Helen Warren Ross

Helen Warren Ross Department of Child and Family Development San Diego State University San Diego, CA 92182-4502 619-594-7715 hross@mail.sdsu.edu no picture

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Educational Psychology, Catholic University, Washington, D.C., 1974

M.A. Psychology, American University, Washington, D.C., 1966

A.B. Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois, 1954

CREDENTIALS

Certificate Administration and Scoring Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, National Foundation

March of Dimes, May 1979.

Pupil Personnel Credential: School Psychologist, California, Lifetime Certificate.

Marriage, Family and Child Counselor, California, 1968 to present.

Junior College Teaching Credential, Lifetime, Psychology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1996-present: Chair, SDSU Senate Committee on Enviromment and Safety
1996-present: Member; Co Chair Board of Directors, Home Together, Inc. TV TURN-OFF (a non profit organization)
1996-present: Site review specialist, Council for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education, State of California
1995-present: Professor Child and Family Development, San Diego State University subcommittee of San Diego County Commission on Children Youth and Families
1994- present: Member SDSU Senate Committee Affirinative Action and Outreach
1983-1986: Advisory Board Member, Project IINTACT (Infant Interagency Networking through Access of Computer Technology).Handicapped Children's Early Education Program Grant, Dr. Eleanor Lynch, Project Director
1982-1995: Advisory Committee, San Diego Unified School District, School Age Parent Infant Development
1982-1989: Secretary-Treasurer, American Psychological Association, Division I
1982-1986: Advisory Board, Preschool Interagency Project for Exceptional Individuals,Department of Special Education, State of California
1982-1985: Exchange Faculty, Counseling Services and Placement, San Diego State University
1982-1984: Consultant, Department of Pediatrics, Balboa Naval Hospital, San Diego
1980 (Spring): Seminar: Infancy, Instituto di Psicologia, Universita degli Studi di Napoli
1980 (Spring): Neonatal Assessment Theories and Practice in Pediatric Neurology, Instituto di Puericultura delluniversita di Roma
1979-1990: Executive Committee, Division 1, American Psychological Association
1979-1989: Associate Professor, Family Studies and Consumer Sciences, San Diego State University
1979-1980: Senior Research Fulbright Scholar, Puericultura dell'Universita di Roma/Instituto di Psicologia, Universita degli Studi di Napoli
1979 (Fall): Principles of Growth and Development, Instituto di Puericultura dell'Universita di Roma
1978-1979: Research Neuroscientist (Psychology), University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosciences
1975-1976: Consultant, California School of Professional Psychology, La Jolla, CA
1975 (Spring): Psychologist, Lemon Grove School District
1975: Manuscript Consultant, American Psychologist
1974-1988: Supervisor, Infant Studies Program for Child Development Students, Parents and Infants, San Diego State University
1973-1979: Assistant Professor, Child Development, San Diego State University
1973-1979: Representative for American Psychological Association to Category G, The Board of Directors, Child Development Associates Consortium
1970-1973: Postgraduate Research, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (Psychology)
1969-1970: Human Relations Analyst, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, University Hospital
1969: Psychologist, Head Start San Diego, OEO
1967-1968: Psychological Consultant, Head Start, Howard County Board of Education, Maryland
1966-1968: Education Services Advisory Panel, Washington School of Psychiatry, Washington, D.C.
1966-1967: Chairperson, Howard County Mental Health Advisory Board
1966: Consultant, Head Start Howard and Montgomery Counties, Maryland
1965-1968: Head Start Director and Consultant, Howard County Board of Education, Maryland
1965: School Psychologist, Montgomery County Board of Education, Rockville, Maryland
1964-1968: School Psychologist, Howard County Board of Education and Montgomery County oard of Education, Maryland
1956-1959: Research Psychologist, National Institutes of Mental Health, Laboratory of Child Development, Bethesda, Maryland
1956: Clinical Psychologist, Handicapped Children's Clinic Bureau of Matemal and Child Health, Washington, D.C.

PUBLICATIONS

Ross, H. W. (1992) Integrating infants with disabilities: Can "ordinary" caregivers do it?. Young Children 47, 65-72.

Ross, H. W. (1990) The criminal victimization of the physically challenged. In E. Viano (ed.) The Victimology Handbook: Research Findings, Treatment, and Public Policy. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., pp 129-146.

Ross, H. W. (1986). Infant socialization. Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York: John Wiley.

Ross, H. W. (1984). Infant socialization. Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York.

Ross, H. W. (1984). Infants in Italy: An evaluation of other than mother care. Child Resource World Review. Berkeley: International Child Resource Network.

Ross, H. W. (1982). Infants in Italy: An evaluation of other than mother care. Early Childhood Education and Care, 9,121-134.

Ross, H. W. & Oriandi, L. (1982). Modalita di comportainento ed interagione del neonato. Neurologia Neonatale. Roma, Italy: Verduci Editore.

Ross, H. W. (1982). Baby goes to college (abstract). In R. Tyson (ed.), Proceedings of the first international congress of infant psychiatry. New York: Basic Books.

Ross, H. W. (1982). Origins of jealousy (abstract). In R. Tyson (ed.), Proceedings of the first international congress of infant psychiatry. New York: Basic Books.

Ross, H. W. (1982). A demonstration program for campus infant care. In N. Nir-Janiv, B. Spodek, and D. Steg (eds.), Early childhood education: An international perspective. New York: Plenum Press.

Ross, H. (1980). La aventure dei bambini Americani tra molte progeti e pochi asili nido. Zerosei, 5, 8-12.

Ross, H. W. (1979). Wepman test of auditory discrimination: What does it discriminate? Journal of School Psychology, 17,47-54.

Ross, H. W. (1977). Auditory discrimination in six-year-old children as a function of ethnic group membership. Journal Supplement Abstract Service, American Psychological Association, 7, 49.

Ross, H. W. (1978). Triplets: Development of similarities and differences. Piagetian theory and the helping professions. Los Angeles: USC Press.

Rheingold, H., Gewirtz, J. L., & Ross, H. W. (1959). Social conditioning of vocalizations in the infant. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 52, 68-73.

PRESENTATIONS

International

Ross, H. W. & Riehman, L. (1986, July). The criminal victimization of the physically challenged. The Second International Congress of Victimization, Orlando, FL.

Ross, H. W. & Benton, L. (1980, April). Origins of jealousy. The First International Congress of Infant Psychiatry. Cascais, Portugal.

Ross, H. W. (1980, January). Baby goes to college. First International Conference on Early Childhood Education, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ross, H. W. (1977, January). Videotape: Triplets: Development of similarities and differences. Seventh Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference on Piagetian Theory and Its Implication for the Helping Professions, Los Angeles, CA.

National

Ross, H. W. (1986, September). The ivory tower and the real world: Or can a university outreach effectively support families? Family Resource Coalition, Chicago, IL.

Ross, H. W. (1985, August). Child Care: Oui bono? American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Ross, H. W., McDonald, V., Lynch, E., & Mendoza, J. (1984). Preschool mainstreaming:The Family, the environment and the curriculum, Council of Exceptional Children, Pasadena, CA.

Ross, H. W. (1982, April). Infants in Italy: An evaluation of other than mother care. American Orthospsychiatric Association, San Francisco, CA.

Ross, H. W. (1980, November). International child development (share-in). National Association for the Education of Young Children, San Francisco, CA.

Stolarz, S. J., Ross, H. W., Stem, E. J., Bell, M. Z., Gray, S., Beck, J., & Livington, R. B. (1979, August). Schoolchildren's performance a function of nutritional risks early in life. American Psychological Association, New York City.

Ross, H. W. (1977, October). Other than mother care and its effect on the family: Particularly the mother. American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors, San Francisco, CA.

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Project Director with C. F. Hohm, Co-Director, Indian Child Welfare Act: Awareness Training for the Human Service Professional, U.S. Office of Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services, grant #09-CT0123-01, $70,278, August 1989.

Project Director with C. F. Hohm. Child Abuse and Neglect: A Local Indian Community Perspective, June Burnett institute, $1,700, June 1988.

A New View of the Human: A view toward Curriculum Development, sponsored by the College of Arts and Letters, Sylvia Wynter, Stanford University workshop leader, stipend $200.00, winter 1988.

Grant-in-Aid, San Diego State University Graduate Office. Pilot Study: Crime Against the Physically Disabled (with Dr. Lynne Riehman), 1984.

Faculty Interm, Counseling Services and Placement, San Diego State University, 1981-1982.

San Diego Unified School School District, Department of Special Education $6,000 to Lynch, E.; Ross, H. W.; McDonald, V.; & Mendoza, J. Preschool Integration of Exceptional Individuals, San Diego Unified School District, Department of Special Education $46,000, 1982.

Associata Ricercatore, Fondazione Instituto di Sociopsicologia Umanistica e Psicoterapia, Naples, 1981.

Fulbright-Hayes Senior Research Fellow, Department of Mental Health/Pediatrics, University of Rome, 1979-1980.

Diplomat of Psychology, University of Naples, spring 1980.

Distinguished Service Award, presented by the Child Development Associates Consortium, Washington, D. C., October 1978.

Project Director, Child Development Internship Program, Neighborhood House/Head Start, Spring 1978.

Weight Control as a Combined Program in Dietary and Behavior Modification (with Dr. Barbara Gunning) in collaboration with Health Services and Physical Education, 1976.

SLIDE/TAPE PRODUCTIONS

The following have been developed for the San Diego Office of Education and are distributed to local, state, and national organizations upon request:

Together: A Mainstreamed Program for Infants. (1987)
Parents Have Choices: Education for Infants with Special Needs. (1987)
Collaboration and Caring: A Joint Venture for Infants with Special Needs. (1987)

INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOTAPES

The following video tapes are in the Media Technology Services Library at San Diego State University

Infancy: Triplets, the Development of Similarities and Differences.50 min (1976)
The Rights of American Indian Children: A Discussion of the Indian Child Welfare Act. 60 min (1991)

INVITED LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Instituto di Psicologia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma, Italia, November 1980.

The psychology of the neonate and premature. Fourth National Conference Neonatal Neurology, Rome, Italy, November 1980.

Recent developments in research on infant in the United States. U.E.R. des Sciences du Comportement et de L'Environment, Section de Psychologie, Universite Louis Pasteur, Strassbourg, France, May 1980.

Mother-infant interaction as a basis for language development. U.E.R. des Sciences du Comportement et de L'Environment, Section de Psychologie Universite Louis Pasteur, Strassbourg, France, May 1980.

Ricerche psicologiche sulla prima infanzia. Fondazione Carlo Erba, Milano, Italia, May 1980.

Metodologie alternative nel rappoto col bambino. Circolo della Stampa, Napoli, Italia, April 1980.

Auditory discrimination and its relationship to language development. Neurolinguistiek Consultatiegebouw, Akademisch Ziekenhuis, Bruxelles, Belgium, April 1980.

Mother-infant interaction as a basis for language acquisition. Neorolinguistiek Consultatiegebouw, Akademisch Ziekenhuis, Bruxelles, Belgium, April 1980.

Problemi ed eserieze nella educazione dei piccolissimi negli Stati Uniti. Sala Conferenze, A.C.M. commune di reggion nell 'emilia, Italia, March 1980.

La Valuazione del compartmento neonatale, Instituto di psycologia. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma, Italia, December 1979.

Educational problems of the bilingual child. The Rome International Schools Association (RISA), Rome, Italy, October 1979.

Osservazione standardizzata del neonato secundo Brazelton. Instituto di Clinica Pediatica dell' Universita di Roma, Italia, October 1979.

Development of the intellect in infants. San Diego City College Science Seminar, San Diego, October 1978.

ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP

International

International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology
International Council of Psychologists
International Society for Behavioral Development InterAmerican Society of Psychology
Phi Beta Delta Honor Society of International Scholars

National

American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (Clinical Member)
American Association of University Professors
The American Psychological Association (Associate 1967, Member 1975) APA Division 1, General Psychology
APA Division 7, Developmental Psychology APA Section of Division 12, Pediatric Psychology
Society for Research in Child Development

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