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Executive Function in Preschool Children: Current Knowledge & Research Opportunities - Agenda

June 8-9, 2010

Agenda

Day 1: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Day 2: Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Day 1: Tuesday, June 8, 2010

7:45 a.m.	Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:15 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions Alan Guttmacher, M.D. Acting Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Peggy McCardle, Ph.D., M.P.H. Child Development & Behavior Branch (CDBB), Center for Research on Mothers and Children (CRMC), NICHD Rebecca DelCarmen Wiggins, Ph.D. CDBB, CRMC, NICHD

7:45 a.m.

Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:15 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

Alan Guttmacher, M.D.

Acting Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Peggy McCardle, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Child Development & Behavior Branch (CDBB), Center for Research on Mothers and Children (CRMC), NICHD

Rebecca DelCarmen Wiggins, Ph.D.
CDBB, CRMC, NICHD

Session I: Conceptualization and Measurement (PDF - 25 KB)

Session Chair: Peggy McCardle, Ph.D., M.P.H.

8:30 a.m.	Executive Functioning and Children's Regulation: Conceptual Issues Nancy Eisenberg, Ph.D., Arizona State University
8:45 a.m.	Measurement: Developmentally Sensitive Approaches to Measuring Executive Functions in Preschoolers Stephanie Carlson, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
9:00 a.m.	Executive Functions in Early Childhood: An Integrative Systems Perspective Clancy Blair, Ph.D., New York University
9:15 a.m.	Measuring Cognitive Self Regulation in Relation to School Readiness: Illustrative Example Mark Lipsey, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Discussants
9:30 a.m.	Fred Morrison, Ph.D. (PDF - 656 KB), University of Michigan
9:45 a.m.	Susan Calkins, Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
10:00 a.m.	Session I Open Discussion
10:15 a.m.	Break

Session II: Developmental Trajectories

Session Chair: Valerie Maholmes, Ph.D.

Discussant
10:30 a.m.	Infant Roots of Later Cognition/Executive Functioning Susan Rose, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
10:45 a.m.	Development of Sustained Selective Attention During the Preschool Years: Evidence from a New Object Tracking Task Anna Fisher, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
11:00 a.m.	Structure, Measurement and Development of Preschool Executive Control Kimberly Andrews Espy, Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln
11:15 a.m.	Assessing Development Trajectories of Executive Function in Low-Income, Ethnic Minority Preschoolers: Opportunities and Challenges Margaret Caughy, Sc.D., The University of Texas School of Public Health
11:30 a.m.	Longitudinal Measurement of Executive Functions in the Family Life Project Michael Willoughby, Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
11:45 a.m.	Andrew Meltzoff, Ph.D. (PDF - 2 MB), University of Washington
12:00 p.m.	Session II Open Discussion
12:15 p.m.	Lunch

Session III: Neurodevelopment and Underlying Neurocircuitry of Higher Cognitive and Executive Function (PDF - 260 KB)

Session Chair: Lisa Freund, Ph.D.

1:00 p.m.	Neuroimaging and Mechanisms Underlying the Early Development of Executive Functions (Prenatal to Age 4) John Gilmore, M.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1:15 p.m.	Neural Network Models and Mechanisms of Cognitive Control in Preschoolers Yuko Munakata, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
1:30 p.m.	Socioeconomic Status and Early Experience: Interrelations with Stress Physiology and Executive Function Daniel Hackman, M.A., University of Pennsylvania
1:45 p.m.	Psychobiology of Executive Functions in Early Development Martha Ann Bell, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Discussants

2:00 p.m.	Monique Ernst, Ph.D. (PDF - 835 KB), Division of Intramural Research Programs, National Institute of Mental Health
2:15 p.m.	Lisa Freund, Ph.D., NICHD
2:30 p.m.	Session III Open Discussion
2:45 p.m.	Break

Session IV: Executive Functions, Risk and Resilience

Session Chair: Rebecca DelCarmen-Wiggins, Ph.D.

3:00 p.m.	Executive Functions and Risk for Developmental Psychopathology Joel Nigg, Ph.D., Oregon Health & Science University
3:15 p.m.	Environmental and Genetic Influences as Risk and Protective Factors on Executive Functions during Early Childhood Leslie Leve, Ph.D., Oregon Social Learning Center
3:30 p.m.	Preschool Executive Functions in the Context of Risk Megan McClelland, Ph.D., Oregon State University

Discussant

3:45 p.m.	Clancy Blair, Ph.D. (PDF - 200 KB), New York University
4:00 p.m.	Session IV Open Discussion
4:15 p.m.	General Discussion: Summation and Highlights from Day 1
4:30 p.m.	NIMH Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Project (PDF - 310 KB) Bruce Cuthbert, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn
5:30 p.m.	Reception

Day 2: Wednesday, June 9, 2010

8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast

Session V: Translational Implications: Innovative Programs to Improve Executive Functions (PDF - 323 KB)

Session Chair: Jim Griffin, Ph.D.

9:00 a.m.	The Headstart/REDI Program: Promoting Executive Functions Through Prevention Programs Karen Bierman, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
9:15 a.m.	The Kids in Transition to School Program: Increasing Self Regulation and School Readiness in At-Risk Children Katherine Pears, Ph.D., Oregon Social Learning Center
9:30 a.m.	Exercise and Executive Functions in Early Childhood Betsy Hoza, Ph.D., University of Vermont
9:45 a.m.	Ways to Improve Executive Functions in Preschool Children and Why That Is Important to Do Adele Diamond, Ph.D., University of British Columbia

Discussants

10:00 a.m.	Rick Wagner, Ph.D. (PDF - 125 KB), Florida State University (member of the NICHD Advisory Council)
10:15 a.m.	Jim Griffin, Ph.D., Child Development and Behavior Branch, NICHD
10:30 a.m.	Open Discussion
10:45 a.m.	Break

Summation and Final Recommendations: Building a Research Agenda on Executive Functions in Preschool Children

11:10 a.m.	Break Out Sessions and Working Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Break
1:15 p.m.	Session I Recommendations for Future Research
1:30 p.m.	Session II Recommendations for Future Research
1:45 p.m.	Session III Recommendations for Future Research
2:00 p.m.	Session IV Recommendations for Future Research
2:15 p.m.	Session V Recommendations for Future Research
2:30 p.m.	General Discussion/Products of the Meeting
3:00 p.m.	Adjourn