Article archive / April 1, 2015
Originally published: . Volume 6, No. 4. Source pages: 11.
Tulane’s Dr. Jeffrey Lockman co-chaired the biennial conference of the national Society for Research in Child Development, held March 19 –21 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Tulane’s researchers and scientists presented numerous studies, and Tulane’s Dr. Oscar Barbarin was honored with the award for Distinguished Contributions to Understanding International, Cultural and Contextual Diversity in Child Development by the Society.
In Lockman’s welcome address, he and co- chair, Catherine Tamis-LeMonda, noted that they designed the invited program to span, “ developmental domains and levels, including epigenetics, brain processes and development, children of war, ethnic and racial identity, gender development, …” and many others. And, they included new formats to facilitate dialogue where presenters and members follow-up the session with discussion. Also, Lockman said they included “Sessions that address the public face of science –– including research media collaboration and ‘taking science to the streets.’”
Among this year’s activities, Dr. Oscar Barbarin chaired the Invited Address, “Ethnic-Racial Identity Across Space and Time: Considerations for Future Research and Intervention.”
Included in Tulane’s researchers was Stephanie Aaron and Dr. Courtney Baker, with “The Role of Parental Involvement and Peer-Mediation on the Effectiveness of Early Interventions for Children with Autism.”
“Better Understanding Associations of Social Cognitions, Distress, and Leadership with Aggression for High Risk Urban Youth,” was presented by Stephen Leff, Dr. Baker, and Tracy Evian Waasdorp.
“Social Learning in Early Manual Skill Development,” was offerend by Tulane’s Jennifer Erin Maldarelli, Claire Burns, Bjoern Kahrs, and Dr. Jeffrey Lockman.
Nicholas Fears, Kahrs, and Lockman also presented “Visual Efficiency in Handwriting.”
“Preschoolers’ Core Number Abilities Predict Emerging Math Competence; A Latent Profile Approach,” was presented by Tulane Assistant Professor Dr. Sarah Gray and Robert A Reeve.
“Planning and End-State Comfort when Grasping Baby Bottles,” was presented by Wendy Jung, Bjoern Kahrs, Brittany DeVries, Madeleine Schwartz, and Dr. Lockman.
“Strategies for Orienting Objects during Hand-to-Mouth Transport in Infants,” was presented by Ashley Smith, Bjoern Kahrs, and Dr. Lockman.
“Culture influences action understanding in infancy: A comparative study of action prediction in Chinese and Swedish infants,” is a work presented by Dorota Green, Qi Li, Jeffrey Lockman, and Gustaf Gredebäck.
“How children learn to open containers,” was presented by Lana Karasik, David Comalli, Lok Yu Gladys Yu Gladys Chan, Danielle Kellier, Catherine Tamis-Lemonda, Jeffrey Lockman, Sneha Radhakrishnan, and Karen Adolph.
“Predictive validity of the BESS universal screener: Does student sex matter?” was presented by Elizabeth McIntyre, Paulette Carter, and Tulane Psychology Chair, Dr. Stacy Overstreet.
Katie Simon, Shereen Naser, Paulette Carter, and Dr. Overstreet presented, “What can the BESS universal screener tell us about positive student behavior?
“Universal screening in schools: Worth the time and effort,” was presented by Jorge Vallery Verlenden
Recovery of EEG Alpha Rhythm Power Following Foster Care Intervention in Previously Institutionalized Children,” was presented by Ross E Vanderwert, Charles Zeanah, Nathan A Fox, Charles Nelson.
“Bucharest Early Intervention Project: The Case for Policies Providing High Quality Foster Care for Abandoned Children,” was presented by Kathryn Humphreys, Charles Zeanah, Charles A. Nelson, and Nathan Fox.
“Psychopathology at 12 Years of Age in the Bucharest Early Intervention Project,” was presented by Dr. Charles Zeanah.
“Preschoolers’ Empathy-Related Responding to Distress in Social Partners,” was presented by Hung-Chu Lin, Associate Professor at University of Louisiana, Lafayette, and Philip Richard, Michelle Grisham, Rebecca Tacke, and Jacob Amrose.
“Use of the First Year Inventory (FYI) with Children at High- Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders,” included researchers Dr. Sarah Thomas, Juhi Pandey, Jennifer Maldarelli, Chad Chappell, Lauren Turner Brown, Annette Mercer Estes, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Robert Schultz, Grace Baranek, and Joseph Piven.
Jeffrey Lockman chaired the Paper Symposium on “Cultural Action Understanding and Development.”
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