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 »
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Teachers’ use of questions during shared book reading: Relations to child responses
Published: June 25, 2019 Publication: Early Childhood Research Quarterly CLI Author: Tricia A, Zucker, PhD Abstract: This study examined the extent to which preschool teachers used different types of questions during classroom-based shared book reading. Our goals were to describe the question wording teachers use to elicit child responses and to consider sequential relations between… Read more »
A School for Victoria
February 27, 2022 | Victoria Advocate: School Matters | by Laura Prendergast Opening a new early childhood campus in Victoria during the pandemic was a bold decision by both the Victoria Independent School District and the Children’s Learning Institute at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. After working diligently to get our new… Read more »
How the Amount of Teacher Spanish Use Interacts with Classroom Quality to Support English/Spanish DLLs’ Vocabulary
Published: February 23, 2022 Publication: Early Education and Development CLI Author: Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado, PhD Abstract: Research Findings: We examined the amount of preschool lead/assistant teachers’ English/Spanish language use and relations between quality of teacher-child interactions, and Dual Language Learners’ (DLLs) English/Spanish bilingual vocabulary in 31 English-medium Head Start classrooms. Measures in this study included (a)… Read more »
An Ode to Fetal, Infant, and Toddler Neuroimaging: Chronicling Early Clinical to Research Applications with MRI, and an Introduction to an Academic Society Connecting the Field
Published: February 17, 2022 Publication: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience CLI Author: Kelly A. Vaughn, PhD Abstract: Fetal, infant, and toddler neuroimaging is commonly thought of as a development of modern times (last two decades). Yet, this field mobilized shortly after the discovery and implementation of MRI technology. Here, we provide a review of the parallel advancements… Read more »
Effective Connectivity in the Default Mode Network After Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Published: January 2022 Publication: European Journal of Neuroscience CLI Authors: Dana M. DeMaster, PhD, Linda Ewing-Cobbs, PhD, and Kelly A. Vaughn, PhD Abstract: Children who experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at elevated risk for a range of negative cognitive and neuropsychological outcomes. Identifying which children are at greatest risk for negative outcomes can… Read more »
Novel Oppositional Defiant Disorder 12 Months After Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents
Published: January 18, 2022 Publication: The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences CLI Author: Linda, Ewing-Cobbs, PhD Abstract: Objective: The investigators examined the factors predictive of novel oppositional defiant disorder in the 6-12 months following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods: Children ages 5-14 years old who experienced a TBI were recruited from consecutive admissions to… Read more »
Contextual Features in the Developing Hippocampus: A Representational Similarity Analysis
Published: January 6, 2022 Publication: Hippocampus CLI Author: Dana DeMaster, PhD Abstract: Functional divisions of labor in support of memory have been reported along the anterior–posterior axis of the hippocampus. However, little is known about how the developing hippocampus represents associative memories along this axis. The present research employed representational similarity analysis to ask whether… Read more »
Teachers’ Use of Scaffolds Within Conversations During Shared Book Reading
Published: January 5, 2022 Publication: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools CLI Author: Tricia Zucker, PhD Abstract: Purpose: We studied conversations initiated through teacher questions during shared book reading in prekindergarten and kindergarten classrooms as these conversations provide opportunities for the teacher to scaffold emerging language skills. This study provides detailed analysis of scaffolding… Read more »
A Preliminary DTI Tractography Study of Developmental Neuroplasticity 5-15 Years After Early Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury
Published: December 22, 2021 Publication: Frontiers in Neurology CLI Author: Linda Ewing-Cobbs, PhD Abstract: Plasticity is often implicated as a reparative mechanism when addressing structural and functional brain development in young children following traumatic brain injury (TBI); however, conventional imaging methods may not capture the complexities of post-trauma development. The present study examined the cingulum… Read more »