VI. Sensitive periods

CH Zeanah, MR Gunnar, RB McCall… - Monographs of the …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter reviews sensitive periods in human brain development based on the literature
on children raised in institutions. Sensitive experiences occur when experiences are …

Age at adoption from institutional care as a window into the lasting effects of early experiences

MM Julian - Clinical child and family psychology review, 2013 - Springer
One of the major questions of human development is how early experience impacts the
course of development years later. Children adopted from institutional care experience …

Associations between early life adversity and executive function in children adopted internationally from orphanages

CE Hostinar, SA Stellern, C Schaefer… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Executive function (EF) abilities are increasingly recognized as an important protective factor
for children experiencing adversity, promoting better stress and emotion regulation as well …

[HTML][HTML] Early adversity and neural correlates of executive function: Implications for academic adjustment

JM McDermott, A Westerlund, CH Zeanah… - Developmental cognitive …, 2012 - Elsevier
Early adversity can negatively impact the development of cognitive functions, although little
is known about whether such effects can be remediated later in life. The current study …

The consequences of early institutionalization: can institutions be improved?–should they?

RB McCall - Child and adolescent mental health, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background and scope The focus of this review is on institutionalized children, one of the
most inequitably and severely treated groups of children. Although institutions vary, many …

[HTML][HTML] Psychosocial deprivation, executive functions, and the emergence of socio-emotional behavior problems

JM McDermott, S Troller-Renfree… - Frontiers in human …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Early psychosocial deprivation can negatively impact the development of executive
functions (EFs). Here we explore the impact of early psychosocial deprivation on behavioral …

Parenting in adoptive families

EE Pinderhughes, DM Brodzinsky - Handbook of parenting, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Families in the twenty-first century are increasingly diverse, with respect to
sociodemographics, family structure, and parenting tasks, raising questions for social …

Social skills in children adopted from socially-emotionally depriving institutions

MM Julian, RB McCall - Adoption Quarterly, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This study assessed social skills in post-institutionalized (PI) children with respect to age at
adoption, age at assessment, and gender. Parent ratings of social skills (Social Skills Rating …

Disruptions of working memory and inhibition mediate the association between exposure to institutionalization and symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

F Tibu, MA Sheridan, KA McLaughlin… - Psychological …, 2016 - cambridge.org
BackgroundYoung children raised in institutions are exposed to extreme psychosocial
deprivation that is associated with elevated risk for psychopathology and other adverse …

Early caregiver–child interaction and children's development: Lessons from the St. Petersburg-USA Orphanage intervention research project

RB McCall, CJ Groark, BN Hawk, MM Julian… - Clinical child and family …, 2019 - Springer
We review a series of interrelated studies on the development of children residing in
institutions (ie, orphanages) in the Russian Federation or placed with families in the USA …