Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Recent Research/Publications

Evidence-based Curriculum for Emergent Literacy Approaches for Head Start.  U.S. Administration for Children and Families/DHHS

Parent Partners in Health Education/Developmental Disabilities in Primary Care:  Residency Education grant for Pediatrics and Family Practice.  Participant in grant writing/preparation and implementation. 

Stoltz BM, & Fischel JE. (2004).  Evidence for different parent-child strategies while reading.  Journal of Research in Reading, 26, 287-294. 

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. 

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.

Bracken, SS & Fischel, JE.  (2006, in press)  Assessment of preschool classroom practices:  Applications of q-sort methodology.   Early Childhood Research Quarterly.

Bracken, SS & Fischel, JE (2006).  Social skills and behavior problems in preschool:  Relationship to academic outcomes.  Submitted –National Head Start Dialogue.
Fischel, JE, Bracken, SS, Fuchs-Eisenberg, A, Spira, EG, Katz, S, Shaller, G.  (2006).  Evaluation of curricular approaches to enhance preschool early literacy skills:  Child outcomes.  Submitted – Journal of Literacy Research.

Bracken, SS, Fischel, JE, & Katz, S (2006).  Early literacy development in Spanish-language-dominant preschool children.  Submitted – Early Education and Development)

Fischel, JE  Article Review:  Bioterrorism Curricula for Medical Trainees.  The Pediatric Educator, Volume 7.

Fischel JE.  Article Review:  Communication’s Core Elements in the Medical Setting.  The Pediatric Educator, Volume 8.

Fischel, JE.  Successful promotion of emergent literacy in Head Start classrooms:  Three year outcomes of curriculum research.  In the Poster Symposium:  Head Start Quality Research Centers:  Randomized Trials of School Readiness Enhancements in Head Start. Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.  Society for Research in Child Development Abstracts, Program Book, p. 68.

Spira, EG, and Fischel, JE.  A longitudinal investigation of the relationship between behavioral skills and emergent literacy in preschool children.  Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.  Society for Research in Child Development Abstracts, Program Book, p. 64.

Storch Bracken, S., Fischel, JE. and Katz, S.  Assessment of curriculum practices in preschool classrooms. Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA. Society for Research in Child Development Abstracts, Program Book,
p. 164.