The Community and Educational Well-Being Research Center (CEW) has as its purpose the creation of new knowledge and the training of the next generation of leaders, researchers and change agents in the field of Community and Educational Well-Being. Sponsored by the Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, and housed at the University of Miami’s School of Education, the CEW is committed to promoting individual, interpersonal, institutional, and community well-being. We do this by studying the educational, psychological, physical, and social determinants of well-being, by training leaders in these areas, and by building capacity in the community for risk prevention and transformational practices.
This web site is intended to provide a resource and portal to not only our various activities, but to research and practice in the field of community well-being. It is our purpose to establish an international clearing house where individuals from the general public, practitioners and specialized researchers interested in issues of interpersonal, institutional and community well-being can come and gain access to information, experts and participate in the exchange of ideas and innovations.
Etiony Aldarondo, Ph.D., Director
CEW News
CEW recently hosted the Conference on Immigrant Families and more than 100 academics, researchers, community leaders, and opinion makers packed the Newman Alumni Center at the University of Miami for the 16th annual Council on Contemporary Families Conference. To read more please click here for more News
CEW Events
Moving Forward: Implementing the ‘Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children will be launched at Labouisse Hall, UNICEF House, 3 UN Plaza, New York City on April 11, 2013. The Handbook is a practical tool to help policy makers create national legislation and policies which reflect the provisions included in the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children unanimously welcomed at the UN General Assembly in 2009. These policies will work towards making the rights of children in alternative care an everyday reality. Click here for more info : Spring Events and More
Learn about the field
Isaac Prilleltensky discusses the emerging field of Community and Educational Well-Being in a series of streamed videos. His TEDx talk “Community Well Being, Socialize or Social-Lies?” is also featured.
Featured Projects
The Dunspaugh-Dalton Community and Educational Well-Being Research Center and the United Way’s Center for Excellence in Early Education have partnered to investigating the bilingual and emergent biliteracy practices of children in a dual language preschool program.
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Invited speakers
View talks by Pedro Noguera, Simi Linton, David Finklehor, Robert Carter, Janet Helms, Catherine Snow and other distinguished School of Education Forum speakers.
