CHD 2004 - Conference on Human Development in DC

Invited Speakers & Symposia

Invited Speakers:

Adele Diamond
   "Insights into Executive Functions and the Development     of Cognitive Control."
   Friday, 4:00-5:30pm; Ballroom
Jacqueline Goodnow
   "Development as Changing Participation: Conceptual    Proposals and Research Directions"
   Saturday, 10:00-11:30am; Ballroom
Fred Morrison
   "Improving literacy in America: Guidelines from    research"
   Saturday, 2:30-4:00pm; Ballroom
Ross Thompson
   "Understanding Others, Relationships, and Self: Toward    a Working Model"
   Sunday, 8:30-10:00am; Ballroom

Invited Symposia:

“Developmental Research and Public Policy: Federal Policy Fellowship Opportunities”
Saturday, 8:00-10:00am; Parkview

Chair:

Mary Ann McCabe, SRCD
Presenters:
Liz Albro, IES
Anthony Chambers, NIDA
Stephanie Curenton, ACF/CCB
Laurie Cutting, NICHD
Tamara Haegrich, IES
Heather Kersey, Congressional Fellow
Jenelle Krishnamoorthy, Congressional Fellow
Valerie Maholmes, NICHD
John Miles, ACF/OPRE
Ann Marie White, OBSSR/OD/NIH

“Family and child care predictors of mother child-interaction and of children’s developmental outcomes: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development”
Saturday, 4:00-6:00pm; Parkview

Chair:

Sarah L. Friedman, NICHD
Presenters:
Beck A. Taylor, Baylor University
   "Incomes and outcomes in early childhood"
Martha Cox, UNC, Chapel Hill
   "Mother-child relationship dysregulation in the toddler    years: Antecedents and consequences"
Margaret Owen, UT Dallas
   "Child care and mother-child interaction from 36
    months through first grade"
Peg Burchinal, UNC, Chapel Hill
   "Modeling the impacts of child care quality on children's    preschool cognitive development"

Discussant:
Craig T. Ramey, Georgetown Univ

“Emerging Issues in School Readiness”
Saturday, 12:00-2:00pm; Parkview

Co-Chairs:

Kyle Snow, NICHD
Melissa Welch-Ross, Assistant Secretary for Planning    and Evaluation
Presenters:
Robert Pianta, University of Virginia
   "Ready Schools: The Transition to School and Quality of    Experiences in k-1 Classrooms "
C. Cybele Raver, University of Chicago
   "Emotional and Behavioral Regulation as a Predictor of    School Readiness"
Susan Sheridan, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
   "Ecological Contexts and Congruities in Promoting    School Readiness"
Clancy Blair, Pennsylvania State Univ.
   "Neurobiological Foundations of School Readiness "

Discussant:
Craig T. Ramey, Georgetown Univ

"Current Status of the Nativism-Empiricism Debate"
Friday, 2:00-4:00; Parkview

Chair:

Nora S. Newcombe, Temple University
   "Claims of a Geometric Module: Squaring Theory and    Evidence"
Presenters:
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Temple
   "The origins of verb learning: Where actions meet    words"
Scott Johnson, NYU
   "Developmental origins of object concepts"
Barbara Landau, Johns Hopkins
   "Developmental deficits can shed light on normal    cognitive architecture"

"Funding Opportunities at NIH for Human Development Research"
Friday, 12:00-2:00pm; Parkview

Chair:

Teresa Levitin, NIH/NIDA
Presenters:
Miriam Kelty, National Institute on Aging
Cathy Backinger, National Cancer Institute
Gayle M. Boyd, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and    Alcoholism
Yvonne Bryan, National Institute of Nursing Research
Alan Willard, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and    Strokes
Eve K. Moscicki, National Institute of Mental Health
Paul Schnur, National Institute of Drug Abuse
Margaret Feerick, National Institute of Child Health and    Human Development
Craig Jordon, National Institute on Deafness and Other    Communication Disorders

"Funding Opportunities at NSF and IES for Human Development "
Sunday, 10:00-12:00am; Parkview

Co Chair:

Peg Barratt, NSF
Gregg Solomon, NSF
Presenters:
Lynn Okagaki, Institute of Education Sciences. Deputy    Director for Science
Gregg Solomon, National Science Foundation,Program    Director for Research on Learning and Education
Miriam Heller, National Science Foundation, Human and    Social Dynamics