dickinson press release brookes.pdf
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| • • • • • • • • • • | Preschool Youngsters Save the Children Reach Out and Read Bookstart | Contact: Brianna Humphreys, Brookes Publishing 410-337-9580 x125; [email protected] interested in selecting, initiating, or expanding efforts to support families. The model programs described in the book include: Play and Learning Strategies Video Interaction Project Thirty Million Words Project Home Instruction for Parents of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Sifriyat Pijama and Maktabat al-Fanoos Family Reading Partnership | NEW BOOK HIGHLIGHTS MODEL PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT EARLY LITERACY strands of early emotional, social, neurological, and language designed to support young children. expanding children’s access to books. As Catherine E. Snow, Ph.D., notes in her foreword, the descriptions of these research-proven programs offer “a template that should be exploited to guide those • • • • • • • • Susan Neuman, Ed.D., a professor of Childhood Education and Literacy Development at New York University described Connecting Through Talk as “the most comprehensive analysis of children's early language development to date.” Timothy Shanahan, Ph.D., a distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago, stated that the book is “an erudite, well written, engaging, and wise exploration of children’s language growth and of the programs designed to encourage it.” |
For more information on Connecting Through Talk: Nurturing Children’s Development With Language or to read a chapter excerpt, visit http://bit.ly/Connect-Talk.
About the Authors:
David K. Dickinson, Ed.D., is Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Initiatives and the Margaret Cowan Chair of Education at the Peabody College of Education, Vanderbilt University. For more than 30 years, he has studied early language and literacy development among children from low-income backgrounds. Using observational and intervention research, he has sought to understand factors that foster short- and long-term development of language and reading comprehension and to improve the quality of support children receive.
Ann B. Morse, M.Ed., has worked for more than 30 years on behalf of young children from low-income backgrounds and their families. Through the Head Start National Training and Technical Assistance Network, she provided professional development to programs related to supporting children with disabilities and enhancing literacy skills. She has also coached pre-K teachers through intervention research projects at Vanderbilt University.
About Brookes Publishing:
For 40 years, Brookes Publishing Co. has been a leading provider of professional resources and assessments in early childhood, literacy, and special education. An independent company, Brookes Publishing Co. is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. For more information, please visit www.brookespublishing.com. ###