August 25, 2022 | UTHealth Houston | by the Office of Development Helping children reach their full potential sets in motion a cascade of positive change. Each child served will grow to share the fullness of their talents. Each family will be stronger, each community more robust. These goals are at the heart of CenterPoint Energy’s… Read more »
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Novel Psychiatric Disorder 6 Months After Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents
Published: August 22, 2022 Publication: The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences CLI Author: Linda Ewing-Cobbs, PhD Abstract: Objective: To investigate the factors predictive of novel psychiatric disorders in the interval 0–6 months following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods: Children ages 5–14 years consecutively hospitalized for mild to severe TBI at five hospitals were recruited. Participants were… Read more »
An Opportunity to Increase Collaborative Science in Fetal, Infant, and Toddler Neuroimaging
Published: July 21, 2022 Publication: Biological Psychiatry CLI Author: Kelly A. Vaughn, PhD Abstract: The field of fetal, infant, and toddler (FIT) neuroimaging research—including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography, and functional near-infrared spectroscopy, among others—offers pioneering insights into early brain development and has grown in popularity over the past 2 decades. In broader… Read more »
Low-Income Elementary Students Access to Books & Reading Motivation
Published: July 9, 2022 Publication: Reading Psychology CLI Authors: Tricia Zucker,PhD and Yoonkyung Oh, PhD Abstract: This study examines the feasibility of adding a proximal outcome survey to a book distribution program. We also examine access to books at home for Grade 3 to 5 students experiencing poverty and relations with reading motivation and reading… Read more »
Clinic Updates
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
