Women, families in a globalized world
September 18, 2015
As our global society diversifies and becomes more racially, ethnically and religiously complex, and as socioeconomic disparities grow, there are more and more variations on “traditional” family life. Single parent and dual-income families have become the norm, and now are more common than the once prevalent two-parent, single-earner households of the …
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Starting at Home interventions
September 15, 2015
Starting at Home will examine the impacts and outcomes for Early Head Start parents and children to determine if participation in Promoting First Relationships parenting intervention reduces stress levels in children.
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Evaluating the fairness of protection orders
September 11, 2015
The Effects of Civil Protection Orders on Procedural Justice, System Efficacy, and Safety in Domestic Violence Cases UD faculty members, Ruth Fleury-Steiner, HDFS, and Susan Miller, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, received a $300,000 NSF grant aimed at better understanding the experiences of women seeking protection from domestic abuse through civil protection orders. …
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Promoting Quality Improvement for Family Child Care Providers
August 12, 2015
Stars Plus: Promoting Quality Improvement for Family Child Care Providers in QRIS using a Community of Practice Model Principal Investigator Rena Hallam, and Co-Principal Investigators Martha Buell, Myae Han and Kaitlin Bargreen have partnered with the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services University of Kentucky, Delaware Office of Early Learning …
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