Faculty and students in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies have access to state-of-the-art laboratories and research facilities and centers. The department maintains two facilities designed to conducting state-of-the-art research: the Family Resource Center and the Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory. Faculty members are affiliated with research centers on campus and have access to additional state-of-the-art research laboratories and facilities. The department maintains the following research facilities:
Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory (CDL)
The Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory is a dual purpose early care center and facility where research on early childhood education is conducted. The CDL has two large classrooms equipped with observation and videotaping capabilities that are used to better understand classroom behavior and teacher-child interactions.
Couple and Family Clinic (CFC)
The Couple and Family Clinic is a research and clinical practice facility that has state-of-the-art technology used for research on understanding couple and family interaction patterns and processes and the effectiveness of marriage and family therapy.
CYAF faculty and students conduct research through the following facilities and centers:
- Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior
- Center on Children, Families, and the Law
- Kit and Dick Schmoker Reading Center
- Nebraska Center for Children, Youth, Families and Schools
- Buffett Early Childhood Institute
- Educare, Lincoln