For Parents

Toddlers Into Kindergarteners: Emotions Study (T.I.K.E.S)

TIKES

T.I.K.E.S., or Toddlers Into Kindergarteners: Emotions Study, is a research project through the Child Study Center at Penn State University exploring the development of children’s emotions from toddlerhood through the start of kindergarten. Find out more about T.I.K.E.S. and other projects in the Emotion Development Lab here.

Read the Summer 2009 Newsletter!

 

Contact Us

The Emotion Development Lab

Child Study Center

The Pennsylvania State University

101D University Support Building I

University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-863-6485

Fax: 814-863-5658

Toll-Free Number: 866-706-6483

E-mail: tikes@psu.edu

Directions to the TIKES Lab at the Penn State Child Study Center

 

Helpful Resources for Parents

 

Child and Family Web Guide

Examples of Normal Child Development

Normal Stages of Human Development

Zero to Three

National Institute of Mental Health

Society for Research in Child Development

APA's Children, Youth, Families Office

Centre County Human Resources Directory
(A phone directory of helpful resources for families)

Centre County PA Office of Mental Health/Mental Retardation:
(814) 355-6786
(Also called The Base Service Unit; a referral agency)

Children and Youth Services:
(814) 355-6755
(An agency that works to protect children and adolescents from abuse and neglect)

Youth Service Bureau, Centre County:
(814) 355-1025
(An agency that offers programs to promote the well-being of children and adolescents)

Child Study CenterChild Study Center

The Child Study Center at Penn State is dedicated to promoting children's development through research and practice. We are a research and training center whose focus is to gain knowledge about children's typical and atypical development as it relates to our major research