- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Coronary Artery Anomalies
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
- Science Education and Pedagogy
- Platelet Disorders and Treatments
- Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies
- Abdominal Trauma and Injuries
- Education Systems and Policy
- Critical Race Theory in Education
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Educational Environments and Student Outcomes
Yale University
2015-2017
New York Medical College
2009
City University of New York
2000-2008
The Graduate Center, CUNY
2000-2008
Hunter College
2005-2008
University of Illinois Chicago
2005-2008
College of Staten Island
2002
New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities
2002
Abilene Christian University
1993-2001
Pennsylvania State University
1987
Each year, more than 10 million people enter US jails, most returning home within a few weeks. Because jails concentrate with infectious and chronic diseases, substance abuse, mental health problems, reentry policies often exacerbate these the experiences of leaving jail may contribute to inequities in low-income communities which they return. Our study year after release 491 adolescent males 476 adult women from New York City shows that both populations have low employment rates incomes...
To assess psychological skills relevant to exceptional athletic performance, a 51-item questionnaire was administered national sample of 713 male and female athletes from 23 sports. The athlete comprised 126 elite competitors, 141 preelite athletes, 446 nonelite collegiate athletes. Sixteen leading sport psychologists also completed the as they thought ideal might. Omnibus, individual item, discriminant, regression, factor, cluster analyses all revealed significant differences among...
In order to document urban youth experiences of adults in positions public authority, including police, educators, social workers and guards, a broad based street survey 911 New York City‐based was conducted which youth, stratified by race, ethnicity, gender borough, were asked about their with, attitudes toward, trust adult surveillance communities schools. In‐depth telephone interviews with 36 who have experienced serious, adverse interactions or educators. Findings suggest that overall,...
Although intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is effective therapy for Kawasaki disease, 10-20% of patients have recrudescent fever as a sign persistent inflammation and require additional treatment. We aimed to compare infliximab with second infusion IVIG treatment resistant disease.In this multicentre comparative effectiveness trial, (aged 4 weeks 17 years) disease at least 36 h after completion their first were recruited from 30 hospitals across the USA. Patients randomly assigned (1:1) (2...
Each year, more than 10 million people enter US jails, most returning home within a few weeks. Because jails concentrate with infectious and chronic diseases, substance abuse, mental health problems, reentry policies often exacerbate these the experiences of leaving jail may contribute to inequities in low-income communities which they return. Our study year after release 491 adolescent males 476 adult women from New York City shows that both populations have low employment rates incomes...
The dimensionality of career indecisiveness has continually eluded researchers for several years. These measures have been either purely theoretical or empirical, neglecting the other domain. A relatively new instrument, Career Decision Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ), is based on a taxonomy decision-making difficulties. This study assesses reliability and construct validity CDDQ, along with differences between decided undecided groups. sample included 268 university students. Convergent...
Background We investigated mother–child relationships and self‐esteem of typical children mothers with intellectual disability. Methods Eighteen girls 18 boys from various ethnic groups were administered questionnaires to assess: (a) attachment style; (b) caregiver (c) perception maternal stigma; (d) self‐esteem. The also asked list the identities or roles that they play in life. Results suggested that: relationship between child's stigma mother is mediated by warmth mother's caregiving if...
Abstract The inter‐rater and test‐retest reliabilities, intemal consistencies of the Reiss Screen for Maladaptive Behavior (Reiss 1987) were evaluated on a random sample adults with moderate through profound mental retardation living in an institutional setting. Generally, showed good reliability, modest to consistency. This suggests that has psychometric robustness.
This qualitative study explored the issues and outcomes associated with implementing Playtime Is Science for Students Disabilities, a curriculum materials that were modified students who visually impaired. It found several student-related outcomes, such as persistence, positive peer-related skills, risk taking, making meaningful connections about world, themes regarding implementation of curriculum, teachers’ interest level, power, how teachers supported students’ learning.
When students in a New Jersey public middle school decided to learn about their community's history of desegregation through year-long language arts and social studies project, no one imagined how powerful the experience would be for everyone involved. In addition digging up newspaper articles historical documents, they interviewed town residents who had participated struggle desegregate schools North. They soon learned everyday people became activists, bus could symbolize political...
Each morning, 10 yellow school buses end their circuit through Montclair, New Jersey, to drop off 149 of Renaissance Middle School's 225 students. Ali, grandson Charles and Marjorie Baskerville, is among the group students who arrive by bus. Ali's grandparents with other community activists, almost forty years ago, began long hard fight for integration in this northern town. After court battles, parent meetings, resistance, ultimate victory, struggle resulted a public system dedicated both...
ABSTRACT There is currently a controversy regarding the use of non‐aversive and aversive procedures in treatment severe behaviour problems individuals with mental retardation. One specific criticism directed at professionals who support position that they have taken quotations from scientific articles out context order to give impression empirical for their position. The present authors addressed this issue by assessing social validity references made selected argument monograph Guess et al....
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from the 18th Annual Meeting 89 recall composite memory (61%), but insertion of an incorrect letter lengthened it significantly (83%) compared to control condition (F(2.73)= 106.1,p = <.001).Correlation analysis between neuropsychological and word puzzle indices demonstrated a relative independence neurocognitive domains' involvement in by incomplete set stimuli (r ranged .01 .21).The results underscore that memories are often recalled detection stimulus.Although underlying anatomical...