About Us Table of Contents • Contact Staff • TAG • Primary Partners • PowerPoints The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is a national resource center for disseminating research and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs across the country. CSEFEL is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. To support this goal, we have developed a conceptual model of evidence-based practices for promoting young children's social emotional competence and preventing and addressing challenging behavior. The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning is a five-year project designed to strengthen the capacity of Head Start and child care programs to improve the social and emotional outcomes of young children. The Center will develop training and technical assistance (T/TA) materials that reflect evidence-based practices for promoting children's social and emotional development and preventing challenging behaviors. The Center will then work with professional organizations and Head Start and child care T/TA providers to ensure the use of the evidence-based practices in local demonstration sites. View a Flyer about the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning. The Center maintains a National Advisory Board of professionals and experts from a variety of fields. View a PowerPoint presentation on the work of the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning. The Center is located at Vanderbilt University under the direction of Dr. Mary Louise Hemmeter. In addition, the Center is a collaborative project involving faculty and staff from the following institutions: Vanderbilt University Mary Louise Hemmeter Rob Corso Beverly Hand Alana Griffin Schnitz University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Tweety Yates Micki Ostrosky Rosa Milagros Santos University of South Florida Glen Dunlap Lise Fox Rochelle Lentini Georgetown University Roxane Kaufmann Lan Le Neil Horen University of Colorado at Denver Barbara J. Smith Phil Strain ZERO TO THREE Janice Im Amy Hunter OUR HISTORY The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) was funded between 2001- 2012 with the focus of promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. CSEFEL was a national resource center funded by the Office of Head Start and Office of Child Care with the purpose of disseminating research and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs across the country. CSEFEL developed the Pyramid Model for Promoting the Social and Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children. In 2008, the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs funded the Technical Assistance Center on Social and Emotional Interventions (TACSEI) to support the inclusion of children with disabilities through the Pyramid Model. The result is that decision makers, caregivers and service providers developed an enhanced awareness of, understanding of, and ability to use evidence-based practices to improve the social-emotional outcomes for young children with, or at risk for, delays or disabilities. While CSEFEL and TACSEI have ended, the demand for support for Pyramid Model training and technical assistance continues to increase. In an effort to meet this continued need, a new non-profit was created in January 2014 called the Pyramid Model Consortium as a way to continue the Pyramid Model work. The Pyramid Model Consortium consists of the founding members of the CSEFEL, TACSEI and the Pyramid Model.
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| Start date | 2001 |