Latinx Families Project (LFP) LFP centers around understanding Latinx family processes and school readiness in young children. Using a multi-method, multi-level approach, we examine behavioral, biological, and physiological indicators of self- and co-regulation in a sample of Latinx caregivers and their preschool-age children. We aim to understand how individual and family processes during this critical developmental period set the stage for elementary school readiness. This project is funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (1R01HD109163; 8/1/22 - 7/31/27). Family Interaction Project (FIP) FIP examines relations between parent-child synchrony and child self-regulation in a diverse sample of children and their caregivers. Synchrony is assessed using behavioral, physiological, and hyper-scanning functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) neuroimaging. This study is being conducted with Dr. Drew Abney from UGA’s Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program in the Department of Psychology and Dr. Geoffrey Brown from UGA’s Department of Human Development and Family Science and is funded by the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research. Dyadic Assessment of Dads' Support (DADS) Study In the DADS Study, we investigate parent-child physiological and behavioral synchrony during a stressful lab task and relations to developmental outcomes. This study is being conducted with Dr. Margaret Caughy from UGA’s Department of Human Development and Family Science.
