Collaborators.

​Clackamas Early Learning Hub
Hubs are an organized group of people collaborating toward a shared vision and shared goals. There are 16 Hubs in Oregon, supporting children, prenatally through six years and their families. Early Learning Hubs collaborate with early childhood programs to translate the research on early development into result-oriented interventions and programs.

Early Learning Multnomah
We believe every child can be successful in school. But—too often—race, ethnicity and language are predictors of poverty and low rates of school success.Our existing system of social services, schools, and community supports isn't set up to effectively serve children and families of color. We want to change that. We work hard to ensure children of color age six and under get what they need to thrive in kindergarten and beyond. We build partnerships, set family-driven priorities, spark shifts in thinking, and support our partners to more effectively serve children and families of color in Multnomah County. 

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Early Learning Washington Co.
Early Learning Washington County (ELWC) is a partnership between the United Way of the Columbia-Willamette and Washington County Health and Human services, serving in the capacity of co-conveners and backbone organizations, as well as parents and a great number of community partners representing business, culturally-specific, early childhood, health, human and social services and K-12 organizations.

Goldie Hawn Foundation
The Goldie Hawn Foundation is a nonprofit organization created in 2003 in response to growing concern about the state of children's mental health. With leading researchers, neuroscientists and educators, the foundation created MindUP™, a program and curriculum to train teachers and schools how to develop social emotional learning and support children's mental fitness. Since its inception, MindUP™ has trained over 150,000 teachers and served millions of children across 12 countries. The global headquarters for MindUP™ is located in Los Angeles. Additional MindUP™ offices are located in London, United Kingdom and Vancouver, Canada.

Helen Gordon Child Development Center
For more than 40 years, Helen Gordon Child Development Center has been providing quality preschool education for the children of Portland State University’s students, faculty and staff, as well as families in the greater Portland community. Located in a historic building on the corner of southwest 12th Avenue and Market Street, Helen Gordon Center has gained a reputation for its innovative programs, excellent teachers, and creative learning environment. The Center enrolls over 200 children aged 4 months to 5 years. With strong links to PSU’s College of Education, HGCDC is a vibrant learning community for current and future educators, impacting countless schools and programs throughout the region. The Center is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.  

Multnomah County (Early Kindergarten Transition Program and P-3 Schools Program)
The Early Kindergarten Transition Program (EKT) is a part of Kindergarten Counts. These are 2-3 week free summer programs for children AND their parents/caregivers entering kindergarten at those particular schools.

Oregon Community Foundation
The mission of The Oregon Community Foundation is to improve lives for all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy. We work with individuals, families, businesses and organizations to create charitable funds — more than 2,800 of them — that support the community causes they care about. These funds support the critical work that nonprofits are doing across Oregon. Through these funds, OCF awarded more than $118 million in grants and scholarships in 2017.

Pennsylvania State University
Teaching students to be leaders with a global perspective. Conducting research that improves lives. Contributing millions to the economy and sharing expertise.

Portland Public Schools
Portland Public Schools, founded in 1851, is a PK-12 urban school district in Portland, Oregon. With more than 49,000 students in 78 schools, it is one of the largest school districts in the Pacific Northwest. With highly trained teachers and staff; an engaged parent community; strong partnerships, and a focus on closing the racial educational achievement gap, PPS is at its highest graduation rate in at least 15 years and is enjoying its seventh straight year of enrollment growth. Thanks to the state Legislature, school funding is improving and thanks to Portland voters, a PPS School Building Improvement Bond is now fueling the modernization of our aging school buildings for 21st century learning.

University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is an iconic public institution of higher education, boasting nationally ranked schools and programs, distinguished faculty, a major academic medical center and proud history as a renowned research university. The community and culture of the University are enriched by active student self-governance, sustained commitment to the arts and a robust NCAA Division 1 Athletics program.

WINGS for Kids (Charleston, SC)
Our mission is to equip at-risk kids with the skills they need to succeed in school, stay in school, and thrive in life. Since our beginnings in 1996, we have focused exclusively on working with low-income children by providing a safe place to stay after school and teaching them skills to succeed in school. We aren’t just providing care after school and we aren’t just teaching “soft-skills.” We are teaching skills that can radically change how they relate to others and behave in school. We are providing inspiration to do well in school and to stay in school. We are instilling in them a belief in possibilities – that they can be anything they want to be. We are giving them hope for a bright future. We are teaching them that they have wings to SOAR! 

Yale University
Since its founding in 1701, Yale has been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge, inspiring innovation, and preserving cultural and scientific information for future generations. Yale’s reach is both local and international. It partners with its hometown of New Haven, Connecticut to strengthen the city’s community and economy. And it engages with people and institutions across the globe in the quest to promote cultural understanding, improve the human condition, delve more deeply into the secrets of the universe, and train the next generation of world leaders.

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SEL and Mindfulness Research Team
Richard and Maureen Neuberger Center
1600 SW 4th Ave.
Portland, OR  97201
email Andy for more information:  mashburn@pdx.edu