Learning from Each Other: EI/ECSE Research in the Global Context

This learning deck session will focus on the implications and issues conducting international/cross-country research. In this session, the presenters will discuss several ethical and methodological issues to consider when conducting research with children with disabilities and their families outside of the US. This learning deck will address DEC recommended practices: TC2; L3, as well as the translation and adaptation guidelines developed by the DEC International Committee.
 
Participant Outcomes:
 
Participants will increase knowledge on various EI/ECSE research methodologies conducted outside of the US. 
Participants will identify benefits and challenges when conducting international/cross-country research.
Participants will increase knowledge on conducting international research using the community partnered participatory approach.
 
Presenters: Serra Acar, PhD; James Lee, PhD; Hsiu-Wen Yang, PhD; and Ching-I Chen, PhD

Serra Acar, PhD, Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education and Care at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
 
James Lee, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Juniper Gardens Children's Project at the University of Kansas.
 
Hsiu-Wen Yang, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
 
Ching-I Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor in the area of Early Childhood Intervention at Kent State University.