Help offered to parents with 'fussy' babies Aug 14, 2007
The Arizona Institute for Early Childhood Development Monday announced its Fussy Baby program, an affiliate of the Fussy Baby Network at Chicago's Erikson Institute. The network expands on the organization's Birth to Five Helpline, which provides information and support for caregivers with questions about young children. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
The stumper: Point to 'nostril' Apr 30, 2007
One of those critics is Samuel Meisels, president of the Erikson Institute, a Chicago graduate school in child development ... Jie-Qi Chen is a professor at the Erikson Institute who teaches Illinois educators classroom techniques to observe the progress of young children. (FOX59, IN)
Study ties day care to behavior problems Mar 28, 2007
If you went into one of these classrooms, you wouldnt be able to say, 'this child, this child and this child attended center-based care,'" Griffin said. Child development expert Barbara Bowman said the findings shouldn't add to guilt parents may feel about their kids spending time in day care. Although there is a slight difference between children who have been in child care and children who have not, we dont know what it means or how significant it is in terms of the children's... (MSNBC -- Health)
Preschoolers' test may be suspended Mar 19, 2007
Samuel J. Meisels, president of the Chicago-based Erikson Institute, a graduate school in child development, said that young children are generally poor test takers because of their limited abilities to stay focused and comprehend assessment cues. Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe -- Nation)
Despite sluggish leasing, buildings rise Jan 1, 2007
The anchor tenant for Alter's building will be Erikson Institute, a graduate school in child development, which will pay about $20 million to buy 75,000 square feet for use as an office condominium. "Owning is more economical than renting," said Erickson's president, Samuel Meisels. (Chicago Tribune)
Traditional books provide more positive parent-child interaction Nov 9, 2006
Parents and pre-school children have a more positive interaction when sharing a reading experience with a traditional book as opposed to an electronic book or e-book, according researchers at Temple University's Infant Laboratory and Erikson Institute in Chicago ... The first-of-its-kind study was conducted by Julia Parish-Morris, a graduate student in developmental psychology at Temple University, and Molly F. Collins, assistant professor at Erikson Institute ... " The researchers are using... (EurekAlert!)
