Past Events Early Childhood Webinars

21st Century Agenda: Transformative Research and Practice in Community Collaboration

A Series of AASWSW Webinars

Since 2020, a broad array of experts, stakeholders, and people with lived experience have been working collaboratively to identify research gaps in community-based family support, child welfare, and early childhood education. In this webinar series, researchers co-present with community partners to explore how researchers can engage meaningfully with communities using a social justice lens. Click the images below to view the recordings.


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August 29: Research-Policy Collaborations to Support Innovative, Equitable, and Effective Child Care and Early Education Policies
September 11: Building A Community-Driven Pathway to Prosperity: Weaving the Wisdom and Resources of Community and Academic Partners to Foster Early Life Abundance
September 26: Engaging Fathers and Co-Parents Together in Home Visiting and Fatherhood Services and Fathering Through the Pain: Healing the Wounded
October 10: Developing the Workforce for a Reimagined Child Welfare System
October 23: Behind the Scenes in Home Visitation Research
November 7: Building the Capacity to Conduct Equitable Research

This webinar series was hosted by the American Academy of Social Work & Social Welfare, with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Clark-Fox Policy Institute, and William T. Grant Foundation.