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For more information about any of the projects, please contact the listed primary investigator.
2002-2003 Awards:
Adherence to Lifestyle Modifications for Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Principal Investigator: Carolyn E. Ievers-Landis, Ph.D.
Department: Pediatrics
Email: cxi2@case.edu
The goal of this project is to provide a description of challenges, family characteristics and the home environment associated with adherence to lifestyle modifications for adolescents with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and to explore whether group differences exist in these areas.
Accuracy of Children's Use of the Visual Analogue Scale
Principal Investigator: Tonya Palermo, Ph.D.
Department: Pediatrics
Email: txm36@case.edu
Barriers to the Identification of Young Children with Developmental Delays
Principal Investigator: Laura Sices, M.D.
Department: Pediatrics
Email: lxs107@case.edu
2001-2002 Awards:
Understanding Emotional Processes in Adolescent Psychopathy
Principal Investigator: Eric Youngstrom, Ph.D.
Department: Psychology
Email: eay@case.edu
The goals of this project are to examine emotion and personality variables in order to identify risk and protective factors for recidivism. Emotion expression, emotion recognition, and personality variables will be used to predict length of time between discharge and re-offending.
Prevalence and Predictors of Problematic Attachment Patterns/Behaviors in Internationally Adopted Children
Principal Investigator: Anna Mandalakas
Department: Pediatrics
Email: amm13@case.edu
2000-2001 Awards:
Risk and Resilience in Juvenile Offending: The Role of Emotions and Adaptive/Non-Adaptive Personality Traits
Principal Investigator: Eric Youngstrom, Ph.D.
Department Psychology
Email: eay@case.edu
This pilot study will investigate the role of emotions in personality development and contribute to identification of the mental health needs of youth in the juvenile justice system.
Development of a Method of Assessing Maternal Attachment
Principal Investigator: Lydia Furman, M.D.
Department: Pediatrics
Email: lmf10@case.edu
This project will develop an instrument that assesses maternal attachment to pre-term infants for use in medical, partially medical and developmental interventions and assessment of Very Low Birthweight infants.
Rainbow Center for International Health - Adoption Health Service
Principal Investigator: Karen Olness, M.D.
Department: Pediatrics
Email: kno@case.edu
Collaborators:
Robert Needleman, M.D.
Adele DiMarco, M.A.
Anna Mandalkas, M.D.
Barbara Baetz-Greenwalt, M.D., M.B.A.
This child development research aims to : 1) describe development of young international adoptees shortly after arrival to the U.S. and 2) describe the rate of developmental progress these children make in the six months following arrival to the U.S.
Evaluation of the Children Who Witness Violence Intervention Program
Principal Investigator: Stephanie Reiter, Ph.D.
Department: Pediatrics
Email: srl16@case.edu
This project will evaluate the Children Who Witness Violence Intervention Program through collection and analysis of baseline data on incidence of violence prior to the intervention, description of the program and measurement of outcomes, such as trauma symptoms, child adjustment and injuries and other health consequences.
Genetic Testing Attitudes of Normal Hearing Parents of Deaf Children
Principal Investigator: Nathaniel Robin, M.D.
Department: Pediatrics, Reproductive Biology, and Otolaryngology
Email: nhr2@case.edu
This study will describe hearing parents' knowledge about the genetic basis for hearing loss, their attitudes about genetic testing for hearing loss in children and the impact of such testing on children.
Shelter Care Peacemakers
Principal Investigator: Jeremy Shapiro, Ph.D.
Applewood Centers, Inc.
Collaborator: Richard Paulson
This project will develop, implement and evaluate a youth violence prevention program for use with juvenile delinquents who have a history of violence and reside in a youth shelter.
Individual Differences in Language Skills of High Risk Children
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Short, Ph.D.
Department: Psychology
Email: ejs3@case.edu
This study will examine the relationship between speech and language abilities and school performance in a longitudinal sample of high risk and term children. The study aims to examine individual differences in language skills of children as a function of birth weight, cocaine exposure and oxygen deprivation.
Signstage Theater
Principal Investigator: Lyn Turkstra, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BC-NCD
Department: Communication Sciences
Email: lst2@case.edu
This project will evaluate a theater-based intervention for deaf and hard of hearing youth facing social challenges. The evaluate includes pre-and post-intervention assessment of social communication skills, ongoing assessment of progress and management and analysis of all social communication data.
1999-2000 Awards
The Relationship of Institutionalization to the Development of Latency-Age Romanian Children Adopted Internationally
Principal Investigator: Victor Groza, Ph.D.
Department: Mandel School of Applied Social Science
Email: vkg2@case.edu
Collaborator: Karen Olness, M.D.
This pilot project will study the ongoing development of latency-age children adopted from Romania into families in the U.S.
Neighborhood Adult Responses to Child Situations
Principal Investigator: Jill Korbin, Ph.D.
Department: Anthropology
Email: jek7@case.edu
This project will analyze data from research on adult responses to various aspects of child behavior in neighborhood contexts.
Iron Deficiency Anemia in Cocaine-Exposed Children
Principal Investigator: Suchitra Nelson, Ph.D.
Department: Community Dentistry
Email: sxn15@case.edu
This study will explore the effect of the severity of chronicity of anemic and non-anemic iron deficiency on the long term neurodevelopment of high risk children.
Specific Cognitive Functioning of Drug-Exposed Infants
Principal Investigator: Julia Noland, Ph.D.
Department: Pediatrics
Email: jsn4@case.edu
This study will examine the effects of poly-substance prenatal exposure to commonly-abused drugs on planning and inhibitory control abilities in infants.
A School Outreach Program for Primary Immunodeficiency
Principal Investigator: Tonya Palermo, Ph.D.
Department: Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychology
Email: txm36@case.edu
This study will involve the development and dissemination of a school outreach program that addresses the needs of children with primary immunodeficiency within community settings. Resources develop to educate school personnel, daycare workers, and others within community regarding primary immunodeficiency and care of primary immunodeficient children within educational and recreational settings.
Citizens' Academy: A Public Community Elementary School
Principal Investigator: Gerald Strom, ACSW, LISW
Department: Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Email: gas4@case.edu
This project will examine various aspects of parent involvement at Citizens' Academy, a community public elementary school that opened in August 1999. Investigators will identify parents' previous experience with parent involvement, factors that facilitate or impede parent involvement, parent experience of educational plans meetings, parent involvement activities and parents' vision of their children's education.
The Clinical Assessment of Selective Sustained Attention Among Children and Adolescents
Principal Investigator: Daniel Weinberger
Department: Pediatrics and Psychology
Email: daw7@case.edu
This project involves a programmatic investigation of both original measures and those culled from the literature to identify a set that have both convergent and discriminant validity as operationalizations of components of attention difficulties.
1998-1999 Awards
Promoting Comprehensive Management of Failure to Thrive
Principal Investigator: Dennis Drotar, Ph.D.
Department: Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychology
Email: dxd3@case.edu
This project will evaluate a comprehensive program of pediatric education and coordination of care for children who are failing to thrive and their families. The evaluation aims to track the progress of children and families using a detailed comprehensive measurement plan that includes indicators of children's physical growth, health and development, utilization of health care and community services by families, cost of care, and pediatric residents' and parents' satisfaction with the program.
Parenting Issues in Adherence to the Dietary Treatment Regimen for Children and Adolescents with Phenylketonuria
Principal Investigator: Carolyn Landis
Department: Pediatrics and Psychology
Email: cxi2@case.edu
This pilot study will develop a parent-focused intervention to prevent mental retardation in children with phenylketonuria (PKU).
1997-1998 Awards
Evaluating the Role of Information Processing in Intellectual Functioning
Principal Investigator: Joseph Fagan, Ph.D.
Department: Psychology
Email: jff@case.edu
This pilot study will explore the relative effects of children's information processing and previous knowledge on the determination of new learning.
Hazards and Help-Seeking in Inner-City Cleveland: Children's Perceptions of their Neighborhoods and Their Responses to Local Danger
Principal Investigators:
Jill Korbin, Ph.D.
Jim Spilsbury, M.P.H.
Department: Anthropology
Email: jcs5@case.edu
This pilot study will explore children's perceptions of safety and danger across neighborhoods with differing levels of crime and violence. Specifically, this study focuses on children's perceptions of neighborhood dangers and resources, social networks, social support, and self-reported help-seeking behavior in high versus low violence/crime rate neighborhoods.
Developmental Consequences of AD/HD: Diagnostic Specificity and Treatment Implications
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Short, Ph.D.
Department: Psychology
Email: ejs3@case.edu
This study will examine differences in the behavioral inhibition of children diagnosed with AD/HD. A secondary component of this study focuses on the AD/HD-diagnosed children's responsivity to pharmaceutical and psychological treatment.
Mental Health Problems Among Low-Income Pediatric Outpatients
Principal Investigator: Terry Stancin, Ph.D.
Department: Pediatrics
Email: txs11@case.edu
The aims of this project are to establish a research center focused on identification of child mental health problems within a community primary care pediatric setting serving primarily indigent children of Cuyahoga County. The Center's initial activities will consist of building a research database from existing records on children previously identified by pediatricians for behavioral screening, as well as provide opportunities for future research collaboration between the community, CWRU School of Medicine, and CWRU Department of Psychology.
Social Communication Skills for Adolescents with Traumatic Brain Injury
Principal Investigators:
Lyn Turkstra, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BC-NCD
Liane Grayson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Department: Communication Sciences; Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center
Email: lst2@case.edu
This pilot study will explore the effectiveness of group speech-language therapy for social communication disorders after traumatic brain injury in adolescence.
Development Status of Children in Foster Care
Principal Investigator: Kathleen Wells
Department: Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Email: kmw3@case.edu
This study will examine the developmental status, home environment and attachment attributes of children in foster living with kin and those living with non-kin to examine empirically the validity of current child welfare preferences for kin-based foster care.
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