child development

Early child care and education programs at WSU merge

PULLMAN, Wash. – Effective July 1, two Washington State University programs providing early childhood education services will merge. The WSU Children’s Center (CC) and the Department of Human Development’s Child Development Program (CDP) will become a single unit under the administration of the Department of Human Development in the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural […]

WSU Vancouver exhibits children’s interpretive art

VANCOUVER – Art work made by preschool children in the Child Development Program at WSU Vancouver will be on display in the university library gallery through April 24. The artwork created by the CDP children, from ages 3 to 5, shows their curiosity and creativity. The children have used both traditional and non-traditional art media […]

Relationships influence children’s stress levels

PULLMAN—Stress levels for children at child-care depends not only on the qualities of the teacher and the classroom, but also on the nature of the children’s relationship with their caregivers. That’s the finding of a new study conducted by WSU researcher Jared Lisonbee and his colleagues at Auburn University, Washington State Department of Early Learning […]