Projects

BEFAST is a school-based program designed to build and support skills essential to students’ academic success and school engagement.

CCAMPIS provides support to college student parents to enable them to successfully enroll in and complete college degrees. The CCAMPIS program at CSUSB provides tuition for parents using the children's programs on campus, a student parent study room, virtual childcare services, parent education, and monthly play materials. Students using this program experience positive retention and graduation rates and maintain consistently high GPAs.

Creating education pathways at CSUSB and providing scholarships for members of the early childhood education workforce.

As is typical of Laboratory Schools, The Infant/Toddler Lab School serves three basic functions to the university community and the wider community within which we reside: teaching, research, service.

Professor of Psychology and Director of CSUSB’s Institute of Child Development and Family Relations, Dr. Mark Agars, hosts a regular podcast on Coyote Radio called Life in the Balance, which features discussions, conversations, and interviews around the work-life interface, offering listeners empathy, understanding and informed solutions for the struggles they face in their own lives.  

A daily cognitive training program incorporated into the academic year that helps students enhance their cognitive abilities for stronger academic performance.

The Institute of Child Development and Family Relations at CSUSB offers a variety of research-based parent education courses for parents, parents-to-be, caregivers, those who work with children and families, and other interested individuals.  All courses highlight the importance of a secure parent-child attachment relationship and the use of positive child guidance strategies. 

ICDFR’s Peer Support Suicide Prevention Training offers a free, 4-day campus program, held twice annually, that equips participants with the skills to support individuals at risk for suicide and connect them to essential mental health resources. Following a 2-day training, participants can engage directly with local resource organizations at information tables, ensuring they leave with strong connections to ongoing support and services.

The Quality Start Riverside County (QSRC) project entails utilizing assessment tools to evaluate the quality of diverse early learning environments throughout Riverside county.  This project is in support of the Quality Rating Improvement System efforts administered by the Riverside County Office of Education. 

QSSB is a multi-agency endeavor designed to evaluate and elevate the quality of child care in San Bernardino County. This is achieved by assessing, rating, and coaching local child care providers.