UA Opens State-of-the-Art Child Development Research Center

Where else on The University of Alabama campus can you see the sense of wonder in children’s eyes as they investigate where butterflies go when it rains, a couple working out their differences in a therapy session, a seminar on parenting skills, and research on bullying, parenting, language development, pretend, strong families, health disparities, and hospitalized children?

This fall, the UA College of Human Environmental Sciences’ Child Development Research Center opened its doors as a premier interdisciplinary facility with a focus on young children. This 64,000 square foot building brings together research, teaching and service in a facility with state-of-the-art electronics to study the growth and development of young children. It is the first building in the nation to house academic research facilities, outreach for the training of child care providers, academic offices, a family therapy clinic and sophisticated observational research capabilities.

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