to study newborns, infants, and young children before and as they start school. Dr. Zeynep Saygin will discuss recent studies on how individual variability in language, executive function, and reading emerges in the brain. She will also discuss clinical and educational applications, including how early brain data can be used to make individualized predictions about how a child will develop, and ways that this research can inform preventative and intervention research and vice-versa.

Dr. Saygin’s research looks at how specific brain areas become responsible for particular cognitive functions, and how it changes with traumatic injury. Her research has shown that neuroanatomical scans alone can predict a child’s brain function and outcomes including later reading development and dyslexia. Her goal is to offer powerful new strategies to understand, diagnose, and predict treatment outcomes for neurological disorders.

*Please note that if you require any accommodations such as live captioning or interpretation to fully participate in this event, please contact Cathy Kupsky (kupsky.3@osu.edu). Requests made two weeks before the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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2023 Symposium on Children- Getting Ready to Read

The first phase of reading development occurs between 0 and 5 years of age, when young children are developing their skills as emergent readers and writers. During this phase, children are developing fundamental understandings of the symbol systems used to read and write, including letters and words. Children will draw upon these understandings in the primary grades, when children are formally taught to read. The Crane Center’s 10th Symposium on Children is designed to enhance fundamental understanding of reading and writing development during early childhood for practitioners, administrators, researchers, and policymakers to support young children as they get ready to read!

This year’s Symposium on Children will feature Dr. Sonia Cabell, associate professor at Florida State University and research faculty at the Florida Center for Reading Research, and a recognized expert on early language and literacy development. Dr. Cabell will discuss the science of early childhood reading and writing development and ways to support skill development among young children as they get ready to read.

Following the keynote, attendees can choose to attend a breakout session before coming back together for brief flash talks will feature innovative early literacy work from around the state with implications for both early literacy policy and practice.  We look forward to welcoming you back in-person for this very special 10th anniversary of the Symposium on Children. This event is free and open to all, but registration is required.

For information on the Schoenbaum Family Center (SFC) and Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy (CCEC): https://earlychildhood.ehe.osu.edu/

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Crane Research Forum: Tax Policies and Child Development Webinar

Please join us for the September Crane Research Forum with Dr. Lauren Jones, Crane Center faculty affiliate and assistant professor in both the Department of Human Sciences and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs.

A family’s socio-economic status is often evaluated as a predictor of a child’s future educational, health, and professional outcomes. Because tax policies directly impact household finances, Dr. Lauren Jones will discuss what we know about how household income and tax policies affect child well-being.

For accommodation requests such as live captioning or interpretation, please indicate as you register. Requests made by Monday, August 30 will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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Challenging Ourselves: Rethinking Family Engagement – Crane Center 2021 Symposium on Children Registration Open

Partnering with families to enhance their children’s learning and development must take into account the diverse socioeconomic and racial backgrounds of families as well as their engagement needs. Dr. Angel Harris, professor of sociology at Duke University, researches social inequity, policy, and education and joins us for this year’s Symposium to discuss family engagement. Dr. Harris’ book, The Broken Compass, examines engagement strategies for diverse socioeconomically and ethnically diverse backgrounds. Prepare for a day of provocative discussion and learning regarding 1) family engagement strategies tailored to meet family needs and 2) why particular engagement strategies work best for certain families.

Registration and more details can be found here.

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