A5052199004- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Language Development and Disorders
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Infant Health and Development
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Stanford University
2014-2025
University of Oregon
2017-2023
Doernbecher Children's Hospital
2023
Oregon Health & Science University
2023
RELX Group (Netherlands)
2016
As rates of prematurity continue to rise, identifying which preterm children are at increased risk for learning disabilities is a public health imperative. Identifying continuities between early and later skills in this vulnerable population can also illuminate fundamental neuropsychological processes that support all children. At 18 months adjusted age, we used socioeconomic status (SES), medical variables, parent-reported vocabulary, scores on the Bayley Scales Infant Toddler Development...
This study examined associations between caregiver talk and language skills in full term ( FT ) preterm PT children n = 97). All‐day recordings of caregiver–child interactions revealed striking similarities amount heard by children. Children who more at 16 months demonstrated better knowledge‐ processing‐based 18 months. The unique contributions were tempered medical risk children, especially for processing speed. However, there was no evidence that birth status or moderated the effects...
The World Health Organization in its recommendations for the care of preterm infants has drawn attention to need address issues related family involvement and support, including education, counseling, discharge preparation, peer support. A failure these may translate into poor outcomes that extend across lifespan. In this paper, we review often far-reaching impact birth on health wellbeing parents highlight ways which psychological stress have a negative long-term parent-child interaction,...
ABSTRACT: Objective: Identifying which preterm (PT) children are at increased risk of language and learning differences increases opportunities for participation in interventions that improve outcomes. Speed spoken comprehension early stages development requires information processing skills may form the foundation later school-relevant skills. In born full-term, speed comprehending words an eye-tracking task 2 years old predicted nonverbal cognition 8 old. Here, we explore extent to 1.5...
Delays in expressive vocabulary may be harbingers of long-term language difficulties. In toddlers born full term (FT), individual differences processing speed are associated with variation growth. Children preterm (PT) at increased risk for persistent deficits. Here, we evaluate predictors early growth PT relation to two sources variability: and medical complications prematurity. Vocabulary from 16 30 months (adjusted degree prematurity) was modeled longitudinally using parent reports...
Though the cause of motor abnormalities in cerebral palsy is injury to brain, structural changes muscle and fascia may add stiffness reduced function. This study examined whether Myofascial Structural Integration therapy (MSI), a complementary treatment that manipulates fascia, would improve gross function gait children < 4 years with palsy. Participants (N=29) were enrolled randomized controlled trial (RCT: NCT01815814, https://goo.gl/TGxvwd) or Open Label Extension. The main outcome was...
Children with spastic cerebral palsy experience difficulty ambulation. Structural changes in muscle and fascia may play a role abnormal gait. Myofascial structural integration (Rolfing) is manual therapy that manipulates soft tissues to loosen layers, reposition muscles, facilitate alignment. This study aimed document (1) gait characteristics of 2 children (2) effects myofascial on their received 3 months weekly sessions by an experienced practitioner. Gait parameters were recorded at...
Associations between children's early language processing efficiency and later verbal non-verbal outcomes shed light on the extent to which information skills support learning across different domains of function. Examining whether strengths associations are similar in typically developing at-risk populations provides an additional lens into varying routes that children may take development. In this follow-up study, born full-term (FT, n = 49) preterm (PT, 45, ≤32 weeks gestational age,...
The aims of this study were to examine phonological short-term memory in children born preterm (PT) and explore relations between neuropsychological process later language skills.Children PT (n = 74) full term (FT; n 60) participated a nonword repetition (NWR) task at 36 months old. Standardized measures skills administered 54 Group differences NWR completion scores analyzed. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses examined the extent which ability predicted performance on measures.More...
Variation in skill at processing language real time toddlerhood, i.e., efficiency, has been shown to be associated with variation later and non-verbal cognitive outcomes full term (FT) preterm (PT) children. However, no studies date have assessed relations between early efficiency pre-literacy skills whether these operate directly on or indirectly, via other skills, such as expressive language. In this study, participants (n=94, 49 FT, 45 PT) were the looking-while-listening (LWL) task 18...
Associations between children’s early language processing efficiency and later verbal non-verbal outcomes shed light on the extent to which information skills support learning across different domains of function. Examining whether strengths associations are similar in typically developing at-risk populations provides an additional lens into varying routes that children may take development. In this follow-up study, born full-term (FT) preterm (PT) (n=94, 49 FT, 45 PT) were assessed Looking...
•Associations between early language processing efficiency in toddlerhood and later standardized test performance inform the extent to which information skills support learning across domains.•Comparing patterns of associations children from different clinical groups (e.g., born full term preterm) further informs whether neurobiological risk alters developmental pathways.•Early was associated with pre-literacy outcomes a similar for preterm children, suggesting underlying mechanisms....