[SACP Journal Club] Jacob Burack, "Rethinking deficit models of persons with developmental condition: Contributions and perspectives from developmental theory and research"
We invite you all to the first School/Applied Child Psychology (SACP) Journal Club meeting of the semester taking place Thursday February 15th, 2017, from 2:00-3:30pm (Room 527) with invited speaker Dr. Jake Burack leading the session. Details are below (and see flyer attached)!
Session Topic: Rethinking deficit models of persons with developmental condition: Contributions and perspectives from developmental theory and research.
Speaker Bio: As members of the McGill Youth Study Team, my students and I are engaged primarily in two areas of study. One is the development of attention and cognition among typically developing children, persons with autism, and persons with Down syndrome. The other area of research is the study of cultural identity and other predictors of academic success, social adaptation, and emotional well-being among First Nations adolescents from northern communities. Our theoretical writing is primarily about the interface of typical and atypical development, and the contributions of developmental theory and methodology to the study of persons whose development is at-risk.
Selected Article (see attached):
- Burack, J. A., Russo, N., Kovshoff, H., Palma Fernandes, T., Ringo, J., Landry, O., & Iarocci, G. (2016). How I Attend—Not How Well Do I Attend: Rethinking Developmental Frameworks of Attention and Cognition in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development. Journal of Cognition and Development, 17(4), 553-567. DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2016.1197226
- ** Optional Reading: Burack, J. A., Russo, N., Gordon Green, C., Landry, O., & Iarocci, G. (2016). Developments in the developmental approach to intellectual disability. In D. Cicchetti (Ed.), Developmental psychopathology: Vol. 3. Risk, disorder, & adaptation (pp. 1–67). New York, NY: Wiley.
To RSVP to this meeting, receive updates, and to suggest topics for future meetings, please email us at sacp.journalclub [at] gmail.com.
All students and faculty are welcome to attend (and feel free to bring your lunch – coffee will be provided)! We look forward to seeing you there!