Recent Research/Publications
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Recent Research/Publications
Dr. Fischel publishes on developmental language delays, emergent literacy skills, reading interventions, attention deficit disorders, early intervention, and the elimination disorders of childhood. Her research on interventions to enhance emergent literacy skills, especially for children from low-income families, has been conducted in partnership with Head Start. She is a member of the National Early Literacy Panel of the National Institute for Family Literacy; the Panel authored: National Early Literacy Panel. (2008). Developing early literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel. Washington, DC: National Institute for Literacy.
Dr. Dixon publishes in the field of psychoneuroimmunology, childhood developmental disorders, pediatric and adult obesity (cytokins and health risks), psychosocial resilience and immunity in vulnerable/under-represented medical populations.
Dr. Riley’s research focuses on identification of predictive symptomatology and family/educational needs for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorders.
Dr. Scherzer serves as the Editor of Pediatric Habilitation Series (NY: Taylor and Francis). He has studied and interest in implications of developmental issues worldwide, especially for children in developing countries. He has longstanding involvement with the development and training program for pediatricians at Angkor Hospital for children in Siem Reap, Cambodia. He has served nationally as President of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, and locally as Medical Consultant in the Division of Special Education for Eastern Suffolk Board of Cooperative Services.
Recent grants, publications, and presentations for the Division are noted below:
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Evidence-based Emergent Literacy Approaches for Head Start. Department of Health and Human Services: U.S. Administration for Children and Families. Fischel, JE, PI. (2001-2007).
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Bracken, SS & Fischel, JE. (2006) Assessment of preschool classroom practices: Applications of q-sort methodology. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21, 417-430.
Bracken, SS, & Fischel, JE (2007). Relationships between social skills, behavioral problems and school readiness for Head Start Children. NHSA Dialog: A Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Intervention Field, 10, 109-126.
Bracken, SS, & Fischel, JE. (2008). Family reading behavior and early literacy skills in preschool children from low-income backgrounds. Early Education and Development, 19, 45-67.
Campagnolo, DI, Dixon, D, Schwartz, J, Bartlett, JA, & Keller, SE. (2008). Altered innate immunity following spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 46, 477-481.
Dixon, D, Goldberg, R, Schneiderman, N & Delamater, A. (2004). Gender differences in TNF-alpha levels among obese versus non-obese Latino children. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 58, 696-699.
Dixon, D, Goldberg, R, Meng, H, Schneiderman, N, & Delamater, A. (In press, 2009). BMI, stress, and TNF-alpha levels in children. Journal of Pediatric Nursing.
Dixon, D, Peters, M, & Saul, J. (In press, 2009). Psychosocial correlates of HIV sexual protective behavior among Puerto Rican women residing in the Bronx, New York. Health Care for Women International, Volume and pages TBD .
Fine RN, Alonso EM, Fischel JE, Bucavalas JC, Enos RA, Gore-Langton RE. (2004). Pediatric transplantation of the kidney, liver and heart – summary report based on a literature review and recommendations prepared for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Pediatric Transplantation, 8, 75-86.
Fischel, JE & Liebert, RM (2000) Disorders of elimination. A Sameroff, M Lewis & S Miller (Eds.). Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology (2nd Edition), New York: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers.
Fischel, JE. (January 2007). The Elimination Disorders: Enuresis and Encopresis. Developmental Disabilities Institute, Smithtown, NY.
Fischel, JE, Katz, S, Bracken, SS. (April, 2007). Enhancing early literacy in Head Start classrooms: Four year outcomes of curricular research. Presented in the Poster Symposium of the DHHS/ACF Quality Research Centers at the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston.
Fischel, JE, Bracken, SS, Fuchs-Eisenberg, A, Spira, EG, Katz, S, Shaller, G. (2007). Evaluation of curricular approaches to enhance preschool early literacy skills. Journal of Literacy Research, 39, 471-501.
Fischel, JE, & Bracken, SS. (March, 2008). Early literacy promotion in Head Start Classrooms: in Pre-Kindergarten Outcomes Symposium: Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Crystal City, Va.
Fischel, JE. (August 2008). Cognitive Skill Development. Keynote Address for Second Year Early Reading First Grantees. Nashville, TN.
Fischel, JE. (March, 2009). Cognitive Skill Development: Facilitating Emergent Literacy Prior to Elementary School. Plenary Session for U.S. Dept of Education’s Early Reading First New Grantees and Early Childhood Educator Professional Development National Conference. Seattle, WA.
Fischel, JE. (August 2009) Facilitating Early Literary Development. Even Start State Coordinator Annual Meeting, Crystal City, VA.
Meng, H, Wamsley, BR, Friedman, B, Liebel, D, Dixon, D, Gao, S, Oakes, D. & Eggert, GM, (In press, 2009). Impact of Body Mass Index on the effectiveness of a disease management-health promotion intervention on disability status. American Journal of Health Promotion, Volume and pages TBD.
Meng, H, Wamsley, BR, Eggert, GM, Liebel, D, Dixon, D, & Van Nostrand, J. (2009). Urban-rural differences in the effect of a Medicare Health Promotion and Disease Self-Management program on physical function and health care expenditures. The Gerontologist, 49(3), 407-417.
Riley, C, George J. DuPaul, PH.D., Mary Pipan, M.D., Lee Kern, PH.D., John Van Brakle, M.D, and Nathan J. Blum, M.D. Combined Type versus ADHD Predominantly Hyperactive-Impulsive Type: Is there a difference in functional impairment? Journal of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics. 2008; 29:270-275.
Scherzer, A. Informing, educating, and supporting the family. In: Gupta, VB, ed. Autistic Spectrum Disorders in Children. NY: Marcel Dekker, 2004, Chapter 7, pp. 149-164.
Scherzer A. Abstract. Utilization of a culturally relevant milestone chart for children in developing countries: Experience in Cambodia. J. Intellectual Disability Research, 2008; 52: 760.
Scherzer A. Utilization of a culturally relevant developmental milestone chart for children in low and middle income countries of the world: Experience in Cambodia. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009; in press.
Spira, EG, Storch Bracken, S, & Fischel, JE. (2005). Predicting improvement after first grade reading difficulties: The effects of oral language, emergent literacy, and behavior skills. Developmental Psychology, 41, 225-234.
Spira, EG & Fischel, JE. (2005). The impact of preschool inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity on social and academic development: A review. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46, 755-773.
Stoltz, BM, & Fischel, JE. (2004). Evidence for different parent-child strategies while reading. Journal of Research in Reading, 26, 287-294.
Whitehurst, GJ, & Fischel, JE. (2000). Reading and language impairments in conditions of poverty. In D. Bishop and L. Leonard (Eds.). Speech and Language Impairments in Children: Causes, Characteristics, Intervention and Outcome, (pp 53-71). East Sussex, UK: Psychology Press Ltd.
