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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.