Faculty

Professional Interests:

• Prevention and early intervention for families and young children
• Impact of interventions on emotional development and parent-child relationships
• Infant mental health
• Assessment of emotional development ages 0-8 years

Selected Professional Accomplishments:

• 2008, Principal Investigator, CT Dept of Higher Education, CLASS Assessment of Early Childhood Teachers.
• 2007-2012, Co-investigator, National Institute for Mental Health, Testing Developmental Models of Conduct Disorder.
• 2002-2004, Principal Investigator, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development “Enhancing Preschool Readiness in Early Head Start.”
• 2001-2005, Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Research project “Early Empathic Development: Investigations into the Role of Culture and Gender in Minority Children in the U.S.A.”
• 1996-2005, Co-Principal Investigator, Administration for Children and Families, Early Head Start local investigation; member national research consortium.
• 1995-1998, Editorial Board, Developmental Psychology.
• 1994-2005, Board Member, How to Read Your Baby, Inc.

Selected Publications:

• Robinson, J.L. (2008) Early empathy and prosocial behavior. Encyclopedia of Infancy and Early Childhood. Vol. 1, pp. 441-450. NY: Oxford.
• Moreno, A., Klute, M. M., & Robinson, J. (2008). Relational and individual resources as predictors of empathy in early childhood. Social Development, 17, 613-637.
• Holmberg, J., Robinson, J., Wiener, P., and Corbitt-Price- J. (2007). Using narratives to assess competencies and risks in young children: Experiences with high risk and normal populations. Infant Mental Health Journal, 28, 647-666.
• Robinson, J. (2007). Story stem narratives with young children: The move to clinical research and practice. Attachment and Human Development, 9, 179-185.
• Moreno, A. & Robinson, J. (2005). Emotional vitality in infancy as a predictor of cognitive and language abilities in toddlerhood: A replication. Infant and Child Development, 14, 383-402.
• Kiang, L., Moreno, A.J., Robinson, J.L. (2004). Maternal preconceptions about parenting predict child temperament, maternal sensitivity, and children's empathy. Developmental Psychology, 40, 1081–1092.
• Robinson, J. L. & Emde, R. N. (2004). Moderators of Early Head Start intervention effects: Maternal depression and relationship insecurity. Parenting: Science and Practice, 4, 73-97.
• Olds, D., Robinson, J., Pettitt, L., Luckey, D., Holmberg, J., Ng, R., Isacks, K., & Sheff, K. (2004). Effects of home visits by paraprofessionals and by nurses: Age-four follow-up of a randomized trial. Pediatrics, 112.
• Robinson, J. L. & Acevedo, M. C. (2001). Infant reactivity and regulation during emotion challenges: Prediction of cognition and language skills in a low income sample. Child Development, 72, 402-416.
• Robinson, J., Herot, C., Haynes, P., & Mantz-Simmons, L. (2000). Children's story stem responses: A measure of program impact on developmental risks associated with dysfunctional parenting. International Journal for Child Abuse and Neglect, 24, 99-110.

Selected Presentations:

• Robinson, J. L. (2007) Story Stem Techniques: The Story So Far! Invited Talk at the Clinical Interests in Story Stem Symposium, Oxford University, Oxford, England
• Robinson, J. L. “Emotional development of young children” Invited keynote talk at the Integration of Developmental Science, Education, and Clinical Practice Symposium,
  Hanju University, Seoul, South Korea
• Dean, J. and Robinson, J. L. (January, 2004) “Clinical Observation and Treatment in the Boulder Community Infant Program,” Talk presented by J. Dean and J. Robinson at the World Association for Infant Mental Health Biennial meeting, Melbourne, Australia
• Robinson, J. L (June, 2003) “Screening Children for Early Interventions to Prevent Conduct Disorder,” Invited talk to the Expert Meeting on Early Interventions to Prevent Conduct
  Disorder: Opportunities and Problems, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Robinson, J. L. (June, 2002) “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Comprehensive Early Childhood Programs: Birth to Three” Invited talk at the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development workshop on Children’s Early Learning, Development, and School Readiness, Washington, D. C.
• Robinson, J. L. and Kelsay, K. (March, 2001) “Story Stem Methods of Investigation with Young Children” Invited Training Seminar, Dept. of Child Psychiatry, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland