A5076047104- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
- Education Discipline and Inequality
- Social Work Education and Practice
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Youth Development and Social Support
- School Choice and Performance
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
University of California, Berkeley
2010-2023
Bank Street College of Education
2018
University of Maryland, Baltimore
2016
ORT Israel
2015
Cook Medical (Australia)
2015
Social Welfare Department
2015
Peterson (Norway)
2015
Incorporated Research Institutions For Seismology
2015
Stockholm University
2015
Loyola University Chicago
2013
Abstract The goal of this study was to determine whether intensive training can ameliorate cognitive skills in children. Children aged 7 9 from low socioeconomic backgrounds participated one two programs for 60 minutes/day and 2 days/week, a total 8 weeks. Both consisted commercially available computerized non‐computerized games. Reasoning emphasized planning relational integration; speed rapid visual detection motor responses. Standard assessments reasoning ability – the Test Non‐Verbal...
OBJECTIVE. Approximately 4.4 million (7.8%) children in the United States have been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and 56% of affected take prescription medications to treat disorder. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is strongly linked low academic achievement, but association between medication use achievement school settings largely unknown. Our objective was determine if reported for positively associated during elementary school. METHOD. To estimate...
A large urban district ( N = 90,546 students, n 180 schools) implemented restorative interventions as a response to school discipline incidents. Findings from multilevel modeling of student records 9,921) revealed that youth groups tend be overrepresented in suspensions and expulsions (e.g., Black, Latino, Native American youth; boys; students special education) had similar, if not greater, rates participation than their peers. First-semester participants lower odds receiving office...
The present study investigates sleep, mood, and the proposed bidirectional relationship between two in psychiatric disorders. Participants with interepisode bipolar disorder (n = 49), insomnia 34), no history 52) completed seven consecutive days of sleep diaries mood measures. participants exhibited greater disturbance than healthy control individuals. Negative was equally heightened both insomnia, there were differences three groups positive mood. Total wake time associated next morning...
Every day across America, behavioral health problems in childhood and adolescence, from anxiety to violence, take a heavy toll on millions of lives.For decades the approach these has been treat them only after they've identified-at high ongoing cost young people, families, entire communities, our nation.Now we have 30-year body research more than 50 programs showing that can be prevented.This critical mass prevention science is converging with growing interest care, education, child...
Having parents and their children meet together to share information, address common concerns or develop supportive networks can be an efficient, effective means of providing child family mental health services. This article will provide a description multiple therapy group (MFTG) developed the needs inner city families. The structure aimed at addressing range behavioral difficulties described. Case examples highlight potential clinical benefits such groups for Obstacles that facilitators...
This study capitalizes on a unique, nested data set comprised of students ( n = 531) and teachers 45) in three high schools that explicitly incorporated student support roles into teachers' job descriptions. Drawing from research student-teacher relationships, teacher effects outcomes, role theory, this explored correlates definition. In particular, it considered breadth, or the degree to which defined their include provision various forms social emotional students. We hypothesized breadth...
Using a subsample (2174 students, 174 schools) from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS), this study drew on Eccles and Harold's (1996) framework parent involvement in schooling to estimate relative influence key child, family, school characteristics change three types student-reported between eighth tenth grades: home communication about school, monitoring, direct interactions with schools. It also examines relationships changes involvement, grade point average (GPA),...
ABSTRACT Most literature on the education of foster youth focuses their individual outcomes and characteristics. A small body documents a lack collaboration between child welfare systems. This study explores commonalities differences in perspectives system stakeholders. It draws findings from multi-county exploratory educational services for youth. The this identify several systemic barriers including placement instability within system, limited financial resources schools, poor inter-agency...
This article discusses endogeneity bias as it applies to causal inference in social work research. Drawing upon on both traditional economic and econometric perspectives well recent conceptual discussions within allied fields (e.g., public health), we define discuss key sources of bias, summarize a variety methods that may ameliorate such the applicability appearance these Social research be especially prone various given nature problems investigated, emerging state measurement, necessary...
Youth involved in child‐serving systems of care (e.g., child welfare and juvenile justice) often exhibit specific academic performance problems. The magnitude risk among these students is a serious concern given that school attachment, performance, attainment closely relate to indicators well‐being across the lifespan. It also important consider experience maltreatment linked both difficulty formal system involvement. This paper highlights recent research focused on children adolescents with...
Assessing a broad positive outcome such as well-being presents numerous challenges and empirical investigations are limited. This study used an eco-interactional-developmental perspective based on risk protective factors to examine individual contextual correlates of health in sample 20,749 ethnically diverse middle high school students. School fixed-effects regression analyses modeling composite measure function youth, peer, family, school, neighborhood characteristics indicated that the...
Recent educational programs and initiatives hinge on effective collaboration between education professionals, such as school social workers, psychologists, teachers, principals. The authors seek to build prior conceptual work explore the range of collaborative practices workers engage in with other professionals. Drawing frameworks related interprofessional schools, examined how (N = 39) report collaborating professionals based a hypothetical case designed elicit practices. To triangulate...