We center on family concerns and issues and want to discover through our research ways to encourage optimal individual and family development. Currently, I am focusing with other CFS faculty on the question of how to generate the highest quality care of young children, while recognizing parents' values and concerns in caring for children and themselves. Young children's characteristics of leadership, cognitive styles of reflection-impulsivity and field independence, peer interaction patterns are my particular interest. Empowerment for higher education faculty. Groves Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Family systems approach as a means for critical thinking.
Recognizing leadership characteristics in preschool children. Applying Neo-Piagetian theory to the normal reasoning process. Cognitive style and the gifted young child. Cognitive style and the gifted young child. Early Child Development and Care.