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Karen Cadigan
Karen Cadigan is CYFC's Policy Director.
Dr. Cadigan is also Director of Outreach
and Public Policy at the Center for Early Education and Development.
She is a nationally certified school psychologist and worked in public
schools for seven years with children across the age range, most
recently as the coordinator of the Minneapolis Public Schools’ early
childhood autism programs. She worked as a research assistant for
several projects including the Preschool Families Project at the
University of Washington, examining perseverating behavior problems
in preschool boys, and the Improving Preschoolers’ Reading
Outcomes through Measurement and Intervention in Classroom Environments
(I’PROMICE) project at the University
of Minnesota.
Her current teaching, training, and research efforts focus on early
childhood assessment, early literacy development, autism in early
childhood, and linking early childhood research to public policies.
She coordinates the University of Minnesota’s graduate certificate
program in Early Childhood Policy studies and provides ongoing assistance
to Minnesota’s Legislative Early Childhood Caucus. Ms. Cadigan
also provides technical support and training to providers nationwide
who use the Early Literacy Individual Growth and Development Indicators
(IGDI’s) and the related Get it, Got it, Go! website.
Ms. Cadigan is currently finishing her doctorate in educational
psychology at the University of Minnesota with a thesis examining
the relations between preschoolers’ phonemic awareness skills
and vocabulary development. Ms. Cadigan has an Educational Specialist
degree from James Madison University and a Master’s degree
from the University of Washington. She is a 2002 Bush Leadership
Fellow and 2006 recipient of the President’s Student Leadership
and Service award and the Mary A. McEvoy Award for Public Engagement
and Leadership. Karen is a graduate of Minnesota’s Head Start
program.
Staff
Karen Cadigan, Ed.S, Policy Director
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