Early Literacy Research Library (ELRL) - Profile

Dominique Charlot-Swilley, PhD

Contact Email: dc1203@georgetown.edu

affiliations

Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington, DC
Psychologist; Assistant Professor; Co-Director, Infant Early Childhood Family Certificate Program; Program Director, Project LAUNCH


biography

Dominique Charlot-Swilley, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor, Senior Research Policy at the Center for Child & Human Development, Department of Pediatrics at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, and the Director of Provider Wellbeing for Early Childhood Innovation Network (ECIN). Dr. Charlot-Swilley’s work is co-situated in early childhood and pediatric primary care. She has over two decades of experience working with infants, toddlers, and their families in Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD, and Miami, FL. In this capacity, Dr. Charlot-Swilley has been dedicated to intervention science that focuses on provider wellbeing, social emotional learning, and early relational health. As a community-based researcher and mindfulness meditation teacher the issues of social justice, systems equity are relevant in her work as well as recognizing and incorporating indigenous knowledge systems in data practices. She co-founded and co-developed the Certificate in Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health: Family Leadership Track for parents, caregivers, and community members to become frontline community mental health workers. Dr. Charlot-Swilley also developed CPR^2: Compassion, Practice, Relationship, & Restoration, a wellness group-based intervention to promote the wellbeing of early childhood and pediatric providers. Her wellness work has extended to co-creating an online platform for behavioral health providers to assess their individual and organizational wellbeing and engage in continuous quality improvement.


Research Interests

  • Reach out and Read (ROR)
  • ROR in early infancy
  • Anticipatory Guidance
  • Early Relational Health
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Shared Reading
  • Community
  • Reflective Practice & Consultation
  • Provider Wellness

Past Research

Mindfulness Interventions
Early Childhood Educator Wellness
Virtual wellness parent group in pediatric setting

Ongoing Research

Leveraging peer workers (Community Health Workers)
Early childhood wellness

Future Research

Early Relational Health


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