ECRC Research
Find Current Research, Scholarship and Past Projects here
Current Research
PNC Cardinal Child Development Associate Credential program and the PNC Registered Behavior Technician program for the JCPS High School Academies.
The ECRC and Kentucky Reading Research Center (KYRRC) will be working closely together to develop research to determine the specific instructional practices preschool teachers in Kentucky Read to Achieve (RTA) schools use to support phonological awareness, print awareness, oral language development, and vocabulary acquisition in their students, how those practices are integrated across activities, and how they vary between classrooms.
The Imagination Library 2026 survey is currently being translated into the top 7 languages in the Jefferson County area, and will hopefully be distributed in Spring 2026!
Past Surveys:
Imagination Library 2024 parent survey report [PDF].
Scholarship
Dr. Jon Lee
- Supporting college student self-determination through motivational interviewing Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education.
- The Revision of First Step to Success: A Process Evaluation Study of First Step Next Education and Treatment of Children.
Erica Ranade
Dr. Jon Lee
- Annual Conference on The First Year Experience; Seattle (December 2023)
- National Center for School Mental Health; New Orleans (February 2024)
- CDE Early Childhood Special Education Meeting; Denver (February 2026)
Michele Hemenway Pullen
- International Play Association Triennial World Conference; Virtual (February 2026)
- Early Childhood Workforce Summit; Lexington (March 2026)
- Green Tree Academy Multilingual Professional Development in Childhood Workshop Series; Louisville (April - May 2026)