The Parenting in Context project generates useful resources for educators, including Research briefs on relevant topics, guides for conducting program evaluations, and summaries of research in conjunction with parenting related events at Cornell or in the national news.
Directory of New York Parent Educators
Report on Parent Educators in New York
Parent Education in the News!
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NEW Resources!
Designing an Effective Questionnaire (.pdf file).This research brief provides some basic ideas on how to best write a questionnaire and capture the information needed to assess program impact.
The Impact of Couples-Based Interventions on Families (.pdf file).As part of the Evolving Family Project , Drs. Phil and Carolyn Cowan, Professors of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, presented a series of papers on the influence of the couple relationship on parenting behavior. This briief provides a general summary of their key papers and presentations.
This work was supported by a joint research and extension program funded by Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (Hatch funds) and Cornell Cooperative Extension (Smith Lever funds) received from Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publications are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.