Renovation Updates Over the past four months our two clinics, the UT Physicians Pediatric Center for Autism and Related Conditions and the Dan L Duncan Children’s Neurodevelopmental Clinic have been waiting patiently as the new space for our clinics gets remodeled. The clinicians will move into a new clinical space located in the University Center… Read more »
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Effective Connectivity Between Resting-State Networks in Depression
Published: June 15, 2022 Publication: Journal of Affective Disorders CLI Author: Dana DeMaster, PhD Abstract: Rationale: Although depression has been widely researched, findings characterizing how brain regions influence each other remains scarce, yet this is critical for research on antidepressant treatments and individual responses to particular treatments. Objectives: To identify pre-treatment resting state effective connectivity… Read more »
Spring Lunch & Learn
May 11, 2022 | United Way of Greater Houston Topic Supporting Social Emotional Development Throughout the School Year Join us to learn why a focus on social emotional development is especially vital during these changing times. Learn specific ways for integrating social and emotional learning in early childhood classrooms and where to access free, research-based… Read more »
When Seeing is Believing: A Framework for Reflective Conversations in Remote and Face-to-Face Coaching Approaches
Published: April 29, 2022 Publication: Early Childhood Education Journal CLI Authors: Maram Ahmed, Dr. April Crawford, Linda Morgan-Dorsey, Tracy Osborn, Laura Prendergast, and Dr. Cheryl Varghese Abstract: Reflective conversations between teachers and coaches are critical to helping teachers improve their classroom instruction. Coaches who encourage teachers to “see, think, and do” are better able to… Read more »
Spring Virtual Lunch & Learn
April 20, 2022 | Zoom event Teaching Together: Family Engagement that Empowers Diverse Learners This Lunch & Learn session focused on family engagement in early childhood grades of preschool to first grade. Empowering families as partners in their children’s education support team opens opportunities for schools and families to work together to extend learning to… Read more »
Autism: Myths Versus Facts
April 20, 2022 | UT Physicians | by Simone Sonnier Although autism is an extremely common disorder that affects millions of adults and children worldwide, there are still countless misconceptions surrounding the condition and its origin. “In the age of the internet and social media where we can access so much information, and it all looks very… Read more »
Researchers Focus On Early Childhood Educators’ Social and Emotional Well-Being with $2.1 Million Grant
April 19, 2022 | The Sector | by Jason Roberts Investigators at the Children’s Learning Institute at UTHealth Houston have been given a five-year, $2.1 million grant to test the impact of the Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) program on the social and emotional well-being of early childhood educators in Head Start programs across three major cities in… Read more »
Dr. Zucker to Serve as NHSA Opening Keynote Speaker
April 14, 2022 The 49th annual National Head Start Conference, held at the Baltimore Convention Center, will officially begin with an opening keynote presentation by Dr. Tricia Zucker on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Addressing an expected audience of over 3,000 attendees, Dr. Zucker will share how purposeful serve-and-return conversation helps children develop the oral language, vocabulary,… Read more »
Should I allow my confirmatory factors to correlate during factor score extraction? Implications for the applied researcher
Published: July 23, 2021 publish date. Issue date August 2022. Publication: Quality & Quantity CLI Author: Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado, PhD Abstract: With complex models becoming increasingly popular in the social sciences, many researchers have begun using latent variable modeling in multiple-steps, saving, estimating, or otherwise extracting factor scores from one confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for use… Read more »
Normalizing Perinatal Neurological Development via Intervention
Publication: Diagnosis, Management and Modeling of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: The Neuroscience of Development Chapter 43 CLI Authors: Dana DeMaster, PhD and Kelly Vaughn, PhD Abstract: This chapter integrates the available research investigating environmental factors that influence perinatal brain development. Attention is placed on reviewing factors in the NICU environment that increase biologic adversity in the months… Read more »
