April 2008
Hamida Jinnah (pictured with Dr. Zo Stoneman) received the Endsley-Peifer Student Research Award. The award recognizes students whose research during graduate school has made significant contributions to advancing knowledge in a specialty area in Family and Consumer Sciences. Hamidah's paper titled "Parents' Experiences in Seeking Child Care for School Age Children with Disabilities - Where Does the System Break Down?" will help researchers and clinicians understand the importance of accessible childcare for children with disabilities and the impact that has on the quality of life of the family. Her paper, for which she was first author, was published in the journal Children and Youth Services Review.
April 2008
CFD graduate student Luciana Silva won a
$25,000 fellowship with the AAMFT Minority Fellowship Program.
The purpose of this one-year grant program is to provide stipends to doctoral level
students in the fields represented by the eligible applicants to increase the number of
culturally competent behavioral health professionals who teach, administer, conduct
services research, and provide direct mental health/substance abuse services to
underserved minority populations, especially within the public and private non-profit sectors.
April 2008
Dr. Denise Lewis, (right) congratulated Desiree Seponski (left) and Wonjee Cho (next to Dr. Lewis) at the Southern Gerontological Society's Awards luncheon. Desiree won first place and Wonjee won second place in the SGS Students Paper Competition. Dr. Lennie Poon (second from left) of The Institute of Gerontology provided the seed grant for Desiree's research.
Desiree, also, has been awarded the Virginia M. Smith Award for graduate students by the Georgia Gerontology Society.
November 7-10, 2007
Dr. Velma McBride Murry received the Marie F. Peters award (see below) and gave the Marie F. Peters address at
the 69th National Council on Family Relaions conference held Nov. 7-10 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Marie F. Peters Award (Presented in 2007) - This award, presented by the Ethnic Minorities Section, recognizes distinguished scholars, researchers, and practitioners who have made a significant contribution in the area of Ethnic Minority families.
October 13, 2007
Dr. Anita Smith, right, was presented with The Jo Cato Perseverance on Behalf of Children and Families Award at the Georgia Association on Young Children conference, Oct. 13, 2007, which was held at the Gwinnett Cultural Arts Center.
The Jo Cato Perseverance Award is presented to an individual who has significantly demonstrated support of children and families and demonstrates: More than 10 years of service, a strong voice and work ethic, a commitment to lifelong learning, a commitment to diversity and has a measurable impact.
October 13, 2007
Also at the GAYC conference, the McPhaul Child Development Lab received the Program of the Year award. Amy Kay, McPhaul Child Development Lab director and program coordinator, Lori Maerz, immediately relayed the good news to McPhaul staff via cell phone.
The GAYC conference Program of the Year award is presented to a center-based program that has made a significant and innovative contribution to the welfare of young children, shows evidence of professional collaboration, strives to meet the individual needs of all children enrolled and continuously strives to improve the program and provide the highest quality childcare posible.
The McPhaul Child Development Lab met the criteria for the award by for its excellent programing. The Lab uses developmentally appropriate practices as a guiding philosophy for all aspects of the early childhood curriculum; incorporates the inclusion of children with special needs in all its classrooms; and loops the teachers, a practice which maintains continuity of relationships and learning by moving a teacher up to the next age group with each class of children. In addition, the Lab plays important roles in educating early childhood professionals and contributing to early childhood research.
Undergraduate students observe and implement activities with children at McPhaul and some do their student-teaching there. McPhaul teachers provide support and mentor future teachers through their classroom experiences at McPhaul. Many UGA gradutes go into the early childhood field with a deep understanding of high-quality early care and learning through their experiences at McPhaul.
McPhaul is in the self-study process for the new NAEYC accreditation and center administrators are intentional about incorporating staff and parent buy-in and feedback at all levels of the process and are using the self-study process to promote ongoing staff education and to support staff development and cohesiveness.
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