Published Articles and Chapters
2019
Mortensen, J., Kucskar Mitsch, M., Decker, K., Plata-Potter, S. I., Brophy-Herb, H., Vallotton, C. D., & Buell, M. J. (2019). Building bridges to overcome widening gaps: Challenges in addressing the need for professional preparation of infant/toddler practitioners in higher education. Occasional Paper Series, 42, 86-103.
Walsh, B. A., Mortensen, J. A., Peterson, C. A., Cassidy, D., & CUPID (2019). Competency alignment and certification for preservice home visitors. Family Relations 2019, 1-12. Doi: 10.1111/fare.12414
Lippard, C., Fusaro, M., Decker, K., & Vallotton, C. D. (2019). Effects of prior formal and informal caregiving experiences on undergraduates’ infant/toddler caregiving knowledge and beliefs. Early Childhood Teacher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2019.1607632.
Brophy-Herb, H., Williamson, A. C., Cook, G., Torquati, J., Decker, K., Vu, J., Vallotton, C. D., Duncan, L., and the Collaborative for Understanding the Pedagogy of Infant/Toddler Development (2019). Preservice students’ dispositional mindfulness and developmentally supportive practices with infants and toddlers. Mindfulness, 10, 759-768.
Vallotton, C. D., Peterson, C., Chazan-Cohen, R., Cook, G., Brophy-Herb, H., & Ispa, J. (2019). Comprehensive Competencies for Infant/ Toddler Educators. In M. A. Peters (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Teacher Education. New York, NY: Springer.
Vallotton, C. D., Cook, G., Chazan-Cohen, R., Decker, K., Gardner-Neblett, N., Lippard, C., & Harewood, T., (2019). The Collaborative for Understanding the Pedagogy of Infant/toddler Development: A Cross-University, Interdisciplinary Effort to Transform a Field through SOTL. In J. C. Friberg & K. McKinney (Eds.), Applying the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning beyond One Classroom. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
2018
Vallotton, C. D., Torquati, J., Ispa, J., Chazan-Cohen, R., Henk, J., Fusaro, M., Peterson, C., Roggman, L., Stacks, A., Cook, G., & Brophy-Herb, H. (2018). Attachment predicts college students’ knowledge, attitudes, and skills for working with infants, toddlers, and families. In D. J. Norris and D. Horm (Eds.) Group Care for Infants, Toddlers, and Twos. New York, NY: Routledge.
2017
Chazan-Cohen, R., Vallotton, C. D., Harewood, T. N., & Buell, M. (2017). Influences of Federal and State Policies on Higher Education Programs Training the Infant-Toddler Workforce in the United States. In E. J. White and C. Dalli (Eds) Policy and Pedagogy with Under-three Year Olds: Insights and Innovations (pp. 159-176). Gateway East, Singapore: Springer Nature. DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2275-3
2016
Roggman, L., Petersen, C., Chazan-Cohen, R., Ispa, J., Decker, K., Cook, G., Hughes Belding, K., & Vallotton, C. D. (2016). Preparing home visitors to partner with families of infants and toddlers. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 37(4), 301-313. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2016.1241965
Vallotton, C. D., Torquati, J., Ispa, J., Chazan-Cohen, R., Henk, J., Fusaro, M., Peterson, C., Roggman, L., Stacks, A., Cook, G., & Brophy-Herb, H. (2016). Attachment predicts college students’ knowledge, attitudes, and skills for working with infants, toddlers, and families. Early Education and Development, 27(2), 275-302. Doi: 10.1080/10409289.2016.1087778
Presentations at Conferences and Working Groups
2019
Vallotton, C. D. & Brophy-Herb, H. (November, 2019). Working Well with Babies and Families: Comprehensive Competencies for Educators of Infants and Toddlers. National Association for the Education of Young Children, Nashville, TN, November 20-23, 2019.
Lippard, C., & Vallotton, C. D. (June, 2019). CUPID: What We Have Learned About Preparing the Infant/Toddler Workforce. National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educator’s Conference, Long Beach, CA June 3, 2019.
Rachel Chazan-Cohen, R., Vallotton, C. D., Ispa, J., Fusaro, M., Decker, K. B., Brophy-Herb, H., Torquati, J. Roggman, L., Cook, G., & Maynard, C. (March, 2019). Student Characteristics that Help or Hinder Learning about Infants and Toddler. Biennial Conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD, March 21-23, 2019.
Vallotton, C.D. (June 18, 2019). Measuring Competencies for Working with Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs and their Families. Webinar for the Early On Center for Higher Education, Michigan.
2018
Vallotton, C. D., Chair (June, 2018), Preparing the Workforce to Support Infants, Toddlers, and their Families: Competencies, Measures, and Evidence to Develop Effective Teaching and Training. National Research Conference on Early Childhood, June 25-27, 2018 Washington D.C.
Vallotton, C. D., Cook, G., Chazan-Cohen, R., & Decker, K. B. (June, 2018). Collaborative for Understanding the Pedagogy of Infant/toddler Development: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Enhance Preparation of the Infant/Toddler Workforce, in Vallotton, C. D. (Chair), Preparing the Workforce to Support Infants, Toddlers, and their Families: Competencies, Measures, and Evidence to Develop Effective Teaching and Training. National Research Conference on Early Childhood, June 25-27, 2018 Washington D.C.
Peterson, C., Cook, G., Vallotton, C. D., Chazan-Cohen, R., Ispa, J., & Brophy-Herb, H. (June, 2018). Comprehensive Competencies for the Infant/Toddler Workforce: Knowledge, Dispositions, and Skills for Working with Infants, Toddlers, and their Families across Roles and Settings, in Vallotton, C. D. (Chair), Preparing the Workforce to Support Infants, Toddlers, and their Families: Competencies, Measures, and Evidence to Develop Effective Teaching and Training. National Research Conference on Early Childhood, June 25-27, 2018 Washington D.C.
Roggman, L., Peterson, C., Ispa, J., Cook, G., Chazan-Cohen, R., Hughes-Belding, K., Vallotton, C. D., & Decker, K. B. (June, 2018). Applying infant/toddler workforce competencies to the home visiting context: Using the scholarship of teaching and learning to develop programs and modify pedagogy, in Vallotton, C. D. (Chair), Preparing the Workforce to Support Infants, Toddlers, and their Families: Competencies, Measures, and Evidence to Develop Effective Teaching and Training. National Research Conference on Early Childhood, June 25-27, 2018 Washington D.C.
Chazan-Cohen, R., Vallotton, C. D., Ispa, J., Lippard, C., Roggman, L., Cook, G., Fusaro, M., Decker, K. B., & Brophy-Herb, H. (June, 2018). Student Characteristics that Help or Hinder Learning about Infants and Toddlers, in Vallotton, C. D. (Chair), Preparing the Workforce to Support Infants, Toddlers, and their Families: Competencies, Measures, and Evidence to Develop Effective Teaching and Training. National Research Conference on Early Childhood, June 25-27, 2018 Washington D.C.
Vallotton, C. D., Peterson, C., Roggman, L., Chazan-Cohen, R., Hughes-Belding, K., Ispa, J., Decker, K. B., & Cook, G. (May, 2018). Identifying and using home visitor competencies to prepare an effective workforce. In Peterson, C. (Chair) Recommended home visitor competencies: Identifying and implementing effective practices. World Association for Infant Mental Health, May 26 – 31, Rome, Italy.
Vallotton, C. D. (June 21, 2018). Development of Research-Based Comprehensive Competencies for Infant/ Toddler Educators. Community of Practice Tools to Support I/T Core Knowledge and Competency Development.
2017
Vallotton, C. D., Fusaro, M., & Cook, G. (June 13, 2017). What do infant/toddler educators need to know, do, and believe? Defining competencies for professional practice with infants and toddlers. Workshop for the National Association for the Education of Young Children Professional Learning Institute, June 11-14, 2017, San Francisco, CA.
Fusaro, M., & Vallotton, C. D. (June 11, 2017). Vignette-based Assessment of Infant/Toddler Caregiving Skills among Undergraduates in Early Childhood Courses. Poster at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Professional Learning Institute, June 11-14, 2017, San Francisco, CA.
Henk, L., Gardner-Neblitt, N.… & Vallotton, C. D., (March, 2017). Personal Beliefs and Professional Beliefs: Determinants of Competences among Infant/Toddler Preservice Professionals. Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
Vallotton, C.D. (September 28, 2017). What do our students know, value, and believe about working with infants and toddlers with special needs and their families? Early On Center for Higher Education and Michigan Department of Education, DeWitt, MI.
Vallotton, C. D. (September 13, 2017). Most Vulnerable Learners, Most Vulnerable Teachers. Forum on Early Childhood Education for At-Risk Children. Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, Lansing, MI.
Vallotton, C. D. (July 18, 2017). Competencies to Develop the Infant / Toddler Workforce. Michigan Infant Toddler Career Pathway Stakeholder Group, Michigan Department of Education, Lansing, MI.
Vallotton, C. D. (January 4, 2017). Competencies to Develop the Infant / Toddler Workforce. Developing and Assessing Competencies for Teachers and Caregivers Serving Infants and Toddlers Meeting, Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation, Washington, D.C.
2016
Roggman, L., Petersen, C., Chazan-Cohen, R., Ispa, J., Decker, K., Cook, G., Hughes Belding, K., & Vallotton, C. D. (November, 2016). What do home visitors need to know, do, and believe? Core and critical competencies in home visiting practice. Symposium Presented at The Collaborative Science of Home Visiting, Arlington, VA, November 2016.
Vu, J. A., Brophy-Herb, H. E., Vallotton, C. D., Williamson, A., Torquati, J., Cook, G., Decker, K. & the Collaborative for Understanding the Pedagogy of Infant/toddler Development (July, 2016). The relationship between pre-service teachers’ attachment and dispositional mindfulness on developmentally supportive practices with infants and toddlers.Presented at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instructions, 2016.
Roggman, L., Petersen, C., Ispa, J., Chazan-Cohen, R., Cook, G., Hughes-Belding, K., & Vallotton, C.D. (July, 2016). Competencies for Home Visitors in the Infant Toddler Workforce: Overlapping, Expanded, and Additional Knowledge, Attitudes, & Skills. National Research Conference on Early Childhood. Washington, D.C., July, 2016.
Roggman, L., Cook, G., Hughes-Belding, K., Petersen, C., & Vallotton, C. D. (June, 2016). What does it take to become an effective home visitor? Competencies for University Pedagogy. Submitted to the Biennial Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Prague, Czech Republic, May-June, 2016.
Williamson, A. C., Cook, G., Brophy-Herb, H. E., Vallotton, C. D., Torquati, J., Decker, K., & the Collaborative for Understanding the Pedagogy of Infant/Toddler Development (June, 2016). Teachers’ Attachment and Dispositional Mindfulness: Links to Developmentally Supportive Practices with Infants and Toddlers. Submitted to the Biennial Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Prague, Czech Republic, May-June, 2016.
Brophy-Herb, H. E., Vallotton, C. D., Williamson, A. C., Torquati, J., Cook, G., Decker, K., & the Collaborative for Understanding the Pedagogy of Infant/Toddler Development (May 26-28, 2016). Teachers’ Attachment and Dispositional Mindfulness: Links to Developmentally Supportive Practices with Infants and Toddlers. International Congress of Infant Studies, New Orleans, LA, May, 2016.
Henk, J., Vallotton, C., Fusaro, M., Williamson, A., Gardner-Neblitt, N., & Rucker, L. (May 26-28, 2016). The Role of Education in Providing a Skilled and Effective Birth to Three Workforce. International Congress of Infant Studies, New Orleans, LA, May, 2016.
Vallotton, C.D., & Harewood, T. (June 10, 2016). What do our students know, value, and believe about working with infants and toddlers with special needs and their families? Early On Center for Higher Education Faculty Colloquium, East Lansing, MI.
2015
Chazan-Cohen, R., Buell, M., Vallotton, C. D., Harewood, T., & CUPID (December, 2015). Influences of Federal and State Policies on Higher Education Programs Training the Infant-Toddler Workforce: Lessons from CUPID. Child Care Policy Research Consortium Meeting (CCPRC 2015), Washington, DC.
Chazan-Cohen, R., Vallotton, C. D., & Torquati, J. (March, 2015). Associations between Attachment Style & Beliefs about Child Development in a Sample of College Students. Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
Fusaro, M., Vallotton, C. D., Torquati, J., Henk, J., & Peterson, C. (March, 2015). Vignette-based Assessment of Infant/Toddler Caregiving Skills among Undergraduates with Early Childhood Career Interests. Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA. (ID: 961430)
Vallotton, C.D. (January 5, 2015). Collaborative for Understanding the Pedagogy of Infant/Toddler Development. Annual Meeting of the Network of Infant/Toddler Researchers, Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Washington, D.C.
2014
Roggman, L., Henk, J., Horm, D., Vallotton, C. D., & Torquati, J. (March 18, 2015). Students’ attachment affects their learning about child development, care, and education: Should it influence our teaching? Developmental Science Teaching Institute, Philadelphia, PA.
Vallotton, C. D., Cook. G., Roggman, L., Chazan-Cohen, R., & Fusaro, M. (July, 2014). Understanding how to Better Educate Infant/Toddler Caregivers via Higher Education. 12th National Head Start Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
Vallotton, C. D., Torquati, J., Anderson, T., & Harewood, T. (June, 2014). Describing our students, understanding our challenge: Characteristics, knowledge, attitudes, and skills of U.S. college students in child development courses. In Infant Mental Health Services and Training. Biennial Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Edinburgh, Scotland.Vallotton, C.D. (January 9, 2014). Collaborative for Understanding the Pedagogy of Infant/Toddler Development: A Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Effort to Improve Teaching and Enhance Practice for those Serving Infants, Toddlers, and their Families. Annual Meeting of the Network of Infant/Toddler Researchers, Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Washington, D.C.
