Faculty and Staff of The Center for Population and Family Health

Faith Lamb-Parker
Assistant Clinical Professor of Population & Family Health
flp1@columbia.edu

EXPERTISE: maternal and child mental health issues; early child development; impact of early intervention programs on economically disadvantaged young children and their families; parent involvement in preschool and school-aged children; early intervention staff development and training; Head Start; issues regarding translating research into practice and conducting community-based research.

Principal investigator, Head Start's Fifth National Research Conference; co-principal investigator, "Community Influences on the Efficacy of Head Start"; editor-in-chief, National Head Start Association (NHSA) Dialog: A Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Intervention Field; co-principal investigator, "Mental Health in Head Start"; principal investigator, "Parent Involvement Project"; Member, Editorial Board, Michigan State University Series on Children, Youth and Families; former associate
director/senior research associate, NCJW Center for the Child; former research consultant, Yale Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy; former deputy executive director, American Orthopsychiatric Association.

PUBLICATIONS

Executive Summary of the Final Report: Parent Involvement in Head Start -- Parker F.L., Piotrkowski C., Kessler-Sklar S., Baker A., Peay L., and Clark B. The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) Center for the Child, 1997.

Introduction: Head Start is a comprehensive, federally funded program for low-income families with children. Since its inception during President Johnson's War on Poverty, Head Start has served as a model for the delivery of comprehensive chil d development services... The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) Center for the Child, in collaboration with the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University, undertook the [five-year] Head Start Parent Involvement Project in 1990 to explore this virtually untapped area [of the role of parents as mediators]...

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Lamb-Parker, F., Boak, A.Y., Griffin, K.W., Ripple, C., & Peay, L. (1999-IN PRESS). Parent-child relationship, home learning environment, and school readiness, School Psychology Review, 28 (3).

Baker, A.J.L., Kessler-Sklar, S., Piotrkowski, C.S., & Lamb-Parker, F. (1999). Kindergarten and first-grade teachers' reported knowledge of parents' involvement in their children's education," The Elementary School
Journal, 99 (4), 367-380.

Lamb-Parker, F., Hagen, J., Robinson, R., & Clark, C. (Eds.). (1999). Children and families in an era of rapid change: Creating a shared agenda for researchers, practitioners and policy makers. Summary of Conference Proceedings. Washington, D.C.: Administration for Children, Youth and Families (DHHS).

Lamb-Parker, F., Robinson, R., Baker, A.J.L., Clark, B., Fernandez, A., Peay, L., & Gonzales, R. (1998). Enhance parent involvement: recognizing staff s role in achieving parents participation in your Head Start center. Children and Families, 17(4), 54-60. Arlington, VA: National Head Start Association.

Lamb-Parker, F., Clark, B., Peay, L., Fernandez, A., Young, S., Robinson, R., & Baker, A. (1997). Parent involvement: A training manual for Head Start staff. Arlington, VA: National Head Start Association.

Lamb-Parker, F., Piotrkowski, C.S., Kessler-Sklar, S., & Baker, A.J.L. (1997). Parent involvement in Head Start. (Final Report to the Smith Richardson Foundation) New York: NCJW Center for the Child.

Lamb-Parker, F., Piotrkowski, C.S., Kessler-Sklar, S., Baker, A.J.L., Peay, L., & Clark, B. (1997). How different types of Head Start parent involvement affect parents and their children (Final Report to the Ford Foundation) New York: NCJW Center for the Child.

Lamb-Parker, F., Hagen, J., Clark, C., & Robinson, R. (Eds.). (1997). Making a difference for children, families and communities: Partnerships among researchers, practitioners and policy makers. Summary of Conference Proceedings. Washington, DC: Administration on Children, Youth and Families (DHHS).

Lamb-Parker, F., Piotrkowski, C.S., Kessler-Sklar, S., & Baker, A.J.L. (1996). The impact of parent involvement in Head Start. (Final report to the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, DHHS) New York: NCJW
Center for the Child.

Lamb-Parker, F., Piotrkowski, C.S., Horn, W., & Greene, S. (1995). The challenge for Head Start: Realizing its vision as a two-generation program. In I. Sigel (Series Ed.) & S. Smith (Vol. Ed.), Advances in applied developmental psychology: Vol. 9. Two-generation programs for families in poverty (1st ed., pp. 135-159). New Jersey: Ablex Publishing Corp.

Lamb-Parker, F., & Kresh, E. (Eds.). (1994). Translating research into practice: implications for serving families with young children. Summary of Conference Proceedings. Washington, DC: Administration on Children, Youth and Families, (DHHS).

Lamb-Parker, F., Robinson, R., Sambrano, S., Piotrkowski, C., Hagen, J., Randolph, S., & Baker, A. (Eds.). (1992). New directions in child and family research: Shaping Head Start in the nineties. Washington, DC: Administration on Children, Youth and Families (DHHS).

Kagan, S.L., Rivera, A.M., & Lamb-Parker, F. (1990). Collaborations in action: reshaping services for young children and their Families. The Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, Yale University.

Lamb-Parker, F., Piotrkowski, C., & Peay, L. (1987). Head Start as a social support for mothers: the psychological benefits of involvement, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 57(2), 220-233.