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Our Story.
It all started with a question: How can we make research-based, accessible, and impactful early childhood resources to support children’s social-emotional and academic skills ?
THRIVEin3 was founded by expert researchers from the University of Virginia to do just that.
Our Founders
Early Learning Experts
from the University of Virginia
Founder
Dr. Amanda Williford
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Batten Bicentennial Professor of Early Childhood Education, Associate Director for Early Childhood Education & CASTL Clinical Psychologist at the University of Virginia. Co-author of the STREAMin3 Curriculum Model.
Founder
Kate Matthew
Project Director and co-author of the STREAMin3 Curriculum Model at the University of Virginia. Former Head Start teacher, family visitor, and early childhood community consultant.
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Our Launch
The STREAMin3 curriculum model launched first to Virginia classrooms in 2016. Through a partnership and support from the Virginia Department of Education, STREAMin3 was provided as a free curriculum option and quickly became the most commonly used curriculum across publicly funded programs in VA. Learn more about how STREAMin3 took off, the partners who have invested to help us along the way, and join the thousands of classrooms already using the curriculum today.
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