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CCF Speaker Series Anil Chacko, Ph.D. 4-7-2017
Leveraging People, Places, and Products to Increase Access to Evidence-based Parenting Interventions
Anil Chacko, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1) Participants will be able to describe the role of task-shifting to expand capacity to deliver evidence-based interventions.
2) Participants will be able to enumerate at least three ways that traditional intervention development and design constrains implementation and sustainability of interventions in community settings.
3) Participants will be able to discuss common elements for intervention development and discuss adaptive methods for training and supervision of mental health care providers.
Anil Chacko Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, New York University
4/7/2017 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Alexandra L. Quittner, Ph.D. 2-26-2016
Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis and Parent Caregivers
Alexandra L. Quittner, Ph.D.
We conducted a large-scale screening study (the TIDES Study: The International Depression/Anxiety Epidemiological Study) in 9 countries. We screened over 6000 individuals with cystic fibrosis ages 12 through adulthood and over 4100 parent caregivers using 3 screening tools. We found elevated rates of depression and anxiety, about 2-3 times the prevalence found in the community, using 3 screening tools (Quittner et al., 2014). We also compared symptoms of psychological distress in over 1200 parent-teen dyads and found high levels of comorbidity among family members. A large, international multidisciplinary group of pulmonologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, psychopharmacologists, social workers, and individuals with CF and a parent reviewed the literature and recommended annual screening of psychological distress, beginning at age 12 for patients and for all parents of children with CF from birth to age 17, using the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 (Quittner et al., Thorax, 2015). Efforts to disseminate and implement these guidelines have begun in the US and Europe.
Alexandra L. Quittner Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Pediatrics, and Otolaryngology, Department of Psychology, University of Miami
2/26/2016 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Amy K. Roy, Ph.D. 2-15-2019
Severe Temper Outbursts: Indicators of Emotion Dysregulation in Children
Amy K. Roy, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
Discuss current issues in the assessment and characterization of pediatric irritability and temper outbursts.
Describe recent neuroimaging findings regarding pediatric irritability and temper outbursts.
List at least one component of temper outbursts that may have unique clinical relevance and neural bases.
Amy K. Roy Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, Fordham Universtiy
2/15/2019 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Anna Shusterman Ph.D. 10-17-2014
The Language/Thought Interface in Development
Anna Shusterman, Ph.D.
How do language and thought influence each other during development? Drawing on the cases of spatial and numerical cognition, I will discuss recent work from my lab exploring this question. For both cases, I will show evidence of previously unreported correlations between these two domains that raise questions about the mechanisms through which language and cognition become linked. In the case of space, I will focus on three studies exploring the hypothesis that acquiring frame-of-reference terms (left-right, north-south) causally affects spatial representation in three different populations: English-speaking preschoolers, two cohorts of Nicaraguan Sign Language users, and Kichwa-speaking adults outside of Quito, Ecuador (*Kichwa is a dialect of Quechua spoken in Ecuador). In the case of number, I will focus on emerging evidence that numerical acuity (in the analog magnitude system) and the acquisition of counting knowledge are correlated even in preschoolers, and show some new data from oral-deaf preschoolers that could begin to shed light on the causal direction of this relationship. These studies suggest that language acquisition is deeply tied to the development of non-verbal conceptual systems for representing space and number, raising new questions and hypotheses about the roots of this relationship.
Anna Shusterman Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University
10/17/2014 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Anna Shusterman, Ph.D. 1-14-2020
Meaningful Translation of Research to Practice in Developmental Psychology: Core Principles and Case Studies
Anna Shusterman, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1. Present a blueprint for the translation of developmental science to practice.
2. Articulate ten core principles for bridging the research-to-practice gap.
3. Discuss ways to maximize opportunities and ways to increase uptake of research-based ideas by addressing the authentic needs of practitioners and real-world settings.
Anna Shusterman Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University
1/14/2020 5:30:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Anthony Spirito, Ph.D. 12-1-2017
Clinical challenges in treating the most high risk suicidal adolescents: Results from a recently completed RCT
Anthony Spirito, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1) Describe the components of an integrated CBT protocol for adolescents with co-occurring disorders.
2) Become familiar with the factors that may affect replication in clinical trials.
3) Describe potential new approaches for improving outcomes for treatment-resistant adolescents with co-occurring disorders.
Anthony Spirito Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
12/1/2017 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Asia Eaton, Ph.D., Stacy Frazier, Ph.D., Dionne Stephens, Ph.D.
Addressing Cultural Identities When Conducting Research in Miami: Black, Hispanic, and LGBTQ
Asia Eaton, Ph.D., Stacy Frazier, Ph.D., Dionne Stephens, Ph.D.
What is the difference between Hispanic and Latina/o? What are the different identities that make up Miami's Black communities? How do you access diverse LGBTQ populations? Does it matter?
Although Miami is celebrated for its diversity, the intricacies of various cultural identities are not clear among many who are doing research in this large, urban center. Dr. Asia Eaton, Dr. Stacy Frazier and Dr. Dionne Stephens will lead this informal panel discussion that provides an overview of their experiences conducting research in various communities in and around Miami, and offer suggestions for engaging in true community participatory research.
Asia A. Eaton Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Florida International University
11/6/2015 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Beatriz Luna, Ph.D. 1-15-2016
Specialization of Brain Systems Underlying the Maturation of Working Memory
Beatriz Luna, Ph.D.
Working memory (WM) is a core executive function that has a protracted maturation into young adulthood and is particularly vulnerable to psychopathology and substance use. A set of longitudinal fMRI studies probing WM changes from 8 to 30 years of age will be presented characterizing normative development and elucidating both changes in refinement of brain systems and variability in engaging brain states. In addition, preliminary finding on the effects of age of onset of cannabis use on WM performance and brain systems will be discussed. Together, these studies suggest that working memory systems are available by childhood but continue to improve through adulthood and have specific vulnerability to early cannabis use.
Beatriz Luna Ph.D., Staunton Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
1/15/2016 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Bethany Teachman, Ph.D. 1-22-2021
MindTrails: Using technology to change anxious thinking in the real world
Bethany Teachman, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1. Discuss the need to increase access to mental health services and ways technology can help meet that need.
2. Describe the relationship between biased processing of threatening information and the maintenance of anxiety.
3. Assess the progress made and remaining challenges in delivering cognitive bias modification interventions to reduce threat interpretations and anxiety symptoms.
Bethany Teachman Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia
1/22/2021 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Catherine Bradshaw, Ph.D. 10-13-2017
School-Based Prevention of Behavioral and Mental Health Problems: Integrating and Advancing the Evidence Base
Catherine Bradshaw, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1) Describe the state of the science of school-based prevention research related to aggressive behavior problems.
2) Apply principles from the field of prevention science in order to understand high quality implement on programs in schools.
3) Prepare researchers to examine variation in program impact in relation to individual-level factors, as well as school contextual factors.
Catherine Bradshaw Ph.D., Professor, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
10/13/2017 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Elisa Trucco, Ph.D. 12-15-2014
Adolescent Substance Use: An Ecological Analysis of Risk and Protection
Elisa Trucco, Ph.D.
Substance use represents a major public health concern facing youth in the United States. Although rates and financial costs associated with youth alcohol and drug use are staggering, prevention programs have yielded limited effects. Accordingly, identification of precursors to alcohol and drug use in adolescence is likely to enhance effective preventive interventions. To this end, researchers highlight the importance of ecological models to identify risk and protective factors across multiple social contexts. Ecological models posit that adolescents are socialized via distal (e.g., neighborhoods) and proximal (e.g., peers) social systems. Moreover, individual characteristics (e.g., genes) likely impact the degree of susceptibility to these social contexts. Although ecological models help organize a vast array of factors contributing to maladaptive outcomes, few studies empirically test their core features. Adequately testing ecological models requires an interdisciplinary approach as well as advanced quantitative methods to preserve the natural complexity of etiological processes involved in substance use disorders. This presentation focuses on two studies that offer an ecological analysis of risk and protective factors on problem behavior in adolescence. Study 1 identifies key mechanisms through which disadvantaged neighborhoods impact adolescent alcohol use. Study 2 challenges traditional categorizations of genetic variants as purely risk factors increasing vulnerability to adverse social contexts. Collectively, this program of research supports the utility of ecological models to understand ways in which individual characteristics and social environments work synergistically to inform etiological processes of substance use disorders. Clinical implications gleaned from this work will be discussed as well as future directions.
Elisa Trucco Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Florida International University
12/15/2014 8:30:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Ellen Leibenluft, M.D. 4-5-2019
Irritability in Youth: What We Know and What We Need to Learn
Ellen Leibenluft, M.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1) Describe longitudinal associations between irritability and other psychiatric illness
2) Explain a translational model of psychological and biological mechanisms mediating irritability in youth
3) Be able to analyze the implications of this model for the design of novel interventions
Ellen Leibenluft M.D., Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health
4/5/2019 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Eric Youngstrom, Ph.D. 9-11-2015
Working Smarter, Not Harder: Evidence Based Assessment of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
Eric Youngstrom, Ph.D.
There are now more than 8700 articles on bipolar disorders in children and adolescents, with more than 90% published in the last 15 years. This explosion of evidence arrived after most practitioners finished their training and obtained licensure. This talk summarizes the literature, using expert review and meta-analyses, focusing on clinical implications about the presentation in youths, sharing practical evidence-based assessment tools available to help get this high stakes
diagnosis right.
Eric Youngstrom Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
9/11/2015 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Erika Coles, Ph.D. 4-1-2016
Increasing the Integrity with which Teachers Implement Behavioral Classroom Interventions: Testing a Theory of Change
Erika Coles, Ph.D.
General classroom management strategies (e.g., use of rules, routines, praise) and targeted interventions (e.g., daily report card) are effective in improving academic and behavioral functioning in children with inattentive and disruptive behaviors. Despite this evidence, few teachers report feeling adequately trained to manage disruptive student behavior and teacher adoption of targeted interventions is relatively limited. One widely used method to facilitate the implementation of classroom management strategies is behavioral consultation with a mental health professional.
However, even when teachers receive consultant support, the extent to which they implement behavioral classroom interventions with integrity is variable, which can severely compromise positive student outcomes. Possible barriers to implementation that have been described in the adult learning literature that we hypothesized to be related to variable intervention integrity include skills, knowledge of ADHD and behavioral interventions, and intervention-supportive beliefs. This presentation will describe outcomes of a pilot study that was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-component consultation package that simultaneously addressed teacher knowledge, skills, and beliefs as possible barriers to implementation of behavioral classroom interventions.
Erika Coles Ph.D., Clinical Director, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University
4/1/2016 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Erika Hoff Ph.D. 10-31-2014
Bilingual Environments and Bilingual Development: Studies of Children in South Florida
Erika Hoff, Ph.D.
The aims of the Bilingual Environments and Bilingual Development Project are to understand the nature of bilingual proficiency as it develops in young children and to identify proximal and distal influences on the development of bilingual proficiency. This talk will summarize our recent findings from longitudinal studies of Spanish-English bilingual children, spanning the age range of 22 to 48 months. The findings have implications for understanding the role of language input in language development and for the design of programs and policies aimed at supporting the development of heritage language and English language skills among language minority children.
Erika Hoff Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University
10/31/2014 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Esther J. Calzada, Ph.D.11-9-2018
Early Childhood Development in Latino Populations: A Look at Risk and Resilience through an Intersectional Lens
Esther J. Calzada, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1. Describe the application of current developmental theories to the Latino population.
2. Describe the empirical literature on mental health and academic achievement in Latino children, comparing outcomes across diverse segments of the population.
3. Discuss at least one practice implication for promoting health and well-being for all Latino children.
Esther J. Calzada Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin
11/9/2018 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series F. Xavier Castellanos, MD 12-7-2018
Small Science Brain Imaging in the Era of Big Data
F. Xavier Castellanos, MD
Presentation Objectives:
1. Discuss the challenges of understanding the complexity of the human brain with current methods
2. Evaluate whether recent developments in open science represent meaningful progress
3. List the contexts/paradigms in which “small science” approaches remain relevant and essential
F. Xavier Castellanos MD, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University
12/7/2018 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series George DuPaul, Ph.D. 10-2-2020
School-Based Intervention for Adolescents with ADHD: Effects on Academic, Behavioral, and Social Functioning
George DuPaul, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1. Participants will list typical academic, behavioral, and social challenges experienced by high
school students with ADHD.
2. Participants will describe components of the Challenging Horizons Program (CHP) as adapted
for high school students with ADHD.
3. Participants will describe the effects of CHP on the academic, behavioral, and social
functioning of high school students with ADHD relative to community treatment control
conditions.
George DuPaul Ph.D., Professor of School Psychology, Lehigh University
10/2/2020 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Isabel Rodriguez-Duncan, LCSW, Ed.S. 10-16-2015
Navigating the School System Successfully on Behalf of Special Needs Students
Isabel Rodriguez-Duncan, LCSW, Ed.S.
Negative experiences within the school environment can and do have negative impacts on self-esteem, academic performance, and social/emotional functioning. In an effort to assist families in advocating for the specialized needs of children with disabilities, it is essential for professionals and parents to have an understanding of the policies, programs, and district practices involved and charged with addressing these concerns. This workshop will provide an overview of the two basic avenues detailed by law that require school districts to provide accommodations to children with special needs, namely, the Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Information will be tailored to the policies, programs and practices of Miami Dade County Public Schools. This workshop will also explore both the challenges common when conducting school consultations as well as explore potential solutions. The overarching objective of this workshop is to empower parents and professionals with the knowledge necessary to maximize school meetings so that these meetings can serve to truly address the social/emotional/and cognitive needs of children.
Isabel Rodriguez-Duncan LCSW, Ed.S., Clinician, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University
10/16/2015 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series James Todd Ph.D. 9-5-2014
The Emergence of Social Attention: Typical and Atypical Trajectories of Attention and Intersensory Processing
James Todd, Ph.D.
Attention and perception of social events in infancy is thought to promote the typical development of social, cognitive, and language functioning. Children with autism spectrum disorders show impairments in attention and intersensory processing of social events. The rise of disorders of attention, such as autism, highlights the need for characterizing developmental trajectories of attention and intersensory processing skills and for developing fine-grained individual difference measures to better assess relations with cognitive, social, and language functioning. In this talk I will present two exciting, new individual difference measures that can be used to assess the development of multiple attention and intersensory processing skills, as well as relations with social, cognitive, and language skills, in both typically and atypically developing populations.
James Todd Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Florida International University
9/5/2014 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Jodi Quas, Ph.D. 4-8-2016
Emotion, Functioning, and Development In High-Risk Children
Jodi Quas, Ph.D.
In this presentation, I will describe extant research and theorizing concerning the links between emotional competence and functioning in high-risk youth. I will focus on two primary components of emotional competence: emotion understanding and emotion regulation in high-risk children. I will describe how components may be affected by exposure to chronic adversity, including childhood maltreatment, deprivation, and parental loss. I will also discuss how alterations to both emotion understanding and regulation may then influence functional outcomes across childhood through adolescence.
Jodi Quas Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California - Irvine
4/8/2016 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series John Colombo Ph.D. 12-5-2014
Nutritional Supplementation and Developmental Outcomes
John Colombo, Ph.D.
Recent research has focused on the potential for long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) to enhance cognitive and sensory function in human development. This talk will show the results of recent randomized clinical trials on postnatal and prenatal dietary LCPUFA supplementation. It will also include a discussion of issues in the assessment of cognitive development and testing in longitudinal studies and clinical trials.
John Colombo Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas
12/5/2014 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series John E. Lochman, Ph.D. 10-18-2019
Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention Research for Aggressive Children: Optimization in Delivery Format and by Child
John E. Lochman, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1. Describe advantages and results of addition of internet components to a structured CBT program like Coping Power
2. Describe how child characteristics (inhibitory control, oxytocin receptor gene, autonomic nervous system) predict differential outcome results for group versus individual delivery of intervention with aggressive children
3. Describe how clinician characteristics and behaviors affect long-term outcomes at 1 four-year follow-up after intervention for aggressive children seen in Coping Power groups
John E. Lochman Ph.D., Saxon Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Alabama
10/18/2019 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series John Gabrieli, Ph.D. 4-3-2015
Prediction as a Humanitarian and Pragmatic Contribution from Human Cognitive Neuroscience
John Gabrieli, Ph.D.
Neuroimaging has greatly enhanced the cognitive neuroscience understanding of the human brain and its variation across individuals (neurodiversity) in both health and disease. Such progress has not yet, however, propelled changes in educational or medical practices that improve people’s lives. I will review neuroimaging findings in which initial brain measures (neuromarkers) are correlated with or predict future outcomes in learning, in education (reading and dyslexia), and in response to behavioral treatment for social anxiety disorder. Neuromarkers often provide better predictions (neuroprognosis), alone or in combination with other measures, than traditional behavioral measures. With further advances in study designs and analyses, neuromarkers may offer opportunities to personalize educational and clinical practices that lead to better outcomes for people.
John Gabrieli Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4/3/2015 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Jon Comer Ph.D. 9-12-2014
Adjustment among Boston-Area Youth after the 2013 Marathon Bombing and Subsequent Manhunt
Jon Comer, Ph.D.
In recent years, there have been several high-profile terrorist attacks specifically targeting civilian child and family venues (e.g., Russia’s Beslan school hostage crisis, Norway’s Workers’ Youth League camp attack, Nairobi’s Westgate Mall attack). Although research has documented the psychological toll of terrorism on youth, the majority of such work has focused on attacks targeting office buildings of high symbolic value, where the presence of families has been incidental. Much remains to be learned about the reactions of children affected by terrorism specifically aimed at “soft targets” such as family events. The 2013 Boston Marathon bombing was a high-profile attack that specifically targeted a civilian family event. Moreover, the extraordinary post-attack manhunt and shelter-in-place made for a truly unprecedented experience. This talk will present findings from a recent study examining the adjustment of Boston-area youth (N=460) in the first 6 months following the attack. Analyses examined overall relationships between Marathon and manhunt exposures and children’s clinical outcomes, as well as media-based exposure and the influences of parental exposure and distress.
Jonathan S. Comer Ph.D., Professor or Psychology and Psychiatry, Florida International University
9/12/2014 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Kate Keenan Ph.D, 4-24-2015
Nutritionally Based Perinatal Preventive Interventions for Improving Offspring Mental Health
Pregnant women living in poverty experience chronic and acute stressors, which can lead to alterations in circulating glucocorticoids. Experimental evidence from animal models and correlational studies in humans strongly support the hypothesis that in utero exposure to high levels of glucocorticoids can negatively affect the developing fetus and later emotional and behavioral regulation in the infant. There is emerging evidence that docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation can modulate response to stress, including glucocorticoid reactivity. Evidence for a developing program of research designed to reduce the negative impact of prenatal stress on infant health and development via DHA supplementation during pregnancy is presented. Nutritional interventions may be among the most cost effective approaches to reducing common childhood mental disorders.
Kate Keenan Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago
4/24/2015 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Katie A. McLaughlin, Ph.D. 11-30-2018
Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms Linking Childhood Adversity with Youth Psychopathology
Katie A. McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1. Describe how a dimensional model of childhood adversity differs from a cumulative risk model.
2. Identify at least one neurodevelopmental mechanism linking childhood trauma with risk for internalizing psychopathology.
3. List at least one neurodevelopmental mechanisms linking early deprivation with risk for externalizing psychopathology.
Katie A. McLaughlin Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
11/30/2018 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Kenneth Dodge, Ph.D. 2-2-2018
How Developmental Science Can Improve Well-Being and Prevent Violence in High–Risk Children
Kenneth A Dodge, Ph.D.
Kenneth A. Dodge Ph.D, Pritzker Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
2/2/2018 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Kimberly E. Hoagwood, Ph.D. 11-20-2015
State System Redesign, Implementation Research, and Children’s Mental Health: Preventing an Emergency Descent
Kimberly E. Hoagwood, Ph.D.
Dissemination-Implementation science, the newest genre for multidisciplinary studies, has emerged over the past decade replete with conceptual models and studies of barriers. This has provided limited usefulness to state systems that are undergoing massive changes consequent to healthcare restructuring. In the rush by health and mental health authorities to accommodate these changes, services for children and adolescents are being largely overlooked. And the gap between children’s mental health needs and use of effective services is widening. Ironically, the most direct way to address these trenchant and persistent problems may be through redesign of prevention and intervention services for children with a focus on social policies. This includes using metrics, monitoring and feedback to drive change, and addressing organizational, fiscal, and leadership issues. A body of research is emerging that identifies system level, organizational level, provider level, and individual level (child and family) interventions that can dramatically improve outcomes for children and adolescents. Approaches include strategic collaborative interventions, business and leadership support, population-level quality metrics, and data driven monitoring and feedback systems aligned with social policies that target the social determinants of children’s mental health. However, the current horizon line for implementation science is misaligned with these goals, focusing instead on identification of barriers and on program uptake. This presentation will provide examples of practical research-based strategies and recommend a research agenda to align
implementation science with social policies to improve children’s mental health.
Kimberly E. Hoagwood Ph.D., Vice Chair of Research, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine
11/20/2015 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Koraly Perez-Edgar, Ph.D. 10-02-2015
Attention Processes in Socioemotional Development: Linking Early Risk to Later Disorder
Koraly Perez-Edgar, Ph.D.
The talk will present a developmental psychobiological model of self- regulation development, focusing on executive functions in early childhood. Data in support of a model linking early experience with stress response physiology and executive function abilities will be presented from a prospective longitudinal sample of 1,292 children and families in predominantly low income and non-urban communities in two distinct regions of high poverty in the US. The idea that self-regulation may be a primary pathway through which the conditions of poverty adversely affect child outcomes will be explored from the perspective of experiential canalization and the hypothesis that deficits in self-regulation can account for poverty related gaps in school readiness and early school achievement will be examined.
Koraly Perez-Edgar Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
10/2/2015 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Larry Hawk, Ph.D. 1-13-2017
What's gone wrong in ADHD and how do we make it better?
Reinforcing cognition to inform psychopathology and treatment response
Larry W. Hawk, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1. Summarize leading clinical and theoretical models of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
2. Describe emerging findings on the impact of reinforcement on cognitive performance in children with and without ADHD.
3. Discuss the implications of considering reinforcement for “cognitive disorders” such as ADHD.
Larry W. Hawk Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, Director, Center for Children and Families, University at Buffalo
1/13/2017 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Margaret Sibley Ph.D. 9-19-2014
New Directions in the Functioning, Assessment, and Treatment of Adolescents with ADHD
Margaret Sibley, Ph.D.
Though originally conceptualized as a childhood disorder, it is now clear that ADHD persists into adolescence and adulthood. However, it is often unclear how to identify and diagnose adolescents and adults with ADHD because DSM criteria were initially constructed for children and there are no complete practice parameters for the diagnosis of adolescents and adults. Furthermore, treatment of adolescents with ADHD is very poor with approximately 80% of diagnosed teens failing to utilize evidence-based treatments (medication and psychosocial), despite reports of prevalent stimulant medication prescriptions for these youth. This presentation reviews issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of adolescents and young adults with ADHD. Dr. Sibley presents on her recent research, which aims to clarify optimal diagnostic procedures for older individuals with ADHD and to develop and identify realistic delivery strategies for adolescent-specific evidence based treatments.
Margaret Sibley Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, Florida International University
9/19/2014 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Matthew R. Sanders, Ph.D. 3-28-2018
Transforming the Lives of Children, Parents and Communities through Positive Parenting
Matthew R. Sanders, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1. Explain the impact of parenting on child development and problems of childhood, including maltreatment, mental health problems, schools, and communities.
2. List the modifiable factors that influence parenting and that should be targeted in parenting programs for both individual and community-level intervention.
3. Explain the typical components of successful interventions to improve parenting.
4. Describe the successful examples and outcomes of positive parenting programs on individual, family, and community outcomes.
Matthew R. Sanders Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Queensland
3/28/2018 7:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Melanie Dirks Ph.D. 10-24-2014
Incorporating Context into the Measurement of Children’s Social Competence
Melanie Dirks, Ph.D.
Social competence, or effectiveness in interpersonal interactions, plays a critical role in the maintenance of internalizing and externalizing psychopathology in youth, and is a key target for interventions. For this reason, it is essential that we develop reliable and valid measures of this construct. In this talk, I will discuss on-going work in my lab examining how children report they would respond to peer provocation that suggests that there will be clinical utility associated with measuring social competence (a) with respect to key social situations, and (b) from the perspective of important people in youth’s social environments. Moreover, I will demonstrate that the effectiveness of a given response to peer provocation may depend upon characteristics of the child enacting it. Taken together, these findings highlight the importance of moving away from a “one size fits all” model of social-skills training to a more contextualized approach that considers “what works for whom, and when?”
Melanie Dirks Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, McGill University
10/24/2014 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Michelle Martell, Ph.D. 12-6-2019
Complexities in ADHD Diagnosis and Its Underlying Causality
Michelle Martel, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1. Define ADHD and discuss current controversies of ADHD diagnosis
2. Identify causal factors, markers, and mechanisms of the disorder
3. Describe current work on the phenotype of ADHD
4. List up and coming directions for evidence-based assessment of ADHD based on cutting-edge etiological and phenotypic work
Michelle Martel Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Kentucky
12/6/2019 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Monique Ward Ph.D. 11-7-2014
The Sea They Swim In: Mass Media and Sexual Learning among American Youth
Monique Ward, Ph.D.
The mainstream media have emerged as a prominent force in the sexual socialization of American youth, with teens consuming nearly 7.5 hours of media a day. Yet relying on media models of courtship can be problematic because media content often conveys rigid messages about sexuality that center on traditional gender roles and sexual scripts. In addition, media often feature a hyper-sexualized feminine ideal that may encourage women to see and value themselves mainly for their beauty and sexual appeal. In this talk, I present findings from several studies that investigate how regular exposure to mainstream media affects young peoples’ sexual attitudes, expectations, and experiences.
Monique Ward Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
11/7/2014 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Paul Frick, Ph.D. 11-15-2019
Developmental Pathways to Serious Conduct Problems in Children and Adolescents: Implications for Theory, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Paul J. Frick, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives
1. Describe the most common developmental pathways that can lead to serious conduct problems in children and adolescents
2. Use the research on developmental pathways to assess and diagnose children with Conduct Disorder, including the specifier “With Limited Prosocial Emotions”
3. Use the research on developmental pathways to conduct problems to design effective approaches to the prevention and treatment of behavior problems in mental health clinics, schools, and the juvenile justice system
Paul J. Frick Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University
11/15/2019 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Peter Mundy, Ph.D. 4-11-2017
Autism and Joint Attention: Clinical and Neuroscience Implications Across the Life Span
Peter Mundy, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1) Participants will be able to describe the role that atypical joint attention plays in the early development of the cognitive phenotype of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and explain how joint attention research has contributed to the improved diagnostic assessment of ASD.
2) Participants will be able to describe recent advances in a model of the life span models of the neurodevelopment of joint attention and analyze how this model compares to current assumptions about symptom discontinuity in the diagnosis of ASD.
3) Participants will be able to enumerate at least three ways that problems in joint attention development impeded learning in children affected by ASD and be able to explain how the new science of joint attention can be applied to improving intervention for preschool and school aged children with ASD.
Peter Mundy Ph.D., Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Personnel and Research, UC Davis School of Education
4/11/2017 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Philip Kendall, Ph.D. 1-18-2019
"More action than talk" in the Management of Anxiety in Youth
Philip C. Kendall, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives
1. List the defining features of detrimental anxiety in youth
2. Discuss and apply the features of effective psychological treatment for anxiety in youth
3. Compare the relative efficacy of different treatments for anxiety in youth
Philip C. Kendall Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor, Temple University
1/18/2019 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series R. Kathryn McHugh, Ph.D. 11-13-2020
The Opioid Epidemic: Where Are We Now and What Comes Next?
R. Kathryn McHugh, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1. Describe the scope of opioid misuse and opioid overdose in the United States.
2. Describe the prevalence of opioid misuse in youth and young adults.
3. Identify differences in the impact of opioids based on race and sex.
4. Identify effective treatments for opioid use disorder.
R. Kathryn McHugh Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
11/13/2020 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Randy Auerbach, Ph.D. 3-2-2018
Depression and Suicide in Adolescents
Randy P. Auerbach, Ph.D., ABPP
Presentation Objectives:
1) Describe why adolescence is a period of heightened risk for both depression and suicide.
2) List the neurophysiological markers that contribute to depression risk in adolescents.
3) Explain why anhedonia contributes to suicidal behaviors in youth.
Randy P. Auerbach Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University
3/2/2018 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Rebecca Shearer, Ph.D. 4-15-2016
Fostering Positive Classroom Engagement for Preschoolers with Behavioral Needs
Rebecca Shearer, Ph.D.
The utility of contextual assessment approach will be presented to identify children’s social, emotional, and behavioral needs within the preschool classroom, particularly in Head Start programs where children are at elevated risk for displaying challenging behavior. A brief overview and pilot findings will be shared from a newly developed model Learning to Objectively Observe Kids (LOOK) for supporting preschool teachers to address challenging behavior in the classroom and improve positive engagement.
Rebecca Shearer Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Miami
4/15/2016 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Robert A. Zucker, Ph.D., 1-20-2017
Changing Substance Abuse Risk in High Risk Families via Very Early Family-Based Intervention: How Time Changes People in Complex Ways
Robert A. Zucker, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1. To become sensitized to how early risk for conduct problems and substance abuse is detectable.
2. To understand what the benefits and costs are of family work with couples vs. individual parents.
3. To consider the benefits, risks, and dilemmas in doing early intervention/prevention activity.
Robert A. Zucker Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Michigan
1/20/2017 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Robert J. McMahon, Ph.D. 4-23-2021
Preventing serious conduct problems and other negative outcomes in high-risk youth: The Fast Track Project
Robert J. McMahon, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1. Describe the early starter developmental pathway for child conduct problems.
2. Describe the Fast Track integrated prevention model.
3. Explain the pattern of intervention findings from elementary school through early adulthood.
Robert J. McMahon Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University
4/23/2021 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Rosemary Tannock, Ph.D. 12-8-2017
Intervention for children with ADHD and co-existing Dyslexia
Rosemary Tannock, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1) Describe the prevalence, key characteristics, and functional impairments of children with ADHD and co-existing Dyslexia
2) Discuss current intervention approaches for youngsters with ADHD and co-existing Dyslexia
3) Critique the presented randomized controlled trial of multi-modal intervention for children with ADHD and co-existing Dyslexia
Rosemary Tannock Ph.D.
12/8/2017 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Susan A. Rose, Ph.D. 2-27-2015
Longitudinal Studies of Cognitive Development in Preterm and Full-term Children: Infancy to 11 Years
Susan A. Rose, Ph.D.
Our work focuses on understanding developmental and individual differences in the cognitive capacities of infants born preterm (a group at risk for cognitive lags and delays), and comparison groups of full-term infants. Longitudinal designs, while they present logistic challenges, are the only way to investigate developmental change and stability. In two prospective longitudinal studies, children were followed from infancy to 11 years. We developed infant assessments of core cognitive abilities that proved to be sensitive to risk, and to serve as the building blocks of later cognitive abilities. The results provided (a) an extensive, rich, and nuanced picture of cognitive difficulties in preterm infants, (b) evidence of stability in abilities over three age periods – infancy, toddlerhood, and preadolescence (11 years), (c) evidence that cognitive growth is best described by a cognitive cascade, in which elementary cognitive abilities (attention and speed) influence more complex infant abilities (memory and representational competence) that, in turn, influence more general cognitive outcomes (MDI/IQ). These infant and toddler abilities also predicted later language, as well as executive functioning at 11 years. In short, these studies are showing infancy to be the cradle of cognition.
Susan A. Rose Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2/27/2015 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Susan F. Tapert, Ph.D. 3-27-2015
Neuroimaging Findings in Youth: Does Teenage Substance Use Harm the Brain?
Susan F. Tapert, Ph.D.
Alcohol and marijuana use are common in adolescence, and rates of binge drinking remain high. Neuropsychological and brain imaging studies have shown that the brain continues to develop into young adulthood, and may be more vulnerable to the effects of heavy doses of alcohol and to other substance use at this developmental phase. This lecture will discuss how a healthy brain progresses through adolescence and young adulthood. We will explore data showing that binge drinking and also marijuana use appear to affect the brain, and this linked to changes in thinking abilities over time. We will examine the role of the media in alcohol use decisions of young people and discuss implications for prevention.
Susan F. Tapert Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California – San Diego
3/27/2015 4:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series Ted Beauchaine, Ph.D. 3-3-2017
Prefrontal Cortex Function, Emotion Dysregulation, and Executive Deficits as Iterdependent, Transdiagnostic Vulnerabilities to Psychopathology
Ted Beauchaine , Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1. Develop an appreciation for etiological complexity in psychopathology—particularly externalizing disorders.
2. Recognize differing developmental trajectories of subcortical emotion generation systems vs. cortical emotion regulation systems, and what this means for development of psychopathology.
3. Understand how specific neural vulnerabilities are amplified in high risk environments, thereby canalizing developmental pathways to exter-nalizing behavior.
4. Understand why traditional main effects models are unlikely to advance our understanding of psychopathology in the upcoming decade(s).
Ted Beauchaine Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University
3/3/2017 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series: Gabrielle A. Carlson, M.D., 1-24-2020
Developmental Pathways to Serious Conduct Problems in Children and Adolescents: Implications for Theory, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Gabrielle A. Carlson, M.D.,
Presentation Objectives:
1. Summarize the rationale for the development of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD)
2. Discuss how to evaluate irritability and the measurement issues it raises
3. Differentiate the 2 aspects of irritability
4. Enumerate treatment approaches to DMDD
Gabrielle A. Carson M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, State University of New York at Stony Brook
1/24/2020 5:00:00 PM
CCF Speaker Series: Rina Das Eiden, Ph.D. 1-31-2020
Prenatal Cocaine Exposure - Developmental Processes from Birth to Adolescence
Rina Das Eiden, Ph.D.
Presentation Objectives:
1. Describe methodological issues to consider in studies of substance using parents
2. Discuss developmental risk trajectories in substance exposed children
3. Discuss mechanisms that may promote resilience in this population
Rina Das Eiden Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, Consortium for Combatting Substance Abuse
1/31/2020 5:00:00 PM
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