Lynn Twarog Singer

Publications: Edited Books, Chapters, & Additional Publications

EDITED BOOKS:

Singer, L.T. and Zeskind, P.S. (Eds.). 

Biobehavioral Assessment of the Infant,

New York, Guilford Publications, April, 2001.

ISBN: 1572306696
Format: Hardcover, 476pp

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SYNOPSIS
The 22 papers in this collection, by Ph.Ds at US universities, are grouped into topics which concern methodological issues, prenatal growth and sensory development, assessments of arousal and regulation, cognitive and attentional processes, and a review of standard developmental assessments.

Individual papers consider the paired-comparison paradigm in assessing attentional encoding and memory, case studies in focused attention, the relation of temperament to physiological measurements, the evolutionary biological perspectives of attachment theory in Strange Situation assessment, and evidence for the role of changes in cortisol levels as a reflection of the attachment relationship.

Both editors teach pediatrics and psychiatry: Singer at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Zeskind at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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FROM THE PUBLISHER
Recent decades have seen the emergence of many new biobehavioral assessment tools for the newborn and young infant. These instruments have tremendous utility for scientists and practitioners engaged in exploring basic questions of development, studying medical and developmental conditions that place infants at risk, diagnosing the severity of biobehavioral insult, and evaluating the effectiveness of ameliorative interventions. Yet until now there has been no single volume providing an organized, critical examination of available assessment tools.

Filling a crucial gap in the literature, this book describes a wide range of approaches to evaluating growth, sensation, arousal, regulation, learning, and attention in the prenatal period and the first year of life. Leading experts describe the historical background and development of each tool; review its diagnostic, methodological, and conceptual utility; highlight strengths and limitations for different uses; and consider broader implications for understanding the development of infants at risk.

Singer, M., Singer, L.T., & Anglin, T. (Eds.). 

Handbook for Screening Adolescents
at Psychosocial Risk. 

New York:  MacMillan, 1993

ISBN: 0669248274
Format: Hardcover, 437pp

ANNOTATION
Provides information necessary to detect psychosocial problems, such as drug-abuse, gang involvement, psychoses, etc.

FROM THE PUBLISHER
Adolescence - the bridge between childhood and adulthood - represents a significant developmental period characterized by marked changes in physiology, cognition, and behavior. For those in the field of human services, working with adolescents represents a particular challenge, as the transition from childhood is often fraught with difficulties.

Accidents, homicide, and suicide - the three leading causes of death among adolescents - are all largely preventable and are directly related to psychosocial and developmental issues. The challenges of identifying and addressing adolescents' developmental needs, health, mental health, and social problems span many disciplines. For example, school counselors need to understand reproductive health issues and how to recognize depression, for they may be the first called on to provide preliminary evaluation of a psychotic teenager who has disrupted a classroom.

Nurses and social workers who work in urban hospital emergency departments frequently encounter youths who are involved in gang violence and substance abuse, who are depressed, who have attempted suicide, or who have been sexually assaulted. Youth workers and probation officers need to recognize the multiple problems in which their charges may be involved, such as sexual risk-taking, substance abuse, delinquency, and violence.

This handbook provides all the information necessary for all professionals working with adolescents to understand and recognize their major psychosocial problems. Each chapter is written by an experienced clinician or research scientist who is a recognized expert in his or her field. Topics include family problems, substance abuse, head injury, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, suicide, gang involvement, antisocial behavior, reproductive health, sexual and physical abuse, eating disorders, and psychosis.

CHAPTERS:

2004

            Arendt, R.E., Noland, J.S., Short, E.J., & Singer, L.T. (2004). Prenatal drug exposure and mental retardation.  In L.M. Glidden (Ed.), International Review of Research in Mental Retardation, Vol. 29 (pp31-61).  San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

2001

            Singer, L.T.  General issues in infant assessment and development.  In L.T. Singer and P.S. Zeskind, Biobehavioral Assessment of the Infant, Guilford Press, 2001, pp. 15-40.  PDF Download

1999

            Singer, L.T., Minnes, S., & Arendt, R.A.  High risk infants.  In D. Biegel & A. Blum (Eds.).  Innovations in Practice and Service Delivery with Vulnerable Populations Across the Lifespan, Oxford University Press, 1999, 57-78.

            Singer, M.I., Singer, L.T., and Cole, S.C.  Welfare reform:  Exploring the effects on children's mental health and health services.  In New Prospects for Social Welfare in East Asia, Puli University Press, Puli, Taiwan, R.O.C., 1999.

1997

            Singer, L.T.  Methodological considerations in longitudinal studies of infant risk.  In J. Dobbing (Ed.)  Developing Brain and Behavior:  The Role of Lipids in Infant Formula, Academic Press:  London, 1997, 210-230.

1996

            Arendt, R., Minnes, S., & Singer, L.T.  Fetal cocaine exposure.  In L. Chandler and S. Lane (Eds.).  Children with Prenatal Drug Exposure, The Haworth Press, 1996, 129-144

1993

            Minnes, S., Senders, P., & Singer, L.T.  Screening Adolescents for Eating Disorders.  In M. Singer, L.T. Singer, & T. Anglin, (Eds.).  Handbook for screening Adolescents at Psychosocial Risk, New York:  MacMillan, 1993, 150-183.

            Singer, L.T., Arendt, R., & Minnes, S.  Neurodevelopmental effects of cocaine.  In M. Walsh-Sukys & R. Kliegman, (Eds.).  Clinics in Perinatology:  Current Controversies In Perinatal Care II, 1993, 20; 1:245-262.

1980 -1985

            Fagan, J.F., Singer, L.T., & Montie, J.M.  An experimental selective screening device for the early detection of intellectual deficit in at-risk infants.  In W.K. Frankenburg, R.N. Emde, & J. Sullivan, (Eds).  Early Identification of Children at Risk:  An International Perspective, New York:  Plenum Press, 1985, 257-265.

             Singer, L.T.  Extended hospitalization of failure-to-thrive infants:  Patterns of care and developmental outcome.  In D. Drotar, (Ed.).  New Directions in Failure-to-Thrive:  Research and Clinical Applications, New York:  Plenum Press, 1985, 139-154.

            Fagan, J.F. & Singer, L.T. Infant recognition memory as a measure of intelligence. In L. Lipsitt, (Ed.). Advances in Infancy Research, Vol.II, Ablex Pub., 1983, 31-78.

            Singer, L.T., Drotar, D., Fagan, J.F., Devost, L., & Lake, R.  Failure-to-thrive: Methodological considerations and new approaches.  In T.M. Field & A. Sostek, (Eds.).  Infants Born At-Risk:  Physiological, Perceptual and Cognitive Processes, Grune & Stratton, 1983, 211-42.

             Fagan, J.F. & Singer, L.T.  Intervention during infancy:  General considerations.  In S.L. Friedman & M. Sigman, (Eds.).  Pre-term Birth: and Post-term Birth: Relevance to Optimal Psychological Development, Academic Press, 1980.

ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS:

            Singer, L.T.  A decade of efforts to understand kinetic family drawings, Review of Self-Growth in Families:  Kinetic Family Drawings:  Research and Application, Journal of Personality Assessment, 1985.

            Singer, L.T.  Review of Infant Stress and Intensive Care.  In A. Gottfried & J. Gaiter, (Eds.)  Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography, 1986, 60, 1.

            Singer, L.T.  Reply to Bachrach. (Letter to Editor).  Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 1987, 8, 188.

            Singer, L.T.  Review of Advances in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.  In M. Wolraich, & D. Routh (Eds)  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 1987, 12, 466-67.

            Singer, L.T.  Research focus:  Adolescents with eating disorders, Cleveland Psychological Association Announcer, 1989, 25, 11-12.

            Singer, L.T.  Cocaine-exposed infants and children.  Child, Youth, & Family Services Quarterly, 1991, 14, 1-2.