Welcome to the Child Research and Study Center (CRSC) !

The Child Research and Study Center is one of the organized research Centers in the School of Education of the University at Albany. The Center was founded over 30 years ago under the joint auspices of the University and the Albany Medical College to provide diagnostic and consultation services to individuals and agencies in the community on behalf of learning disabled children and to conduct research in the study of learning disabilities and other developmental disorders.

Currently, the Center is jointly affiliated with the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology and the Department of Reading, both in the School of Education. It has three major missions: (1) to conduct research in the study of various aspects of normal and abnormal development, especially as related to school learning; (2) to provide training and field experience in research for graduate students in the School of Education; and (3) to provide diagnostic assessment and consultation services on behalf of impaired learners, in support of student training and research.

Center research has been primarily supported by external funds procured through grants from agencies such as the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the U.S. Department of Education, and private foundations such as the Spencer Foundation, the Recording for the Blind, and the Lions Club among others. Researchers affiliated with the Center enjoy a national and international reputation, especially in the study of reading development and reading disability (dyslexia).

In recent years, research conducted at the Center has been primarily concerned with early identification and early intervention on behalf of children at risk for early reading difficulties and with the development of techniques and formats for preventing long-term reading difficulties in such children. Click to know about the current research (PRD).