Juega Conmigo (Play With Me)
Juega Conmigo is a playful-learning program for children ages 0 - 3 together with their parents...
CCF Featured in Latest Edition of UT Dallas Magazine
The story outlines the history of the Center for Children and Families over the past 10 years, faculty affiliate research, and its significant growth and impact on children and parents...
CCF Faculty Affiliate Dr. Noah Sasson Receives Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dr. Noah Sasson, CCF faculty affiliate and associate professor of psychological sciences, for earning the 2019 Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award...
Early Exposure to Speech May Shape Autistic Children’s Language Ability
CCF faculty affiliate Dr. Meghan Swanson describes her research highlighting the home language environment as a means to support development in infants with ASD...
Dr. Pam Rollins Presents on Autism at Thought Leader Series
CCF faculty affiliate Dr. Pam Rollins recently shared her 37-year-journey to understand individuals with autism and to help make their lives better at the Thought Leader Series at Space Center Houston...
Research of Center Affiliates
Directed by Dr. Francesca Filbey, this lab focuses on combining neuroimaging and genetic techniques to characterize neural mechanisms associated with reward system dysfunction (e.g., addictive disorders).
Speech, Language, Cognition and Communication Lab
Co-directed by Drs. Tom Campbell and Chris Dollaghan, this lab studies speech and language in children, including the factors that influence the development of speech and language skills in prevention, early identification, and treatment of speech and language disorders.
The Healthy Development Project
Directed by Dr. Shayla Holub, this lab works to understand factors that promote healthy social, emotional, and physical growth in children and families.
Directed by Dr. Melanie Spence, this lab examines what young infants learn and remember about their earliest experiences.
The Personality and Interpersonal Relationships (PAIR) Lab
Directed by Dr. Rob Ackerman, this lab investigates how developmental experiences and personality traits help to shape the course and quality of interpersonal relationships, including romantic relationships, family relationships, and roommate relationships.