Parenting and family relationships
The Institute focuses on supporting healthy family relationships in families with a child with a disability, including (but not limited to) those between siblings and between parents and children.
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- Arc of the United States Analysis of the FINDS survey [Archived]
Analyzed and reported the results of a quantitative statistical analysis of the 2010 FINDS survey. An Executive Summary and Comprehensive Report of Findings was prepared to inform key stakeholders...
- Building Healthy Children and Strong Families: Increasing Access to Early Developmental Screening and Early Intervention
Evaluates the early identification of child developmental delays and the implementation of intervention services that optimize child and family well-being in Hennepin County, Minnesota....
- Check & Connect: A Comprehensive Student Engagement Intervention
Provides training in use of the Check & Connect student engagement intervention model to promote students' engagement with school, reduce dropout, and increase school completion. The Check &...
- Connecting Through Service (CTS) [Archived]
Created an effective and system-level process to increase student engagement by utilizing a collaboration with existing partners. This process was accomplished through a strategic integration of...
- Developmental Disabilities Rotation for Pediatricians
Coordinates several components of the Developmental Disabilities Rotation required of all pediatric residents in the University of Minnesota Medical School, acquainting them with the design and...
- DirectCourse
Offers a suite of competency-based, online curricula for professionals providing services to people with intellectual, developmental, physical, and psychiatric disabilities, and to older adults....
- Family Advocacy and Support Training Project: PACER Evaluation (FAST) [Archived]
Developed training modules for PACER Center, an advocacy organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which coordinates this ADD-funded effort to develop and disseminate culturally responsive,...
- FISP: Supporting Individuals and Families Information Systems Project (FISP) [Archived]
Establishes and refines a comprehensive program of annual data collection from states on family support, and conducts longitudinal data analysis, policy studies, and dissemination activities to...
- "Learn The Signs, Act Early" Formative Research Evaluation of Developmental Books
Evaluates "Learn the Signs. Act Early" (LTSAE) developmental story books. The project will evaluate the impact of the LTSAE developmental books on parent knowledge and behaviors around early...
- "Learn the Signs, Act Early" Outreach Work
Develops and expands on the MN Help Me Grow and the Institute's Act Early work in culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Act Early is building a national network of agencies,...