Category: In the News

15th Annual Spring Lecture Series The Center for Children and Families’ 15th annual spring lecture series to take place in April. Talks include information on building playful learning spaces in the community, promoting children’s social-emotional development, and supporting newly resettled refugee children and adolescents. All talks are available online via MS Teams and at UT […]

Applications Open for Paid Research Experience Interested in developmental science? Applications are open for our 2023-24 PAID year-long internship in culturally responsive research in developmental science. Learn more

New Video Highlights CCF Impact on Children, Parents, and Students Ever wonder what CCF is really all about? Our new video highlights our research, training, and outreach mission, including parent, student, and faculty remarks about our impact. And of course, lots of bubbles! A huge thank you to CCF Advisory Council member Dan Foyt for putting this […]

Bring on the Bubbles! Quenching Curiosity Event to Feature CCF Student Research Join the Center for Children and Families and the UT Dallas Office of Research on Wednesday February 15th at 7pm at Northside Drafthouse for a presentation on how playful learning activities like song and dance, motor movement games, blowing bubbles, and even cleanup of toys build strong […]

CCF Undergraduate Students Initiate ImpactUTD Campaign Center for Children and Families undergraduate students initiated, and are leading, an ImpactUTD campaign to support the children and families served by CCF outreach programs. The students organized a “Holiday Extravaganza” event in support of the campaign, with live music, playful activities, and a bilingual book reading. Children of many ages […]

CCF Receives Nomination for 2022 Awards of Excellence The Center for Children and Families is a nominee for CNM‘s Night of Light nonprofit awards of excellence. The event honors the organizations who have demonstrated real, positive change in communities across DFW. We are honored to have been nominated!

Animated Virtual Therapist Breaks Barriers for Kids with Dyslexia Created from technology developed by Marjorie Zielke PhD’07, animated virtual therapist Ms. Hallie helps students with dyslexia improve their reading, speech and language skills. Read Story

Faculty Affiliate Aims to Address Autism Language Delays, Earlier Dr. Meghan Swanson, assistant professor of psychology and CCF faculty affiliate, has received a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders–a component of the National Institutes of Health–to identify language and communication markers for autism in infants. Research has […]

Student Volunteer Information Session Join the Center for Children and Families to learn about volunteer and internship opportunities, working with young children (ages 0-5) and their parents/caregivers. Refreshments provided! View Comet Calendar entry

Autism Study Underscores Need for Early Diagnosis Dr. Pamela Rollins, professor of speech, language, and hearing and CCF faculty affiliate, recently published a study showing that an intervention for young children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder leads to significantly improved social communication skills but only when delivered before a child turns three, underscoring the need […]