The Children's Environments Research and Design group is currently engaged in or thinking about starting a number of research and design projects focused on children, youth, and their environments. Together with other major activities in which the group is involved, they are listed below and briefly outlined in the following pages. This site, therefore, constitutes an informal strategic plan for the Children's Environments Research and Desigh Group for 1996-97.

Overview

Scales for the Description, Measurement, and Evaluation of the Physical Environment of Child Care Centers

Children's Right to Play: The Effects of Changes in Home Range on Children's Play in Canadian and U.S. Urban Environments

Urban Children and the Physical Environment

Effects of the Physical Environment of Toddler Environments on Cognitive, Social, Emotional, and Physical Developmental Behaviors

Relations between Patterns in the Physical Environment and Children, Staff, Curriculum, and Developmental Outcomes in Montessori and Waldorf Schools

Three Books on Child Development and the Designed Environment

Series of Articles on Child-Environment Relations

Syllabus for a New Elective Seminar on Children, Youth, and Environments

Re-Planning of the UWM Children's Center East Play Yards

Children, Youth, and Environments Network

Information Dissemination about Children, Youth, and their Environments

Links to some other sites related to Children, Youth, and Environments