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Welcome to the Fall 2017 EDI Newsletter

The Early Development Instrument team is proud to share a story about an exciting new grant that is funding the EDI's first use in Illinois.

In addition, for the first time ever, a decade's worth of Ontario EDI results are publicly available.

Ontario EDI results publicly released

We are excited to announce the release of a decade's worth of Ontario EDI results. This is the first time detailed province-level results have been published publicly for 2004-2015. The report is available on the EDI website.

A one-page summary is also available.

$800,000 grant supports EDI in Illinois

Illinois communities will know a little more about their children, thanks to an Erikson Institute pilot project featuring the EDI.

The project, supported by an $800,000 grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, was implemented in a select group of Illinois communities starting in 2016.

The project intended to pilot the EDI to promote community-led and data-driven change. By using the EDI, communities will be able to better understand the needs of young children and their families. The pilot will help form policy and provide data to better allocate resources.

In fall 2016 the first two community partners for phase one of the project were selected:

The Kankakee County collection received 691 completed EDIs.

The Greater East St. Louis collection received 428 completed EDIs.

Both areas are currently in the strategic planning process to determine how to best use the data.

In spring 2017 two additional community partners were selected for phase two of the project:

Phase two is beginning with community orientations and planning meetings.

Phase three will target specific communities that will give a unique perspective to the pilot phases.

Over 50 communities have implemented the EDI in the United States through the Transforming Early Childhood Community Systems initiative, a partnership between the United Way Worldwide and UCLA. However, this pilot is the first time the EDI has been used in Illinois.

Bringing the EDI to Illinois was thanks to the efforts of Erikson Institute, one of America’s premier graduate schools in child development. Erikson Institute works to improve the care and education of children from birth to age eight through different ways:

Training early childhood professionals
Assessing and treating children’s developmental, behavioural, social-emotional, and learning issues
Helping stressed parents build strengths
Improving schools in Chicago
Enhancing math education in preschool and kindergarten
Studying early childhood programs to understand how and why they work

Erikson supports the selected communities with coaching, technical assistance, and providing resources to implement the EDI, analyze the results, and develop action plans.

For more information on the EDI in Illinois please watch the Erikson Institute webinar on the project. A recording is available online.

EDI at recent conferences

The EDI team has been fortunate to attend some recent conferences. Please find links to posters presented below.

Public Health - Halifax, Nova Scotia June 6-8, 2017

On Track: Examination of Demographics of Ontario Kindergarten Children with Adequate Development

International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI) - Montreal, Quebec June 28-30, 2017

Prevalence and Geographical Variation of Anxious Behaviour and Comorbidity Problems in Children at School Entry Using Teacher-Reported Population-Level Data Over Time in Ontario

Division for Early Childhood (DEC) - Portland, Oregon October 4-6, 2017

Using Population-Level Data to Explore Development of Children with Special Needs

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EDI News and Events

The Human Early Learning Partnership at UBC is hosting their annual Fall Research Expo on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at UBC Robson Square.

Webcast spots are still available to watch the morning presentations, although afternoon sessions have reached capacity due to outstanding demand.

You can register online.

EDI PhD student wins university award

Ayesha Siddiqua, a PhD student at the Offord Centre working with the EDI team, has been awarded McMaster University’s 2017 Faculty of Health Sciences Research Plenary Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Excellence Award.

AEDC results prompt action in small Australian town

KCLC Childcare in the Australian town of Kyabram is adding a new feature to address an increase in physical, social, and emotional vulnerability.

KCLC Child Care staff are planning to add a light room, a gross motor room, and a sensory room for children aged six weeks to school aged.

Magdalena Janus visits Charles Sturt University

Magdalena Janus visited Charles Sturt University in October, spending time with Sharynne McLeod, Professor of Speech and Language Acquisition.

Latest EDI Publications

Bin, Y. S., Cistulli, P. A., Roberts, C. L., & Ford, J. B. (Accepted). Childhood health and educational outcomes associated with maternal sleep apnea: A population record-linkage study. Sleep.

Brownell, M. D., Nickel, N. C., Enns, J. E., Chartier, M., Campbell, R., Phillips-Beck, W., ... & Katz, A. (2017). Association between home visiting interventions and First Nations families' health and social outcomes in Manitoba, Canada: Protocol for a study of linked population-based administrative data. BMJ Open, 7, 1-11.

Christian, H., Ball, S. J., Zubrick, S. R., Brinkman, S., Turrell, G., Boruff, B., & Foster, S. (2017). Relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and early child development. Health & Place, 48, 90-101.

Fu, K-w., Ho, F. K. W., Rao, N., Jiang, F., Li, S. L., Lee, T. M-c.,… & Ip, P. (2017). Parental restriction reduces the harmful effects of in-bedroom electronic devices. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1-7.

Green, M. J., Tzoumakis, S., McIntyre, B., Kariuki, M., Laurens, K. R., Dean, K., … & Carr, V. J. (2017). Childhood maltreatment and early development vulnerabilites at age 5 years. Child Development, 1-14.

Khambalia, A. Z., Algert, C. S., Bowen, J. R., Collie, R. J., & Roberts, C. L. (2017). Long-term outcomes for large for gestational age infants born at term. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53, 876-881.

Siddiqua, A. & Janus, M. (2017). Experiences of parents of children with special needs at school entry: a mixed method approach. Child: care, health and development, 1-11.

Thomson, K. C., Guhn, M., Richardson, C. G., Ark, T. K., & Shoveller, J. (2017). Profiles of children’s social-emotional health at school entry and associated income, gender and language inequalities: a cross-sectional population-based study in British Columbia, Canada. BMJ Open, 7, 1-10.