A5018089563- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Family and Disability Support Research
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Community Health and Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Education Systems and Policy
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Educational Environments and Student Outcomes
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Fordham University
2013-2023
Analytical Mechanics Associates (United States)
2019
National Institute of Aerospace
2019
Pennsylvania State University
2019
New York University
2011
Belfast City Hospital
2007
Iowa State University
2007
University of Ulster
2007
New York College of Health Professions
2003
Columbia University
1992-1996
Validating frameworks for understanding classroom processes that contribute to student learning and development is important advance the scientific study of teaching. This article presents one such framework, Teaching through Interactions, which posits teacher-student interactions are a central driver organizes into three major domains. Results provide evidence across 4,341 preschool elementary classrooms (1) comprise distinct emotional, organizational, instructional domains; (2)...
Understanding teachers’ stress is of critical importance to address the challenges in today’s educational climate. Growing numbers teachers are reporting high levels occupational stress, and teacher turnover having a negative impact on education quality. Cultivating Awareness Resilience Education (CARE for Teachers) mindfulness-based professional development program designed promote social emotional competence improve quality classroom interactions. The efficacy was assessed using cluster...
This study contributes to ongoing scholarship at the nexus of translational research, education reform, and developmental prevention sciences. It reports 2-year experimental impacts a universal, integrated school-based intervention in social-emotional learning literacy development on children's social-emotional, behavioral, academic functioning. The employed school-randomized, design with 1,184 children 18 elementary schools. Children schools showed improvements across several domains:...
This study capitalizes on recent advances in the reliable and valid measurement of classroom-level social processes known to influence children's social-emotional academic development addresses a number limitations our current understanding teacher- intervention-related impacts elementary school classroom processes. A cluster randomized controlled trial design was employed (a) examine whether teacher functioning forecasts differences quality 3rd-grade classrooms, (b) test experimental impact...
Previous research has demonstrated that teacher–child relationship quality and classroom emotional climate are each related to children’s social-emotional academic development, yet work examining interactional at both child levels simultaneously is limited. The current study examines whether as perceived by teachers children associated with outcomes over one school year these associations moderated the of climate. Participants included 526 Grade 3–5 students their 35 from six urban public...
There is consensus in the literature that end of life care for patients with chronic illness suboptimal, but research on specific needs this population limited.This study aimed to use a mixed methodology and case approach explore palliative non-cancer diagnosis from perspectives patient, their significant other clinical team responsible care. Patients (n = 18) had either end-stage heart failure, renal failure or respiratory disease.The Short Form 36 Hospital Anxiety Depression Questionnaire...
This study evaluated the short-term impact of a school-based violence prevention initiative on developmental processes thought to place children at risk for future aggression and examined influence classroom neighborhood contexts effectiveness initiative. Two waves data (fall spring) were analyzed from 1st year evaluation Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP), which includes 5053 grades two six 11 elementary schools in New York City. Three distinct profiles exposure intervention...
The present study addressed 3 questions concerning (a) the course of developmental trajectories toward violence over middle childhood, (b) whether and how these differed by demographic subgroups children, (c) responsive were to a universal, school-based preventive intervention. Four waves data on features children's social-emotional development known forecast aggression/violence collected in fall spring 2 years for highly representative sample 1st 6th grade children from New York City public...
To report experimental impacts of a universal, integrated school-based intervention in social-emotional learning and literacy development on change over 1 school year 3rd-grade children's social-emotional, behavioral, academic outcomes.This study employed school-randomized, design included 942 children (49% boys; 45.6% Hispanic/Latino, 41.1% Black/African American, 4.7% non-Hispanic White, 8.6% other racial/ethnic groups, including Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American) 18 New York City...
Abstract Peer influence and social interactions can give rise to spillover effects in which the exposure of one individual may affect outcomes other individuals. Even if intervention under study occurs at group or cluster level as group-randomized trials, occur when mediator interest is measured a lower than treatment. Evaluators who choose groups rather individuals experimental units randomized trial often anticipate that desirable changes targeted behaviors will be reinforced through...
This qualitative collective case study investigates elementary teachers' experience with stress and the mechanisms of change related to developing resilience following a mindfulness-based intervention, Cultivating Awareness Resilience in Education (CARE). Results suggest that amount teachers is less important than how they conceptualize their stress. Teachers who developed exercised mindful awareness nonreactivity coupled healthy distress tolerance sense efficacy. Other protective factors...
Mounting evidence suggests teacher–child race/ethnicity matching and classroom diversity benefit Black Latinx children's academic socioemotional development. However, less is known about whether the effects of differ across levels diversity. This study examined on teacher‐reported child outcomes in a racially/ethnically diverse sample teachers children, moderation using multilevel models. Data were drawn from professional learning involving 224 ( M age = 41.5) 5,200 children 7.7) 36 New York...
This study evaluated the extent to which fourth‐grade students ( M age = 8.62) select and are influenced by their peers' aggressive prosocial behavior intra‐individual social cognitions moderate these processes. Two waves of data were collected in fall spring one academic year from children attending 18 N ew Y ork C ity public elementary schools. Stochastic actor‐based network analysis was used evaluate whether participants modify or response peers. Findings support an average main effect...
Mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) for teachers can improve classroom interactions, teacher mindfulness, and well-being, yet whether focused MBIs also benefit children remains largely unexplored. This cluster randomized trial with 36 urban elementary schools, 224 K-5th grade (Mage = 41.5) 5200 7.7 years, tested direct moderated effects of the Cultivating Awareness Resilience in Education (CARE) professional development program on eight child academic social emotional outcomes, most...
The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) is a comprehensive, school-based program in conflict resolution and intercultural understanding implemented more than 110 New York City public schools. National Center for Children Poverty currently conducting an evaluation of the grades 1-6, although itself K-12. following components are included: teacher training, classroom instruction staff development, curriculum, administrators' peer mediation, parent targeted intervention high-risk...
Abstract In this article we present a vision of applied developmental science (ADS) as means promoting social justice and socio-political well-being. This draws upon the field's significant accomplishments in identifying strengthening assets marginalized youth communities, understanding effects poverty racial discrimination on individual family well-being positive development through civic engagement programs. It also highlights potential linkages between ADS other fields working to identify...
The current study examines 3 alternative conceptual models of the directional associations between parent involvement in schooling (homework assistance, home-school conferencing, school-based support) and child adjustment (academic social competence, aggressive behaviors). socialization model tests hypothesis that contributes to prospective adjustment. proposition children’s affects schooling. transactional are reciprocally related over time. These tested with a large sample low-income,...
The aim of this study was to assess the measurement invariance 2 commonly used measures youth psychopathic characteristics across sex and racial/ethnic groups. Among a community sample Hispanic Black adolescents (N = 355; 50.5% female; mean age 15.09) their parents, tested configural metric Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (LSRP; Levenson, Fitzpatrick, & Kiehl, 1995) parent-report version Inventory Callous-Unemotional Traits (Frick, 2004). Preliminary analyses indicated that in present...