The Child Study Center at Penn State

2008-2009 The Child Study Center Speaker Series

Dr. Lorna Smith Benjamin
Professor of Clinical Psychology
Co-Director, IRT Clinic, Neuropsychiatric Institute
The University of Utah

Dimensional analysis of interactions using SASB: Looking beyond the cross-sectional lamppost for the keys to psychopathology.

April 23, 2009
Dr. Martha Denckla
Batza Family Endowed Chair
Director, Developmental Cognitive Neurology Clinic
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Professor, Neurology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Update: How ADHD is related to Learning Disabilities- both Verbal and Nonverbal

March 26, 2009

Dr. Bradley Schlaggar
Associate Professor of Neurology, Radiology, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Pediatrics
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Washington University

Development of a dual-networks architecture of top-down control: Insights from functional connectivity MRI.

March 4, 2009
Dr. Cleopatra Caldwell
Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education
Co-Associate Director, Program for Research on Black Americans

Pathways to Prevention: Influencing the Parenting Attitudes and Behaviors of Non-Resident African American Fathers as Protection against Adolescent Risk Behaviors

Co-Sponsored with The Center for Family Research in Diverse Contexts

January 16, 2009
Dr. Robert F. Dougherty
Senior Research Scientist
Department of Psychology
Stanford University

Crucial Brain Circuits in the Development of Skilled Reading

November 20, 2008
Dr. Roger Weissburg
Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Education
and President, Collaborative for Academics, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
University of Illinois at Chicago

Social and Emotional Learning: Strategies to Improve the Lives of Millions of Children

Prevention Research Center's Bennett Lecture

November 13, 2008
Dr. Roger Weissburg
Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Education
and President, Collaborative for Academics, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
University of Illinois at Chicago

Social and Emotional Learning: A Dialog about Inputs, Outputs, and Mediators

Co-sponsored with the Prevention Research Center

November 12, 2008
Dr. Robert T. Ammerman
Professor of Pediatrics & Scientific Director, Every Child Succeeds
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Division of Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology

Treating Maternal Depression in the Context of Home Visitation

October 16, 2008
Child Study Center 2008 Lois Bloom Lecture

Dr. Daniel Pine
National Institute of Mental Health
Division of Intramural Research Programs
Chief, Section on Developmental and Affective Neuroscience
Chief, Child and Adolescent Research in the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program

Pediatric Anxiety: Current and Future Approaches to Therapeutics
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September 18, 2008