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Human Devl & Family Studies

Partnership benefits Native children and families and provides a memorable learning experience for students

Posted on November 17, 2022

Every year, Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, spends a couple of days at the St. Croix Chippewa’s Tribal Health Center in Northwest Wisconsin serving their youngest children and their families. He brings a team of …

Posted in Human Devl & Family Studies, School News

Litzelman examines caregivers’ experiences and finds policy opportunities

Posted on September 28, 2022

Kristin Litzelman, Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies, studied the positive and negatives of caregiving for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article published in Public Policy & Aging Report, Litzelman …

Posted in Human Devl & Family Studies, ResearchTagged Human Development and Family Studies

Children With Incarcerated Parents (Poehlmann-Tynan, Wisconsin Public Radio)

Posted on April 7, 2022
Posted in Human Devl & Family Studies, Media Mentions

Ortiz discusses Sonoran desert toad on As It Happens

Posted on March 30, 2022
Posted in Human Devl & Family Studies, Media Mentions

Parental depression symptoms and internalizing mental health problems in autistic children

Posted on March 28, 2022

A new article by a School of Human Ecology research team, published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, examines associations between parental depression symptoms and the internalizing problems of autistic youth. Lead author …

Posted in Graduate Students, Human Devl & Family Studies, School NewsTagged HDFS, Human Development and Family Studies, research

Poehlmann-Tynan on WPR: paid leave; reducing stresses on families & babies

Posted on February 1, 2022
Posted in Human Devl & Family Studies, Media MentionsTagged HDFS, Human Development and Family Studies

Parental Incarceration & Young Children’s Development: Pathways to Resilience

Posted on November 30, 2021

Professor Julie Poehlmann-Tynan authors this chapter for the National Symposium on Family Issues book series: Although parental incarceration is an adverse childhood experience, the developmental pathways of children with incarcerated parents are heterogeneous. Some children …

Posted in Human Devl & Family Studies, School News

Enhancing the School Success of Children from Low-Income Families

Posted on November 30, 2021

Professor Rob Nix co-author. This chapter describes the Research-based, Developmentally Informed Parent (REDI-P) home visiting program that was designed to support families of 4-year-old children attending Head Start through the transition into kindergarten. In REDI-P parents …

Posted in Human Devl & Family Studies, School News

Alzheimer’s disease associated with Down syndrome: a genetic form of dementia

Posted on October 26, 2021

Adults with Down syndrome develop the neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease and are at very high risk of developing early-onset dementia, which is now the leading cause of death in this population. Diagnosis of dementia remains …

Posted in Human Devl & Family Studies, School NewsTagged Human Development and Family Studies, research

Sleep and white matter in adults with down syndrome

Posted on October 13, 2021

Adults with Down syndrome are at a high risk for disordered sleep. These sleep problems could have marked effects on aging and Alzheimer’s disease, potentially altering white matter integrity. Victoria Fleming, a PhD student in …

Posted in Human Devl & Family Studies, School NewsTagged Human Development and Family Studies, research
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