Featured Initiatives
Language as a Missing Link Toolkit
Language development dramatically and positively impacts life outcomes–but too often it’s overlooked. Conversely, the failure to develop a capacity for effective communication jeopardizes emotional well-being and educational attainment.
The Language as a Missing Link toolkit is designed for individuals, practitioners, and policymakers to integrate and sustain a proactive approach that employs language as a well-being indicator that is foundational for educational, mental health, and well-being outcomes.
“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.” Alexander Den Heijer
Annual Governor’s Summit
The Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy was proud to host the 2024 Annual Governor’s Summit on Early Language and Literacy on July 17th-18th. Each year, the Deal Center hosts the Summit to showcase current research, practice, and policy related to early language and literacy development from birth through age eight for the state of Georgia.