|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|
 |
Susan
Landry Medical School Michael Matthew Knight Professor Chief, Division of Developmental Pediatrics Phone: 713-500-3710 Email: Susan.Landry@uth.tmc.edu |
|
Dr. Susan H. Landry is a Developmental Psychologist and the Michael Matthew Knight Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H). She is also the Chief of the Division of Developmental Pediatrics and the Director of the Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and Education (CIRCLE) in the Department of Pediatrics. The Center is made up of over 30 staff in the research, clinical, and educational areas. Her activities involve conducting numerous research projects and training activities related to the goal of promoting quality learning environments for young children. She and her staff also carry out a large community based project in the Acres Homes area of Houston. This and other projects place a special emphasis on the effects of different aspects of caregiving on children's development and ways to promote quality environments. A large research database on early childhood has been developed from Dr. Landry's numerous research programs supported by the National Institutes of Child Health and Development (NICHD), foundations, and the UTHHSC. These include longitudinal evaluations of biological and environmental influences on children's development from infancy through elementary school age years. More than 70 peer-reviewed publications and over a dozen chapters describe the findings of these research studies. The Center, with funding from the U.S. Department of Education, the TX Education Agency, and several foundations is currently involved in using the knowledge gained from years of studying young children to help promote the national goals of early childhood literacy initiatives. These include conducting and evaluating model training programs for Head Start and Pre-Kindergarten teachers across Texas and a number of other states with the goal of improving young children's language and early literacy and math skills. Evaluations of these programs show significant gains in classroom quality and children's skill development. Dr. Landry was
a featured speaker at Laura Bush's White House Summit and mini White
House Summits held across the United States discussing cognitive
development in young children. She has been a featured and keynote
speaker for a number of conferences regarding this issue. Most recently,
she was invited to present her research before Senator Edward Kennedy,
Department of Education representatives, and others in Washington
D.C. In addition, CIRCLE has been designated by the National Head
Start Bureau to provide Language and Literacy professional development
and follow up to 2300 Early Literacy Specialists across the United
States during summer 2002. |
|