The members and affiliates of the Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being are at the forefront of innovative research and practice in the early childhood field. The publications compiled below offer various ideas, theories and methods related to early childhood.
2022
Institute Affiliate: Ruth Paris
Stephen L. Buka, Lee S. Beers, Matthew G. Biel, Nathaniel Z. Counts, James Hudziak, Stephanie H. Parade, Ruth Paris, Ronald Seifer, Stacy S. Drury (2022). The Family is the Patient: Promoting Early Childhood Mental Health in Pediatric Care. Pediatrics May 2022; 149 (Supplement 5): e2021053509L. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-053509L
- Beyond Castañeda and the “language barrier” ideology: Young children and their right to bilingualism
Institute Affiliate: Dina Castro
Castro, D. C. & Meek, S. (2022). Beyond Castañeda and the “language barrier” ideology: Young children and their right to bilingualism. Language Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-021-09608-x
Institute Affiliate: Dina Castro
Lee, E.*, Subramaniam, K., Castro, D. C. (2022). Early childhood pre-service teachers’ descriptions of equity in science education: A thematic analysis. Early Childhood Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-022-01318-1
Institute Affiliate: Emily Feinberg
Declercq E, Feinberg E, Belanoff C. Racial inequities in the course of treating perinatal mental health challenges: Results from listening to mothers in California. Birth. 2022;49:132–140. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12584
2020-2021
Institute Affiliate: Dina Castro
Castro, D. C. & Artiles, A. J. (Eds.) (2021). Language, Learning and Disability in the Education of Young Bilingual Children. Washington, D.C.: Center for Applied Linguistics. Multilingual Matters Publishing.
- Equitable learning opportunities for young bilingual children: Strategies to promote oral language development
Institute Affiliate: Dina Castro
Castro, D. C., & Franco, X. (2021). Equitable learning opportunities for young bilingual children: Strategies to promote oral language development. In I. Alanis & I. Iruka (Eds.), Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education (pp. 73-77). Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
- Documenting bilingual experiences in the early years: Using the CECER-DLL Child and Family and Teacher QuestionnairesInstitute Affiliate: Dina CastroCastro, D. C., Hammer, C. S., Franco, X., Cycyk, L., Scarpino, S. & Burchinal, M., (2020). Documenting bilingual experiences in the early years: Validation of the CECER-DLL Family and Teacher Questionnaires. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 23 (5), 958-963. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728920000401.
Published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal
Institute Affiliate: Ruth Paris
Paris, R. & Herriott, A., Hacking, S., Maru, M. & Sommer, A. (2020). Secrecy versus disclosure: Women with substance use disorders share experiences in help seeking during pregnancy. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 24, 1396–1403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-03006-1
Published in: Social Work
Institute Affiliate: Ruth Paris
Walsh, T., Paris, R., Ribaudo, J. & Gilkerson, L. (2021) Locating infant and early childhood mental health at the heart of social work. Social Work, 66(3), 187-196. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swab022
Published in: Journal of Child and Family Studies
Institute Affiliate: Amanda Tarullo
Kao, K., Tuladhar, C., & Tarullo, A. (2020). Parental and family-level sociocontextual correlates of emergent emotion regulation: Implications for early social competence. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29, 1630-1641. doi: 10.1007/s10826-020-01706-4.
Published in: Development and Psychopathology
Institute Affiliate: Amanda Tarullo
Tarulllo, A., Tuladhar, C.,* Kao, K., Drury, E.,** & Meyer, J. (2020). Cortisol and socioeconomic status in early childhood: A multi-dimensional assessment. Development and Psychopathology, 32, 1876-1887.
Published in: Journal of Family Issues
Institute Affiliate: Ruth Paris
DeVoe, E. R., Ross, A. M., Spencer, R., Drew, A., Acker, M., Paris, R., & Jacoby, V. (2020). Coparenting across the deployment cycle: Observations from military families with young children. Journal of Family Issues, 41(9), 1447-1469. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X19894366.
2010-2019
Published in: Journal of Family Psychology
Institute Affiliate: Amanda Tarullo
St. John, A., Kibbe, M., & Tarullo, A. (2019). A systematic assessment of socioeconomic status and executive functioning in early childhood. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 178, 352-368. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2018.09.003.
Published in: Early Education and Development
Institute Affiliate: Stephanie Curenton
Curenton, S.M., Iruka, I.U., Humphries, M., Jensen, M., Durden, T., Rochester, S.E., Sims, J., Whittaker, J., & Kinzie, M. (2019). Validity for the Assessing Classroom Sociocultural Equity Scale (ACSES) in Early Childhood Classrooms. Early Education and Development.
- Early childhood education for bilingual children and the road to multilingualismInstitute Affiliate: Dina CastroCastro, D. C. & Pryshker, N. (2019). Early childhood education for bilingual children and the road to multilingualism. Handbook of Early Childhood Care and Education. Wiley Blackwell Publishing.
Published in: Early Childhood Research Quarterly
Institute Affiliate: Stephanie Curenton
Curenton, S. M., Sims, J., Rochester, S.E., & Gardner, S. L. (2019). The Conversation Compass Communication Screener-Revised. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 47, 182-193.
Published in: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Institute Affiliate: Amanda Tarullo
St. John, A., Finch, K., & Tarullo, A. (2019). Socioeconomic status and neural processing of a go/no-go task in preschoolers: An assessment of the P3b. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 38, 100677. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100677.
Published in: PLOS Medicine
Institute Affiliate: Peter Rockers
Rockers PC, Zanolini A, Banda B, Chipili MM, Hughes RC, Hamer DH, Fink G. Two-year impact of community-based health screening and parenting groups on child development in Zambia: follow-up to a cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS Medicine, 2018; 15, e1002555.
Published in: Journal of Family Issues
Institute Affiliate: Stephanie Curenton
Curenton, S. M., Crowley, J. E., & Mouzon, D. M. (2018). Qualitative Descriptions of Middle-Class, African American Mothers’ Child-Rearing Practices and Values. Journal of Family Issues, 39(4), 868–895.
Published in: Health Economics
Institute Affiliate: Peter Rockers
Fink G, Rockers PC. Financial incentives, targeting, and utilization of child health services: experimental evidence from Zambia. Health Economics, 2017; 26: 1307-21.
Published in: Early Education and Development
Institute Affiliate: Stephanie Curenton
Schilder, D. E., Broadstone, M., & Curenton, S. M. (2017). Special Issue: Early Care and Education Collaboration. Early Education and Development, 28:8, 1072-1074.
- Early education of dual language learners: An efficacy study of the Nuestros Niños School Readiness professional development program.Institute Affiliate: Dina CastroCastro, D. C., Gillanders, C., Franco, X., Bryant, D. M., Zepeda, M., Willoughby, M. T., & Mendez, L. I. (2017). Early education of dual language learners: An efficacy study of the Nuestros Niños School Readiness professional development program. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 40, 188-203. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2017.03.002.
Published in: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Institute Affiliate: Peter Rockers
Fink G, Levenson R, Tembo S, Rockers PC. Home- and community-based growth monitoring to reduce early life growth faltering: an open-label cluster-randomized trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2017; 106: 1070-7.
Published in: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Institute Affiliate: Amanda Tarullo
Tarullo, A., Obradovic, J., Keehn, B., Rasheed, M., Siyal, S., Nelson, C. A., & Yousafzai, A. (2017). Gamma power in rural Pakistani children: Links to executive function and verbal abilities. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 26, 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2017.03.007.
Published in: BMJ Global Health
Institute Affiliate: Peter Rockers
Rockers PC, Fink G, Zanolini A, Banda B, Biemba G, Sullivan C, Mutembo S, Silavwe V, Hamer D. Impact of a community-based package of interventions on child development in Zambia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. BMJ Global Health, 2016; 1: e000104.
- How Changes in Home and Neighborhood Environment Factors Are Related to Change in Black Children’s Academic and Social Development from Kindergarten to Third Grade
Published in: The Journal of Negro Education
Institute Affiliate: Stephanie Curenton
Iruka, I., Curenton, S. M., & Gardner, S. (2016). How changes in home and neighborhood factors are related to change in Black children’s academic and social development from kindergarten to third grade. Journal of Negro Education, 84, 282–297.
Published in: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Institute Affiliate: Peter Rockers
Fink G, Rockers PC. Childhood growth, schooling, and cognitive development: further evidence from the Young Lives study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2014; 100: 182-8.