College of Education and Human Development

Institute of Child Development

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    Meet Cala Hefferan, ICD MA alumna and Certified Child Life Specialist

    Cala Hefferan is a 2021 graduate of the Institute of Child Development's master's program in applied child and adolescent development - child life track. Today, you can find her at the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB), where she is one of the Certified Child Life Specialists (CCLS) and the Primary Facility Dog Handler.

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    Ann Masten wins University of Louisville Grawemeyer $100k psychology award

    Ann Masten, PhD, Regents Professor in the Institute of Child Development (ICD), has received the 2024 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Psychology for her landmark body of work that identified “ordinary magic” as a contributor to resilience in children. Over the course of Masten’s career in resilience science, which began in the 1970s, she […]

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    Meet Ozge Metin Aslan, CDLS Visiting Research Scholar

    The Child Development Laboratory School is hosting its first Visiting Research Scholar through summer of 2024. Ozge Metin Aslan (she/her/hers) will be observing, studying, and collaborating on research projects with CDLS and will also guest teach. Her educational background includes a PhD, MS and BA all in Early Childhood Education from Hacettepe University in Ankara, […]

    ICD’s Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health program hosts national policy convening

    The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) field is growing and the Institute of Child Development’s programs—led by Elizabeth Carlson, PhD, U of MN Harris Program Director—have been at the forefront of ensuring that the Minnesota early childhood workforce and state policy makers have access to the latest scientific developments to support children and […]