Position Priorities
- Promoting competent parenting.
- Translating research on child development into practice.
- Promoting early care and education (its supply, accessibility, and quality)
through interventions and public policy education.
Education
- Bachelor of Arts in psychology, Claremont Men’s College, 1972
- Master of Arts in human development, Pacific Oaks College, 1980
- Doctorate in human development and family studies, Cornell University, 1985
Previous Professional Experience
- Dave has worked as a Head Start teacher, fire fighter, production stoneware
potter and community college instructor. He also served as chair of his town
council.
Highlights of Current Assignments and Programs
- Parenting the First Year is a 12-part series of age-paced,
instructional newsletters for new parents, available in both English and
Spanish. County Extension Agents coordinate over 70 local partnerships that
deliver the series for free to nearly half of Wisconsin's new parents each year
(about 30,000 households last year).
- Evidence of Impact: Parents who receive the newsletters,
compared to those who don't, have beliefs significantly less like those of child
abusing parents, and report actually spanking or slapping their babies less
often. They also provide a more stimulating home environment, in ways that
predict better IQ. A randomized controlled trial of the British version of our
newsletter found that it caused mothers to report fewer and less intense daily
hassles over childrearing, and to have more appropriate expectations of their
babies' behavior. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/flp/impact/documents/parentingupdate.pdf
- Parenting the 2nd & 3rd Years includes an additional 12
age-paced instructional newsletters, and is also available in both English and
Spanish. County Extension offices currently distribute it to 16,000 families per
year.
- Preparing to Parent is a 4-part series, in English and
Spanish, distributed by county Extension offices in partnership with Health
Clinics.
- Project News. You can find all 3 of the above series on the
internet at http://parenting.uwex.edu/ . A license to reproduce these pamphlets is available, and educational or health
organizations in 12 other U.S. states are already doing so. The license allows
the host organization to put their own name on the newsletters. A collaborating
project in Britain has produced and distributes a U.K. edition.
- Child Care & Early Education is the topic of Dave's
other major projects. Find out more at the web sites for the 'Early Childhood Excellence
Initiative' and the 'Wisconsin Child Care Policy
Research Partnership.
Selected Publications
- Riley et al. (2009). Intellectual development: Connecting science and
practice in early childhood settings. St. Paul: Redleaf Press.
- Riley et al. (2008). Social-Emotional development: Connecting science
and practice in early childhood settings. St. Paul: Redleaf Press.
- Roach, M.A., Kim, Y., & Riley, D. (2006). Once attained, can quality
child care be maintained? Early Education and Development, 17, 553-570.
- Riley, D. (1997). Using local research to change 100 communities for
children and families. American Psychologist, 52, 424-433.
Contact Dave at:
Human Development & Family Studies
320 Middleton Building
1305
Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone (608) 262-3314
Fax (608)
265-6048
dave.riley@ces.uwex.edu
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