Covering Kids & Families Wisconsin
A Community and Academic partnership that develops, pilots, and replicates systems that increase awareness and participation of vulnerable children and families in public health programs.
Contemplative Practices with High-Risk Preschoolers
Examining the effects of a mindfulness intervention on emerging self-regulation and compassion/empathy among low-income preschoolers.
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Project Grow
Project Grow is an AmeriCorps Program that focuses on improving the school readiness skills of preschool aged children considered
at-risk for academic difficulties in kindergarten.
Preschool Lab
The Preschool Laboratory is a child development and early learning program for community children and a teaching and research laboratory for University students, faculty and staff.
Frances and Elliot Lehman Family Interaction Laboratory
State of the art lab promotes research combining behavioral observations with indices of individual and family well-being and development across the lifespan.
Conference for Contemplative Practices
The Conference for Contemplative Practices to Promote Child and Family Well-Being, held in the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery on October 14 & 15, 2013, will bring together scholars and practitioners whose work is designed to enhance the well-being of children and families through secular contemplative practices.
Registration is now open and spaces are limited. Learn more.
About the Center
The Center for Child and Family Well-Being, established in 1990, promotes the development and well-being of individuals and families across the lifespan by advancing multidisciplinary family research and evidence-based programming and policy making. Read more.