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Adversity effects on nonword repetition skills: A proxy measure of language and reading ability
Oct 13, 2022reschoolers exposed to adversity appear at risk for later underachievement in reading based on a nonword repetition task.
Methodological inconsistencies confound understanding of language measurement in the child maltreatment population: A systematic review
Oct 13, 2022A new review shows methodological inconsistencies constrain what we know about language and maltreatment.
Receptive Language Abilities for Females Exposed to Early Life Adversity: Modification by Epigenetic Age Acceleration at Midlife in a 30-year Prospective Cohort Study
Oct 3, 2022This article examined whether accelerations in epigenetic aging at midlife can identify those individuals who demonstrated the greatest change in receptive language abilities following early life adversity (ELA).
Rates of Emotional Disturbance Among Children in Foster Care: Comparing Federal Child Welfare Data and Medicaid Records in Two States
Aug 23, 2022New open-access research shows that federal data collection misrepresents rates of mental health conditions among adolescents in foster care. New estimates underscore importance of investment /scale up of evidence-based treatments and targeted foster home recruitment/training.
First-generation College Students Have Greater Systemic Inflammation than Continuing-Generation College Students Following the Initial College Transition: A Brief Report
Jun 20, 2022A brief report from Emily J Jones, PhD and Hannah Schreier, PhD to examine whether first-gens have higher levels of cardiovascular disease risk markers relative to continuing-generation college students
Trauma-Informed Attitudes, Teacher Stress, and Expulsion Decision Risk in Preschool Classrooms
May 11, 2022A new publication by Alysse Loomis and CMSN's Dr. Carlomagno Panlilio. Implications for development and evaluation of trauma-informed approaches for early childhood settings are discussed.
CMAS Spring 2022 Graduates
May 8, 2022Congratulations to the following students graduating with a CMAS minor:
2022-23 CMAS student scholarship receipients
May 2, 2022Congratulate these CMAS students on their 2022-23 scholarship
External Validation of the PediBIRN Screening Tool for Abusive Head Trauma in Pediatric Emergency Department Settings
May 2, 2022Results found that the PediBIRN 4-variable CDR demonstrated AHT screening sensitivity in the pediatric ED equivalent to pediatric intensive care unit and other inpatient settings, but lower specificity.