Tracking Development:
The Power of Longitudinal Designs
for Studying Child Development
Ben-Gurion University
Department of Psychology
Building 98, Auditorium 001
June 16, 2010
08:00 – 08:30 Registration and coffee
08:30 – 08:50 Greetings
1st Session, Chair: Dr. Andrea Berger
08:50 – 09:25 Prof. Judy Auerbach
Department of Psychology
Ben-Gurion University
The developmental foundation of ADHD: Evidence from the Ben-Gurion Infant
Development Study
09:30 – 10:05 Prof. Sandra W. Jacobson
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Long-term adverse effects of fetal alcohol exposure on eye-blink conditioning in
preschool and school-age children
10:10 – 10:45 Prof. Avi Sagi-Schwartz1 & Dr. Ora Aviezer1,2
1Department of Psychology & Center for the Study of Child Development
University of Haifa
2Oranim Academic College of Education
Longitudinal correlates of attachment in kibbutz children: A tale of a complex
story
10:50 – 11:20 Coffee
2nd Session, Chair: Dr. Naama Atzaba-Poria
11:20 – 11:55 Prof. Sydney Hans
School of Social Service Administration
University of Chicago
Risk for schizophrenia: From infancy through adulthood
12:00 – 12:35 Prof. Ruth Feldman
Department of Psychology
Bar-Ilan University
Continuities in development: The effects of attachment relationships and early
life stress
12:40 – 13:15 Prof. David Oppenheim
Department of Psychology
Haifa University
The developmental significance of emotional availability in the interactions
between preschoolers with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and their mothers
13:20 – 13:55 Prof. Charles Greenbaum
Department of Psychology
Hebrew University
Workshop Discussant
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch and posters