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Name: Anat Scher Date: April 2015

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Higher Education

A. Undergraduate and Graduate Studies

Year of

Approval of

Degree

Degree Name of Institution

and Department

Period of

Study

1975

BA (cum laude)

Tel Aviv University:

Psychology; Sociology

and Literature

1972-1975

1976

MA

University of Toronto,

Dep. of Applied

Psychology

1975-1976

1980

Ph.D.

University of Calgary,

Dep. of Educational

Psychology

1977-1980

1985

Diploma in Clinical

Psychology

University of Calgary,

Dep. of Educational

Psychology

1982-1984

B. Post-Doctoral Studies

Year of

Completion

Host Degree Name of Institution,

Department and Host

Period of

Study

1984

Prof.

Peter

Bryant

Post

Doctorate

University of Oxford,

Experimental

Psychology

1983-1984

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2. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education

Rank/Position Name of Institution and

Department

Dates

Instructor and Research

Associate

University of Calgary, Calgary,

Alberta, Canada, Dep. of

Educational Psychology

1981- 1983

Lecturer University of Haifa, Dep. of

Education, & Dep. of

Occupational Therapy

1985- 1992

Visiting Scholar Oxford University (Wolfson

College) Dep. of Experimental

Psychology

1990- 1991

Senior Lecturer (tenured)

University of Haifa, Dep. of

Education & Dep. of Occupational

Therapy

1992- 2001

Visiting Professor University of British Columbia

Dep. of Psychology/ Education

2002 – 2003

Associate Professor

University of Haifa, Dep. of

Counseling & Human

Development, Faculty of

Education

2001 – to date

3. Offices in University Academic Administration

1992-1995 University of Haifa Admissions Committee

1993-1994

1995-1996

University of Haifa, Dep. of

Occupational Therapy

Acting Head

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1996-1997

University of Haifa, Dep. of

Education

Head, Graduate Program

1997 - 2001

1998 - 2002

2003-2007

2009-2011

2011 - 2009

2011- to date

University of Haifa

Department of Education

Department of Education

Dep. of Counseling & Human

Development

Dep. of Counseling & Human

Development

Dep. of Counseling & Human

Development

Research Authority Committee

Head, Developmental division

Head, Education & Human

Development

Head, Early Childhood program

Chair, MA committee

Head of department

Note: represents activities and publications since last appointment/promotion

4. Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the University

2007 - 2002

2007 - 2006

2007 - 2008

International Advisory Board: The CHILD project of British Columbia,

Canada

Israel Science Foundation: Committee for the evaluation of assessment

in early childhood

Academic Advisor, Early childhood program, Sachnin Teacher’s

College

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2015 -

Journal of Infant Behavior and Development: Consulting Editor

Peer Reviewer in the following Journals:

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Infant and Child Development

Child Development

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Infant Behavior and Development

Infancy

Journal of Family Psychology

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Parenting: Science and Practice

Attachment and Human Development

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Psychiatry Review

Psychiatry Research

Journal of Sleep Research

Pediatrics

Sleep Medicine

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Megamot (Hebrew)

Reviewer for Grant Applications:

Ministry of Education (Israel)

United States-Israel Bi-national Science Foundation (BSF)

Israel Science Foundation (ISF)

Israel Foundation Trustees

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

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Membership in Professional Organizations

Since 1980 American Psychological Association

1984 - 1991 British Psychological Society

1984 - 1991 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Since 1985 Israel Psychological Association

Since 1991 Society for Research in Child Development

Since 1995 Israel Sleep Research Society

Since 1998

Since 1999

Since 2005

Since 2005

European Society for Developmental Psychology

International Society of Infant Studies

International Pediatric Sleep Association

International Society of Developmental Psychobiology

5. Participation in Scholarly Conferences

a. Active Participation

a.1. International Conferences – Held Abroad

Role Subject of

Lecture/Discussion

Place of

Conference

Name of Conference Date

Presenter Developmental changes in

sorting spatial displays

Toronto Annual Convention of the

Canadian Psychological

Association

1. 1981

Presenter The mental representation

of oblique in children and

adults

Los Angeles Annual

Convention of the

American Psychological

Association

2.1981

Presenter Developmental changes in

the processing of spatial

orientation.

Waterloo,

Ontario

Conference on Child

Development

3.1982

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Presenter Speed and accuracy in

orientation judgments of

children and adults

Montreal Annual

Convention of the

Canadian Psychological

Association

4.1982

Presenter Cognitive-behavior

modification program

Alberta,

Canada

15th Banff International

Conference

5.1982

Presenter The diameter illusion in

children’s length judgment

Washington,

DC

Annual Convention of the

American Psychological

Association

6.1983

Presenter Survey of sleep patterns of

Israeli infants and young

children

Copenhagen Fifth International

Congress of Sleep

7.1987

Presenter Characteristics of night

waking among 4-48-month

old children

Swansea, UK Annual Conference of the

British Psychological

Society

8.1990

Presenter Night waking in infants and

young children

Montreal International Conference

on Infant Studies

9.1990

Presenter Toddlers’ sleep and

temperament

Bournemouth

UK

Annual Conference of the

British Psychological

Society

10.1991

Presenter Maternal attributes and

the development of sleep

patterns in infancy

Cambridge, UK Developmental

Psychology Conference

(BPS)

11.1991

Presenter The contribution of

maternal characteristics to

her infant’s sleep: A

longitudinal study.

Paris The European Pediatric

Sleep Club

12.1992

Presenter Facilitators and regulators:

Maternal style and

separation anxiety.

Chicago 5th World Congress of

Infant Psychiatry and

Allied Disciplines

13.1992

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Presenter Stability of Actigraphic

sleep measures during the

first 20 months of life

Helsinki,

Finland

11 European Congress on

Sleep Research

14.1992

Presenter Object permanence and

night waking

Florence

Italy

12th Congress of the

European Sleep Research

Society

15.1994

Presenter

a) Symposium on sleeping

behavior

b) Behavioral patterns and

affective involvement in

mother-infant interaction

and cognitive

development.

Paris

9th Biennial International

Infant Studies

16.1994

Presenter

Behavioral patterns and

affective involvement in

mother-infant interaction

Winchester UK 2nd European Association

for Child Psychology and

Psychiatry Conference

17.1994

Presenter Changes in maternal

separation anxiety in the

first year

Indianapolis

Society for Research in

Child Development

18.1995

Presenter Changes in maternal

separation anxiety: Aspects

of inter-generational

transmission

Moscow

1st Moscow International

Multidisciplinary

Conference in Infant

Mental Health

19.1995

Presenter

a) Night waking and mother-

child attachment

b) Maternal employment

and children’s sleep:

Firenze, Italy

13th Congress of the

European Sleep Research

Society

20.1996

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Evidence from a longitudinal

study in Israel

c) Symposium on methods

of sleep recordings: Sleep

questionnaires

Presenter

Changes in negative

emotionality in infancy: The

role of mothers’ attachment

concerns

Quebec City

Canada

14th Biennial ISSBD

Conference

21.1996

Presenter Sleep characteristics of

secure and ambivalent

infants

Oxford, UK British Psychological

Society Developmental

Conference

22.1996

Presenter a)The onset of upright

locomotion and night

waking

b)Mother-child interaction

and night waking

Washington Society for Research in

Child Development

23.1997

Presenter Measuring coping skills:

Behavioral observations in

nursery school

Montreal 12th International

Congress of the World

Federation of

Occupational Therapists

24.1998

Presenter Facilitator and regulators:

Maternal orientation and

child’s attachment

Toronto

Canada

Attachment &

Psychopathology

2nd International

Conference

25.1998

Presenter a) Motor development and

sleep problems among 9-

month- olds.

b) Mother-child interaction

at 12 months and mirror

self- recognition at 22

months: Gender differences

New Mexico

USA

Society for Research in

Child Development

26.1999

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Presenter a) Emotional

communication in mother-

infant relationships and

sleep regulation.

b) Mother-infant interaction

and the child’s narrative

representation of mother at

six years.

Spetses

Greece

European Conference of

Developmental

Psychology

27.1999

Presenter

Are restless sleepers early

walkers?

Brighton

England

International Conference

on Infant Studies

28. July 2000

Presenter Motor milestones and sleep

regulation in 1st year

Montreal

Canada

World Association for

Infant Mental Health

29. July 2000

Presenter

Self-Recognition among

Down Syndrome toddlers:

Late or different?

Washington

DC

108 Annual Convention

of the American

Psychological Association

30. August 2000

Presenter Sleep difficulties in the first

year: Stability and

behavioral implications

Istanbul

Turkey

15 .Congress of the

European Sleep Research

31.September

2000

Presenter The onset of walking and

sleep regulation among

boys and girls

MinneapolisU

SA

Society for Research in

Child Development

32.April 2001

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Presenter Behavioral regulation and

transition to toddlerhood

Toronto

Canada

International Conference

on Infant

Studies

33.April

2002

Presenter (a) Activity & temperament

(b) Attachment and sleep

Tampa

USA

Society for Research in

Child

Development

34.April

2003

Presenter Maternal stress and

parenting

Vancouver

Canada

Child &Youth Health

World

Congress

35.May

2003

Symposium

Organizer

Waking to walking Chicago

USA

Sleep Society

36.June 2003

Presenter Focused attention

& object play in 10-

month-olds

Chicago

USA

Jean Piaget Society 37.June

2003

Presenter Maternal

sensitivity &

Regulation

Chicago

USA

International

Conference on Infant

Studies

38.May

2004

Presenter

Developmental transitions

nightwaking &

crawling

Prague

Czech

Republic

European Sleep

Research

39. Oct.

2004

Presenter

Onset of walking and play

Atlanta

USA

Society for Research in

Child

Development

40.April

2005

Presenter

Moving after dark

Murcia

Motor Development

& Learning in Infancy

41.May

2005

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Spain

Presenter Sleep and daytime

exploratory behavior

Washington

DC

Dev. Psychobiology

ISDP

42.Nov 2005

Discussant a) Invited Round Table:

crying & sleep

Boston

USA

Society for Research

Child

Development

43.Mar

2007

Presenter

a) Maternal

separation anxiety

b) cortisol & sleep in

toddlers

Vancouver

Canada

Infant Studies 44.April 2008

Sleep fragmentation Washington

DC

Dev. Psychobiology 45.Nov. 2008

Presenter

Symposium on Cortisol &

Sleep

Denver

USA

Society for Research in

Child Development

46.April

2009

Presenter (a) Longitudinal study of

sleep in infants with at risk

for dev. delays;

(b) Hand preference &

emergence of standing

Baltimore

USA

Infant Studies

47.March 2010

Presenter Continuity & change in

infants' sleep–wake

regulation: A short-term

follow-up

Rome

Italy

International Pediatric

Sleep Society

48.Dec 2010

Presenter

Seasonal effect on crawling

Montreal

Canada

Society for Research in

Child Development

49..March

2011

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Motivation to move Co-Presenter

(with Sarah Berger)

Crawling and sleep

Presenter

(a)The interplay across asleep Presenter

and awake states

(b) pulling to stand and sleep

Boys' and girls' representation Presenter

of mother and father figures

Simultaneous use of two Presenter

actigraphs

Learning to Solve a novel Co-Presenter

Locomotor problem in infancy: (with Sarah

Does sleep play a role? Berger)

From awake to asleep states: Co-presenter

Children's self-regulation and (with Moran

activity at bedtime Samuel)

Athens

Greece

Manchester

UK

Seattle

USA

Pavia, Italy

San Diego

USA

Berlin

Germany

Philadelphia

USA

International

Conference of the

Association of

Psychology and

Psychiatry

International Pediatric

Sleep Society

SRCD

Attachment & Human

Development

Dev. Psychobiology

ISDP

International

Conference of Infant

Studies

SRCD

51.May 2011

52.Dec 2012

53.April 2013

54.August

2013

55.Nov 2013

56.July 2014

57.March

2015

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a2. International Conferences – Held in Israel

Role Subject of

Lecture/Discussion

Place of

Conference

Name of Conference Date

Presenter The development of sleep

patterns

Hebrew

University at

Jerusalem

Israeli Psychological

Association

1.1991

Presenter Symposium on children and

parents: Aspects of close

relationships

University of

Haifa

The Israeli Association for

Research in Education

2.1993

Presenter Early education: The

contribution of a secure

base to learning

Levinsky

College, Tel

Aviv

International Congress on

Teachers’ Training

3.1993

Presenter Mother-child interaction &

cognitive development: A

longitudinal study

Bar-Ilan

University

The 24th Scientific

Meeting of the Israeli

Psychological Association

4.1993

Presenter

Behavioral goals for early

childhood: Parental

attitude. Questionnaire

(Hebrew)

Herzliya

Annual Meeting of the

Developmental Section of

the Israeli Psychological

Association

5.1993

Presenter Sequential and

simultaneous processing: A

comparison between slow

and LD students

Beit Issie

Shapiro,

Ra’anana

International Conference

on Developmental

Disabilities

6.1994

Presenter Material sensitivity and the

development of symbolic

play

Hebrew

University at

Jerusalem

The Israeli Association for

Research in Education

7.1995

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Presenter Night waking and

attachment pattern

(Hebrew)

Netanya Israel 1st Conference of the

Israeli Sleep Research

Society

8.1995

Presenter Night waking from a

relational perspective: A

study of sleep and play

among one-year-olds

Zichron-

Ya’acov

International

Rappaport Symposium

and the Annual

Conference of the Israeli

Society for Sleep

Research

9.1997

Presenter The reflection of mother-

child relationships in the

infant’s sleep (Hebrew)

Tel Aviv

University

The 26th Scientific

Meeting of the Israeli

Psychological Association

10.1997

Presenter a) Symposium: Sensitivity

and Responsitivity in

mother-infant interaction;

(b) Mothers as mediators of

young children’s play

University of

Haifa

International Conference

on Psychology:

Psychology After The Year

2000

11.2000

Presenter Educational attitudes of

mothers to Kindergarten

children: Child and context

factors (Hebrew)

Hebrew

University at

Jerusalem

Early Childhood

Education: 100 years to

the Hebrew Kindergarten

12. August 2000

Co-

presenter

(with Efi

Stolarsky)

Teachers’ mediation and

toddlers emotional

responses in the daycare

context (Hebrew)

Tel-Aviv

Univesity

Ayala Conference 2000:

Research in Education

13. October

2000.

Co-

presenter

(with Efi

Stolarsky)

Mother-child interaction at

12 m and mirror self-

recognition at 22 months:

Gender differences.

Tel-Aviv

The Promised Childhood

International Congress

14.April 2001

Presenter Sleep & attention in infants

Technion,

Haifa

Israeli Sleep Research

Society

15.Nov

2006

Co-

Presenter

Sleep regulation in 5-year-

olds

Souraski

Medical

Israeli Sleep Research 16.Feb 2014

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(with Moran

Samuel)

Co-

Presenter

(with

Ma’ayan

Peled)

Sleep quality and executive

functioning

Centre, Tel-

Aviv

Emek Israel

College

Society

Israeli Sleep Research

Society

17. Feb 2015

b. Organization of Conferences or Sessions

.

Role Subject of Conference/

Role at Conference/

Comments

Place of

Conference

Name of

Conference

Date

Organizer Emerging Locomotion Skills,

Emotional Regulation

& the Tasks of a Sleeping Infant

University of

Haifa

ISF: International

Research Workshop

2010

6. Invited Lectures and Study Groups

Presentation/Comments Name of Forum Place of Lecture Date

Turning off at night: The

importance of sleep to

early learning

Maternal separation

anxiety as a regulator of

sleep

Safra Brain

Research Center

Inaugural

Conference

Attachment and

Early Disorders of

Development

Conference

University of Haifa

University of Munich

Germany

2009

2009

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SRCD Sponsored Forum

on Sleep and

Development

Sleep disruption as a

window to

developmental

transitions in infancy

Society for

Research in Child

Development:

Study Group

Academic Study

Group, Israel

Educational

Foundation

University of Auburn, US

Emek Israel College, Israel

2102

2105

7. Colloquium Talks

Presentation/

Comments

Name of Forum

Place of Lecture

Date

Mother-child

relationships and sleep

regulation

Colloquium

Educational

Psychology

University of British Columbia,

Vancouver

2002

The tie that keep

mother and child awake

or asleep

Colloquium

Developmental

Psychology Forum

Simon Fraser University

Vancouver, Canada

2003

Sleep as a window for

studying developmental

transitions

Ideas in Progress

Series

Children’s Hospital

University of British Columbia

2003

Why sleep matters?

Human Early

Learning Potential:

Annual meeting

University of Victoria

2003

Infant’s Sleep

Regulation: A Relational

Perspective

Seminar: School of

Education

CUNY: Brookline College

New York

2007

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Parenting and

development :

The significance of

relationships and

interactions

Seminar: Social

Services

University of Firenze

Italy

2009

Sleep as an arena for

studying development

Institute of Human

Development

University of California

Berkeley, CA

2009

The developmental

significance of motor

achievements

Developmental

transitions and changes

in sleep-wake

regulation

Mother-child

relationships and sleep-

wake regulation

Separation anxiety,

attachment and

caregiving as

moderators of sleep in

early development

Dep. of Psychology

Graduate Seminar

Dep. of Psychology

Stanford School of

Medicine: Centre for

Sleep Sciences

Tel-Aviv University, Israel

University of Bologna

Italy

Stanford University

USA

2012

2014

2014

8. Research Grants

a. Grants Awarded

ear Amount Funded by Topic Other Researchers Role in

Research

1988

1990

$ 22,000

11,000 $

Israel

Science

Foundation

Israel

Foundation

Trustees

Sleep in infancy

Sleep in infancy

E. Tirosh (Co-PI)

PI

PI

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1998

1999

2001

2003

2007

2010

12,000 $

$ 31,500

64,000 $

120,000 $

17,500 $

Israel

Foundation

Trustees

Spencer

Foundation

HELP

British

Columbia

Israel

Science

Foundation

Israel

Science

Foundation

The Onset of Walking

Attachment & social

relationships in

Childhood

Caregivers' sensitivity in

Childcare

Sleep in Toddlers and

daytime functioning

Onset of crawling and

changes in sleep

Emerging motor skills

and changes in sleep

D. Granot

Wendy Hall (Co-PI)

PI

PI

PI

Co-PI

PI

PI

Scholarships, Awards and Prizes

Faculty of Education Research Fund 1991-96 NIS 19,150

University of Haifa Research Authority 1994-98 NIS 29,500

International Council for Canadian Studies

Faculty Enrichment Award 2000-01 $ 4,400

University of Haifa Research Authority 2003 NIS 10,000

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University of Haifa Research Authority 2011 NIS 10,000

ERASMUS MUNDUS Faculty Fellowship 2014 Euro 2,500

9. Teaching

Courses Taught in Recent Years

Numbers of

Students

Degree

Type of Course

Lecture/Seminar/

Workshop/High Learn Course/

Introduction Course (Mandatory)

Name of Course Year

20

MA

Seminar

Early intervention

programs.

2006-

2009

12

MA

Research Seminar

Children's coping and

problems in

development

2004-

2005

20 MA Advanced Course Learning & dev. in early

childhood

2006-

2011

20

MA

Core MA Course

Selected issues in

developmental

psychology

2000-

2006

12-14

15

MA

Methodology

Question and models in

developmental research

2000-

2014

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15 MA Elective course Children at

play

2007-

2012

2004-

2006/

25 BA Elective Infancy

2007

15 MA Integrative

Seminar

Children, Parents &

Educational

Contexts

2007-

2009/

2013

20

MA

Research Seminar

Play: Developmental and

contextual aspects

2009-

2010

15

MA

Research Seminar

Sleep in

development

2010-

2014

Miscellaneous

Clinical Certification

1985 to date

1995 to date

Registered Psychologist : Ministry of Health, Israel

Developmental psychologist (expert)

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PUBLICATIONS

A. Ph.D. Dissertation

On Spatial Cognition: Processes and Development. (1980). (English, 190 pages)

(University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada). Supervisor: W. R. Unruh

B. Articles in Refereed Journals

Published

1. Scher, A. (1982). The axis feature: Illusionary effects on children’s length judgments.

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 55, 720-722.

2. Scher, A. (1982). Position and axis features in young children’s oblique judgments:

Partial replication. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 55, 1317-1318.

3. Scher, A., & Olson, D.R. (1982). Children’s categorical representation of oblique

orientation. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 54, 543-547.

4. Scher, A., & Unruh, W.R. (1982). Position and orientation features and the

development of spatial concepts. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 36, 515-519.

5. Scher, A., & Unruh, W.R. (1983). On the codes and processes involved in identity

judgment of oblique lines. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1, 99-107.

Tirosh, E., Taub, Y., Scher, A., Jaffe, M., & Hochberg, Z. (1989). The short-term efficacy

of thyroid hormone supplementations in Down’s syndrome patients with low-normal thyroid

function. American Journal of Mental Retardation, 93, 652-656.

7. Brandes, J.M., Iskovitz, J., Scher, A., & Gershoni-Baruch, R. (1990). The physical and

mental development of co-sibs surviving selective reduction of multifetal pregnancies. Human

Reproduction, 5, 1014-1017.

8. Gershoni-Baruch, R., Scher, A., Iskovitz, J., Thaler, I., & Brandes, J.M. (1991). The

physical and psychomotor development of children conceived by IVR and exposed to high

frequency vaginal ultrasonography (6.5a Mhz) in the first trimester of pregnancy. Ultrasound

in Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1, 21-18.

9. Sadeh, A., Lavie, P., Scher, A., Tirosh, E., & Epstein, R. (1991). Actigraphic home-

monitoring of sleep-disturbed and control infants: A new method for pediatric assessment of

sleep-wake patterns. Pediatrics, 77, 494-499.

10. Scher, A. (1991). A longitudinal study of night-waking in the first year. Child: Care,

Health and Development, 17, 295-302.

11. Scher, A., Epstein, R., Sadeh, A., Tirosh, E., & Lavie, P. (1992).Toddlers sleep and

temperament: Reporting bias or a valid link? Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 33,

1249-1254.

12. Brandes, J.M., Scher,A., Iskovitz, J., Thaler, I., & Gershoni-Baruch, R. (1992). Growth

and development of children conceived by in vitro fertilization. Pediatrics, 90, 424-429. [IF:

5.119].

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13. Scher, A., & # Blumberg, O. (1992). Facilitators and regulators: Cross cultural and

methodological considerations. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 65, 327-331.

14. Tirosh, E., Scher, A., Jaffe, M., & Lavie, P. (1993). The effect of illness on sleep behavior in

infants. European Journal of Pediatrics, 152, 15-17.

15. Tirosh, E., Scher, A., Sadeh, A, Jaffe, M., & Lavie, P. (1993). Sleep characteristics of

asthmatics in the first four years of life: A comparative study. Archives of Disease in Childhood,

68, 481-483.

16. Scher, A., & Mayseless, O. (1994). Mothers’ attachment with spouse and parenting in

the first year. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 11, 601-609. [IF: 1.08, 29/74

Psychology, Social].

17. Sadeh, A., Lavie, P., & Scher, A. (1994). Sleep and temperament - Maternal

perceptions of temperament of sleep-disturbed toddlers. Early Education and Development, 5,

311-322. [IF: 1.54].

18. Scher, A., Tirosh, E., Jaffe, M., Rubin, L., & Lavie, P. (1995). Sleep patterns of infants

and young children in Israel. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 18, 701-711. [IF:

1.99, 43/65 Psychology, Developmental].

19. Scher, A. (1996). The onset of upright locomotion and night wakings. Perceptual and

Motor Skills, 83, 11-22.

20. Scher, A., & Tirosh, E. (1997). Early maternal perceptions and child development:

Comparison between two subgroups in Israel. Journal of Infant and Reproductive Psychology,

15, 43-50.

21. Scher, A., & Mayseless, O. (1997). Changes in negative emotionality in infancy: The

role of mother’s attachment concerns. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 15, 311-

321. [IF: 1.96, 29/65 Psychology Developmental].

22. Scher, A., Tirosh, E., & Lavie, P. (1998). The relationship between sleep and

temperament revisited: Evidence for 12-month-olds. Journal of Child Psychology and

Psychiatry, 39, 785-788. [IF: 5.67, 2/65 Psychology Developmental].

23. Scher, A., Harel, J., & # Hershkovitz, R. (1998). Maternal separation anxiety in infancy:

Precursors and outcomes. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 29, 103-111. [IF:2.03]

24. Scher,A. & # Ratson, M. (1998). Motor development and sleep problems among 9-

month-olds. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 87, 1218.

25. Scher, A., & # Blumberg, O. (1999). Night-waking among one-year-olds: A study of

maternal separation anxiety. Child: Care , Health and Development, 25, 323-334.

26. Tirosh, E., Stein, M., Harel, J. & Scher, A. (1999). Hand preference as related to

development and behavior in infancy. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 89, 371-380.

27. Tirosh, E., Gaster, H., Berger, A., Cohen, A., & Scher, A. (2000). Neonatal

neurobehavioral assessment as related to growth in infancy. Journal of Reproductive and

Infant Psychology, 18, 61-66.

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28. Schneider,E. & Scher,A (2000).Measuring coping skills: Behavioral observations in

nursery school. Early Development and Education, 161, 61-70. [IF: 1.54].

29. Mayseless, O., & Scher, A. (2000). Mother’s attachment concerns regarding spouse

and infant’s temperament as modulators of maternal separation anxiety. Journal of Child

Psychology and Psychiatry, 41,917-925.

30. Scher,A., # Amir,T. & Tirosh, E. (2000). Object concept and sleep regulation. Perceptual

and Motor Skills, 91, 402-404.

31. Scher, A. & Mayseless, O. (2000). Mothers of anxious/ambivalent infants: maternal

characteristics and child-care context. Child Development, 71, 1629-1639.

32. Scher, A. (2001) Attachment and sleep regulation: A study of night waking among one-

year-olds. Developmental Psychobiology, 38, 274-285.

33. Scher, A. (2001). Mother-infant play interaction and sleep regulation in one-year-olds.

Infant Mental Health Journal, 22, 515-528.

34. Scher, A. (2001). Facilitators and Regulators: Maternal orientation as an antecedent of

attachment security. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 19, 325-333.

35 Harel, J., Eshel,Y., Ganor, O. & Scher, A. (2002). Mother-infant emotional availability

and self-recognition of toddlers. Infant Mental Health Journal, 23, 293-309.

36. Scher, A. & # Dror, E. (2003). Attachment, caregiving, and sleep: The tie that keeps

mothers and infants awake: Attachment, caregiving and sleep. Sleep and Hypnosis, 5, 27-37.

37. Harel, J., & Scher, A. (2003). Insufficient responsiveness in ambivalent mother-infant

relationships: contextual and affective aspects. Infant Behavior and development, 26, 371-383.

38. Scher, A., # Epstein, R., & Tirosh, E. (2004). Stability and changes in sleep regulation: A

longitudinal study from 3 months to 3 years. International Journal of Behavioral Development,

28, 268-274.

39. Scher, A. & #Asher, R. (2004). Is attachment security related to sleep-wake regulation?

Mothers’ reports and objective sleep recordings. Infant Behavior and Development, 27, 288-

302.

40. Scher, A., #Epstein, R., & Zuckerman, S. (2005). Persistent night waking and settling

difficulties in the first year: Early precursors of later behavioral problems? Journal of

Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 23, 77-88.

41. Scher, A. (2005). Infant sleep at 10 months of age as a window to cognitive

development. Early Human Development, 81, 289-292.

42. Scher, A. (2005). Crawling in and out of sleep. Infant and Child Development, 14, 491-

500. [IF: 1.93, 51/65 Psychology Developmental]. [V]

43. Scher, A., & #Cohen, D. (2005). Locomotion and nightwaking. Child: Care, Health and

Development, 31, 685-691.

44. Scher, A. & Sharabany, R. (2005). Parenting anxiety and stress: Does gender play a part

at 3 months of age? Journal of Genetic Psychology, 166, 203-213. [IF: 1.095]. [V]

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45. Frank, I., #Stolarski, E., & Scher, A. (2006). Caregivers’ mediation and toddlers’

emotional responses in the context of daycare. Early Child Development and Care, 176, 239-

251.

46. Atun-Einy, O., & Scher, A. (2008). Measuring developmental appropriate practice in

neonatal intensive care units: The DANIP index. Journal of Perinatology, 28, 218–225.

47. Scher, A., Tse, L., Hayes, J., & Tardiff, M. (2008). Sleep difficulties in infants at risk for

developmental delays: A longitudinal study. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 33, 396-405.

48. Scher, A. (2008). Maternal separation anxiety as a regulator of infants’ sleep. Journal

of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49, 618-625.

49. Goelman, H. & the CHILD^ Project (2008). Three complementary community-based

approaches to the early identification of young children at risk for developmental

delays/disorders. Infants and Young Children, 21, 306-323.

50. Sadeh, A., Tikotzky, L. & Scher, A. (2010). Parenting and infant sleep. Sleep Medicine

Reviews, 14, 89–96.

51. Scher, A., Hall, W., Zaidman-Zait, A., & Weinberg, J. (2010). Sleep quality, cortisol levels

and behavioral regulation in toddlers. Developmental Psychobiology, 52, 44-53.

52. Schneider, E., & Scher, A. (2011). Task-directed behavior and focused attention in

early exploratory play: A longitudinal study. Israel Journal of Occupational Therapy, 20, 114-

128.

53. Hall, W. A., Scher, A., Zaidman-Zait, A., Espezel, H., & Warnock, F. (2012). A

community-based study of sleep and behavior problems in 12- to 36-month-old children. Child:

Health, Care and Development, 38, 379-389.

54. Atun-Ainy, O., Berger, S., & Scher, A. (2012). Pulling to Stand: Common trajectories

and individual differences in development. Developmental Psychobiology, 54, 187- 198.

55. Scher, A. (2012). Continuity and change in infants' sleep from 8 to 14 months: A

Longitudinal Actigraphy Study. Infant Behavior and Development, 35, 870-875. [IF: 1.48].

56. Cohen, D., #Atun-Ainy, O., & Scher, A. (2012).Seasonal effect on infants' sleep

regulation: A study in a Mediterranean climate. Chronobiology International, 29, 1352-1357.

57. Aviezer, O., & Scher, A. (2013). Children's Sleep Regulation Is Linked to Mothers' Sleep-

Related Childhood Experiences: A Study in the Israeli Kibbutz Context. Early Child Development

Quarterly, 28, 271– 281.

58. Atun-Einy, O., Cohen, D., Samuel, M. & Scher, A. (2013). Crawling onset and motor

development: A comparison of winter and summer-born 7-month-olds. Journal of

Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 31, 342- 351.

59. Atun-Ainy, O., Berger, & Scher, A. (2013). Assessing motivation to move and its

relationship to motor development in infancy. Infant Behavior and Development, 36(3), 457–

469.

60. Atun-Ainy, O., Berger, S., Ducz, J., & Scher, A. (2014). Strength of infants' bimanual

reaching patterns is related to the onset of upright locomotion. Infancy, 19, 82–102.

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61. Scher, A. & Cohen, D. Sleep as a mirror of developmental transitions in infancy: The

case of crawling. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 80, 77-88.

E. Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books

(which are not Conference Proceedings)

Published

1. Scher, A., (1983). On children’s mental representation of the oblique orientation. In D.

R. Olson & E. Bialystok (Eds.), Spatial cognition. Hillsdale: Erlbaum.

2. Scher, A., Tirosh, E., Yaffe, M., & Rubin, L. (1991). Survey of sleep patterns and night

waking in young children. In A. Ornoy (Ed.), Assessment and treatment in developmental

disorders in Israel (pp. 118-123). (Hebrew).

3. Tirosh, E., & Scher, A. (1993). Neonatal behavior: Physiological temperamental and

developmental correlates in infancy. In N. Anastasiow (Ed.), At-risk infants: Interventions,

families and research.

4. Scher, A. (2001). Early walkers: Developmental and regulatory characteristics. In J. Van

der Kamp, A. Ledbet, G. Salvelsbergh, & E. Thelen (Eds.), Advances in Motor Development and

Learning in Infancy. Amsterdam: Faculty of Human Movement Sciences.

5. Scher, A. (2002). Mother-infant relationship as a modulator of night wakening. In P.

Salzarulo (Ed.), Awakenings and Sleep-Wake Cycles across Development. Amsterdam: John

Benjamin Publishing.

6. Scher, A. (2002). Nighttime parenting. In C. Schwarzer & M. Zeidner (Eds).

Developmental Issues in Stress and Coping. Aachen: Shaker.

7. Maital, S., & Scher, A. (2003). Consulting about Young Children: An Ecosystemic

Developmental Perspective. In E. Cole & J. A. Siegel (Eds.), Effective Consultation in School

Psychology. Toronto: Hogrefe & Heber.

8. Scher, A., Harel, J., Scharf. M., & #Klein, L. (2006). The dual viewpoints of mother and

child on their relationship: A longitudinal study of interaction and representation (pp.149-166).

In O. Mayseless (Ed.), Parenting Representations: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications.

Cambridge University Press.

9. Sharabany, R., Scher, A. & Gal-Krauz, J. (2006). Like fathers like sons? Fathers’ attitudes

to childrearing in light of attachment concerns and perceived relationships with their own

parents (pp. 239-264). In O. Mayseless (Ed.) Parenting Representations: Theory, Research, and

Clinical Implications. Cambridge University Press.

10. Scher, A., & #Horev, O. (2008). Parenting style and sleep habits in young children:

Permissive vs. authoritative approach. In R. N. Ramirez (Ed.), Family relations: Issues and

Challenges (153-167). N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers.

11. Scher, A. & Harel, J. (2008). Separation and stranger anxiety. In M. M. Haith & J. B.

Benson (Eds.) Encyclopedia of infant and early child development (Vol.3, pp. 136-146). San

Diego: Academic Press.

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This chapter is reprinted in three separate volumes (2009):

11a Social and Emotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood (edited by

Janette B Benson and Marshall M Haith – ISBN 978-0-12-375065-5)

11b.Language, Memory, and Cognition in Infancy and Early Childhood (edited by

Janette B Benson and Marshall M Haith – ISBN 978-0-12-375069-3)

11c. Diseases and Disorders in Infancy and Early Childhood (edited by Janette B Benson

and Marshall M Haith – ISBN 978-0-12-375068-6)

12. Scher, A. # Hammerman, H., & Schneider, E. (2009). Exploratory Behavior in Toddlers:

Do Sleep Characteristics Play a Role? In B. C. Glenyn & R. P. Zini (Eds.) New Directions in

Developmental Psychobiology (pp.199- 212). N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers.

13. Scher, A. (2011). Staying awake: Maternal separation anxiety and infants' sleep-wake

regulation. In A. M. Columbus (Ed) Advances in Psychology Research (Vol. 67, pp. 163-174).

N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers.

Accepted for publication

14. Maital, S., & Scher, A. Consulting about young children: An ecosystemic developmental

approach. Handbook of Educational Psychology. Psychological Services, Ministry of Education.