These RIKI Notes will chronicle the summer of 2025 regarding my research and development of the Child Care and Early Education Heart Monitor, the continued refinement of the Theory of Regulatory Compliance, research analysis of the Head Start GPMS monitoring system, and supporting NARA's work into differential monitoring.
The Summer of 2025 is a pivotal time for my research work into differential monitoring and the theory of regulatory compliance because of all the attention it has received both at the national and international levels. The original papers written on the theory continue to generate a great deal of research interest worldwide.
Richard Fiene PhD
Senior Research Psychologist
Professor of Psychology (ret)
The Pennsylvania State University
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RJ Fiene Joined: May-11-2024 |
Dr Richard Fiene, a research psychologist, has spent his professional career in improving the quality of child care in various states, nationally, and internationally. He has done extensive research and publishing on the key components in improving child care quality through an Early Childhood Program Quality Indicator Model (ECPQIM) of training, technical assistance, quality rating & improvement systems, professional development, mentoring/coaching, regulatory science, licensing, risk assessment, differential program monitoring, key indicators, and accreditation. His research has also made significant contributions in regulatory science related to measurement and monitoring systems, such as instrument-based program monitoring, differential monitoring, key indicator methodology for compliance and quality, and risk assessment methodology. In prevention science, his research has led to the identification of key Regulatory indicators that keep children healthy and safe while in child care
