The Children’s Learning Institute (CLI) at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is the preeminent resource for learning solutions that produce tested, proven, effective results through scientific research and evidence-based interventions.
Under the co-direction of April Crawford, PhD and Tricia Zucker, PhD, CLI combines data and studies from the fields of psychology, neurodevelopment, education, and child development to provide learning solutions derived from and supported by documented research. While several programs came together to form the Children’s Learning Institute in 2003 by our founding director, nationally recognized early childhood expert Susan H. Landry, PhD, our research represents work that started in the 1980s. Drs. Crawford and Zucker assumed co-direction of CLI in September 2020.
CLI’s mission is to advance learning and health outcomes for all children through research, resource development, clinical programs, and service delivery.