Walter S. Gilliam

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Yale University
School of Medicine
Child Study Center
The Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy
DirectorAppointed: 2005
Yale University
School of Medicine
Child Study Center
Child Psychiatry and Psychology
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2004
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Child Psychiatry
Medical Staff (AHP)Appointed: 2000
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Mailing Address

Yale Child Study Center
P.O. Box 207900
230 South Frontage Road
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-7900
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (203) 785-3384
Fax: (203) 785-7926
walter.gilliam@yale.edu

Qualifications

Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University Child Study Center, Neurobiological Research, 1999.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University Child Study Center, Clinical Child Psychology, 1997.
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, School Psychology, 1996.
Internship, Yale University Child Study Center, Clinical Child Psychology, 1996.
M.S.Ed., University of Kentucky, Educational Psychology, 1993.
B.A., Eastern Kentucky University, Education, 1990.

Expertise and Research Interests

Walter S. Gilliam is the Director of The Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy and an Assistant Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology at the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine. He is Senior Advisor to the National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC) Office of Applied Research and a fellow at both the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) and the National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families (Zero to Three).

Dr. Gilliam's research involves early childhood education and intervention policy analysis (specifically how policies translate into effective services), ways to improve the quality of prekindergarten and child care services, and the impact of early childhood education programs on children's school readiness. His scholarly writing addresses early childhood care and education programs, school readiness, and developmental assessment of young children. Dr. Gilliam has led national analyses of state-funded prekindergarten policies and mandates, how prekindergarten programs are being implemented across the range of policy contexts, and the effectiveness of these programs at improving school readiness and educational achievement, as well as experimental and quasi-experimental studies on methods to improve early education quality. Dr. Gilliam actively provides consultation to state and federal decision-makers. His work has been covered in major national and international news outlets for print, radio, and television.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Child Care, Child Development, Children or Youth, Early Childhood or Preschool Education.

Additional Terms:

Child Development, Developmental Assessment, Early Childhood Care and Education, Early Intervention, Head Start, Prekindergarten, Preschool Education, Program Evaluation.

Memberships

American Psychological Association
Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Society for Research in Child Development
ZERO TO THREE, National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families

Previous Positions

2000-2004, Associate Research Scientist, Yale University, School of Medicine, Child Study Center
1999-2000, Instructor, Yale University, School of Medicine, Child Study Center

Funding Received

  • Connecticut State Department of Education: Laboratory School and Model Early Childhood Learning Program, $400,000, Nov 1, 2001 to 2005.
  • Department of Children and Families, State of Connecticut: Early Childhood Consultation Partnership Evaluation, $420,000, 2007 to 2010.
  • Community Foundation for Greater New Haven: Evaluation of Motherad/Fatheread Family Literacy Program, $162,000, 2006 to 2007.
  • Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut: Validation of the Preschool Mental Health Climate Scale, $50,000, 2006 to 2007.
  • Anon: Fellowship Program at The Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University, $242,659, 2006 to 2008.
  • William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund: Preschool in Connecticut: The state in a national prekindergarten context, $43,953, 2005 to 2005.
  • Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut: Randomized Evaluation: Connecticut Early Childhood Consultation Partnership, $227,460, 2005 to 2006.
  • A. L. Mailman Family Foundation: Expulsion from prekindergarten: National demographic patterns, $25,000, 2004 to 2004.
  • Foundation for Child Development: National Prekindergarten Study P-3 Analyses, $169,594, 2004 to 2005.
  • National Institute for Early Education Research: Edited Book on the Case for Universal Prekindergarten, $30,000, 2003 to 2004.
  • Community Foundation for Greater New Haven: Early Care and Education Quality Enhancement Demonstration--Pilot Project, $150,074, 2003 to 2003.
  • William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund: High-Quality Preschool as a Tool for Bridging the Racial Gap in School Readiness, $67,750, 2002 to 2004.
  • National Institute for Early Education Research & Foundation for Child Development: National Prekindergarten Study, $1,253,204, 2002 to 2004.
  • National Institute for Early Education Research: Career Award, $122,373, 2002 to 2005.
  • Foundation for Child Development: National Survey of Prekindergarten Teachers--Massachusetts Pilot, $19,625, 2001 to 2001.
  • Carnegie Corporation of New York: Head Start Participation: Measuring Delinquency and Motivation Outcomes, $113,603, 1997 to 2000.

Publications

  • Gilliam WS, Mayes LC (2007) Clinical assessment of infants and toddlers In Martin A, Volkmar FR (eds), Lewis's child and adolescent psychiatry: A comprehensive textbook, 4th Edition, Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 309-322 pages (bookchapter)
  • GIlliam WS, Zigler EF, Finn-Stevenson M (2007) Child and family policy: A role for child psychiatry and allied disciplines In Martin A, Volkmar FR (eds), Lewis's child and adolscent psychiatry: A comprehensive textbook, 4th Edition, Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 35-48 pages (bookchapter)
  • Mayes LC, Gilliam WS, Sosinsky LS (2007) The infant and toddler In Martin A, Volkmar FR (eds), Lewis's child and adolescent psychiatry: A comprehensive textbook, 4th Edition, Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 252-261 pages (bookchapter)
  • Sosinsky LS, Gilliam WS, Mayes LC (2007) The preschool child In Martin A, Volkmar FR (eds), Lewis's child and adolescent psychiatry: A comprehensive textbook, 4th Edition, Philadelphia, Lippincott, WIlliams & Wilkins, 261-267 pages (bookchapter)
  • Gilliam WS, Shahar G (2006) Prekindergarten expulsion and suspension: Rates and predictors in one state, Infants and Young Children, 19, 228-245
  • Gilliam WS (2006) Lessons at the knee of an icon, mentor, and friend: A decade with Ed Zigler, Child and Family Policy and Practice Review, 2 (1), 17-20
  • Zigler E, Gilliam WS, Jones SM (2006) A vision for universal preschool education, New York, Cambridge University Press
  • Gilliam WS, Meisels S, Mayes L (2005) Screening and surveillance in early intervention systems, In MJ Guralnick (Ed.), A Developmental Systems Approach to Early Intervention: National and International Perspectives. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing, in press, Baltimore, Paul H. Brookes, 73-98 pages (bookchapter)
  • Gilliam WS, Mayes LC (2004) Assessing development as an infant mental health technique: Integrating clinical and psychometric perspectives In Del Carmen-Wiggins R, Carter AS (eds), In R Del Carmen-Wiggins & A S Carter (Eds.), Handbook of infant and toddler mental health assessment. New York: Oxford University Press, in press., New York, Oxford University Press, 185-203 pages (bookchapter)
  • Gilliam WS, Ripple CH (2004) What can be learned from state-funded preschool initiatives? A data-based approach to the Head Start devolution debate In Zigler E, Styfco SJ (eds), The Head Start debates, Baltimore, Paul H Brookes Publishing, 477-497 pages (bookchapter)
  • Gilliam WS, Leiter V (2003) Evaluating early childhood programs: Improving quality and informing policy, Zero to Three, 23 (6), 6-13
  • Gilliam WS, Mayes LC (2002) Clinical assessment of infants and toddlers In Lewis, M (eds), Child and adolescent psychiatry: A comprehensive textbook, 3rd Edition, Baltimore, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 507-525 pages (bookchapter)
  • Gilliam WS, Zigler EF (2001) A critical meta-analysis of all evaluations of state-funded preschool from 1977 to 1998: implications for policy, service delivery and program evaluation, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 15, 441-473
  • Gilliam WS, Ripple CH, Zigler EF, Leiter V (2000) Evaluating child and family demonstration initiatives: Lessons from the Comprehensive Child Development Program, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 15, 41-59
  • Gilliam WS (2000) On over-generalizing from overly-simplistic evaluations of complex social programs: In further response to Goodson, Layzer, St.Pierre and Bernstein, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 15, 68-73
  • Gilliam WS, de Mesquita PB (2000) The relationship between language and cognitive development and emotional-behavioral problems in financially-disadvantaged preschoolers: A longitudinal investigation, Early Child Development and Care, 162, 9-24
  • Haynes NM, Ben-Avie M, Gilliam WS, Yeakey CC (2000) In CC Yeakey (Ed.): Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research, Policy, and Praxis, Vol. 1, School readiness: Implications for daycare and early childhood education for low-income children, Stamford, CT, JAI Press, 91-105 pages
  • Gilliam WS, Mayes LC (2000) Developmental assessment of infants and toddlers In Zeanah CH (eds), In CH Zeanah, Jr. (Ed.): Handbook of Infant Mental Health (2nd ed.), 2nd Edition, New York, Guilford, 236-248 pages (bookchapter)
  • Gilliam WS (1999) Developmental assessment: Its role in comprehensive psychiatric assessment of young children, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 8 (2), 225-238
  • Mayes LC, Gilliam WS (1999) Preface. Comprehensive psychiatric assessment of young children, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 8 (2), xiii-xiv
  • Ripple CH, Gilliam WS, Chanana N, Zigler E (1999) Will 50 cooks spoil the broth? The debate over entrusting Head Start to the states, American Psychologist, 54, 327-343
  • de Mesquita PB, Gilliam WS (1994) Differential diagnosis of childhood depression: using comorbidity and symptom overlap to generate multiple hypotheses, Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 24, 157-172
  • Mason EJ, Long D, Gilliam W, Smith TA (1994) , 5th Edition, Applying educational psychology: Test bank, New York, Longman
  • Ruchkin V, Gilliam WS, Mayes LC, Developmental pathways modeling in considering behavior problems in young Russian children, Child Psychiatry and Human Development, In Press
  • Sosinsky LS, Gilliam WS, Child care: How pediatricians can support children and families In Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF (eds), , Nelson textbook of pediatrics, 18th Edition, Philadelphia, Elsivier, In Press (bookchapter)

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