CAFÉ Lab at the University of Wisconsin Madison

12/31/2021

CAFÉ Lab Members Accepted to Present at IDSP, BCCCD, and ECP Conferences!

CAFÉ Lab Research Assistants, Macayla Church, Saliha Büşra Selman, Beyza Gürel, N. Elanur Kocabay, Aysegul Cakmak, Serra S. Alan, and Zeynep Eroglu have all been accepted to present at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, the CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, and the European Congress of Psychology!

Macayla Church will present her poster titled "Early Home-School Meso-System Associations with Academic and Social Competence At Age 9".

Beyza Gürel will present her poster titled "The Importance of Sleep Duration: Attentional and Externalizing Problems in Preschoolers of Depressed Mothers."

Elanur will present her poster titled "Timing of Various Types of Housing Instability and Behavioral and Social Outcomes in Middle Childhood."

A great way to start off the new year CAFÉ Lab!

04/23/2021

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04/19/2021

CAFE Lab's own doctoral student Laura Evans was honored to present at the Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board Annual Meeting as the Keynote Speaker in March. Take a listen to learn more about why it is developmentally important to talk to children about race.

https://bit.ly/2P0AVbK

03/19/2021

The $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill awaiting final passage in the House of Representatives would bring the United States in line with many other advanced democracies around the world by providing regular, unrestricted federal payments to families with children that would cut the rate of child pov...

12/07/2020

The CAFE Lab is so proud to have Dr. Dilworth-Bart leading the way in mentoring, research, and making a positive impact on our community!

SoHE’s Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Dr. Janean E’guya Dilworth-Bart has won the 2020-21 Slesinger Award for Excellence in Mentoring, a UW award recognizing faculty who have made an exceptiona…

12/06/2020

An wonderful opportunity for those who are interested!

We're on a mission for the Birth and Family Center to offer equitable care for women of color, but that means we need more doulas of color!

If you've been thinking about the journey to becoming a doula or want to join the mission? Now is the time to take the leap!

Join us virtually to learn more about , our mission, and what to expect during our 2021 doula training!
Registration here: Hi there,

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Dec 10, 2020 03:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwodOGqrzooG9PG6p1sf51IFdzGGtl0Y_B9

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

11/30/2020

Do you know the difference between Biracial and Bicultural?

Listen to our lab member and graduate student, Laura Evans, talk about the different terminology around race, identity, and families. Consider the distinctions, who is included, and who is left out.

Thank you to · College & University and Dr. Kendra Alexander for hosting and recording this guest lecture.

11/27/2020

2020 has been tough for families everywhere. Especially if you are trying to get your kids school-ready when you aren't even sure what school might look like!

Our lab member, Natalia, has created this helpful guide for what to keep in mind when getting your kids school ready, whether in-person or virtual.

11/05/2020

Learn more about environmental justice from this fact sheet by the CAFE Lab. Thank you to our amazing lab member Macayla for creating this!

09/17/2020

The CAFE lab is always excited to see the great work that Harambee Village continues to do for families in Wisconsin!

The Birth & Family Center will encourage better birth and parenting outcomes by providing a familial approach to serving our community and practical support to women and families during pregnancy and beyond.

Our innovative services + programming allows us to make it a priority to support the whole child, and thus the whole family.

Here's a glimpse into the services we plan to offer alongside the help of our other strategic partners:

📌Prenatal & Midwifery Care
📌Childbirth Education
📌Pregnancy Support Groups
📌Lactation Education
📌Doula Services
📌Parenting and Postpartum Support
📌Breastfeeding And Nutrition Counseling
📌Sexual Reproduction And Health Education
Behavioral Health
📌Family Planning Counseling
📌Confidential STI Testing And Treatment
📌Family Resource Center Programming
📌Research And Education
📌Health & Racial Equity Consulting
📌Infant Mental Health Consultation
📌In-house Training For Birth Professionals
📌Well-women Care
📌Newborn Care And Visits

And we need your help to make this service to our community a possibility! GIVE today, by clicking the link in our bio or visit our campaign at https://pgj.cc/xGue8B to help us meet our goal!

09/15/2020

https://sohe.wisc.edu/sohe-insights-i-am-and-i-feel-by-dr-alvin-thomas/

An illustrated poem from Human Development and Family Studies Assistant Professor Dr. Alvin Thomas.