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Name: Anat Scher Date: January 2015
CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Personal Details
Permanent Home Address: Habonim, Hof Carmel
Home Telephone Number: 077-3396624
Office Telephone Number: 04 8240899
Fax Number: 04- 8240911
Electronic Address: [email protected]
2. Higher Education
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, Department of Applied
Psychology.
1975-1976
1980 Ph.D University of Calgary, Department of Educational Psychology
1977-1980
1985 Diploma in Clinical Psychology
University of Calgary, Department of Educational Psychology
1982-1984
B. Post-Doctoral Studies
Year of Completion Degree Name of
Institution,
Department and
Host
Period of
Study
1984 Post Doctorate University of
Oxford
Experimental
Psychology
Prof. Peter Bryant
1983-1984
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3. 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 and Dep. of Occupational Therapy
1985- 1992
Visiting Scholar Oxford University (Wolfson College) Dep. of Experimental Psychology
1990- 1991
Senior Lecturer (tenured)
University of Haifa, Education Occupational Therapy
1992- 2001
Visiting Professor University of British Columbia Dep. of Psychology/ Education
2002 - 2003
Professor (Associate)
University of Haifa, Dep. of Education/Counseling & Human Development
2001 -
4. 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
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
Department Head
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5. Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the University
2007- 2002
2007- 2006
2007 - 2008 2015
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
Infant Behavior and Development: Journal Advisory Board
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)
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Grants Appraisal:
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
6. Participation in Scholarly Conferences
a. Active Participation
a.1. International conferences
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
1981
Presenter The mental
representation of oblique
in children and adults
Los Angeles Annual
Convention of the
American
Psychological
Association
1981
Presenter Developmental changes
in the processing of
spatial orientation.
Waterloo,
Ontario
Conference on Child
Development
1982
Presenter Speed and accuracy in
orientation judgments of
children and adults
Montreal Annual
Convention of the
Canadian Psychological
Association
1982
Presenter Cognitive-behavior
modification program
Alberta,
Canada
15th
Banff International
Conference
1982
Presenter The diameter illusion in
children’s length
judgment
Washington,
DC
Annual Convention of
the American
Psychological
Association
1983
Presenter Survey of sleep patterns
of Israeli infants and
Copenhagen Fifth International
Congress of Sleep
1987
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young children
Presenter Characteristics of night
waking among 4-48-
month old children
Swansea, UK Annual Conference of
the British
Psychological Society
1990
Presenter Night waking in infants
and young children
Montreal International
Conference on Infant
Studies
1990
Presenter Toddlers’ sleep and
temperament
Bournemouth
UK
Annual Conference of
the British
Psychological Society
1991
Presenter Maternal attributes and
the development of sleep
patterns in infancy
Cambridge,
UK
Developmental
Psychology Conference
(BPS)
1991
Presenter The contribution of
maternal characteristics
to her infant’s sleep: A
longitudinal study.
Paris The European Pediatric
Sleep Club
1992
Presenter Facilitators and
regulators: Maternal style
and separation anxiety.
Chicago 5th World Congress of
Infant Psychiatry and
Allied Disciplines
1992
Presenter Stability of Actigraphic
sleep measures during
the first 20 months of life
Helsinki,
Finland
11 European Congress
on Sleep Research
1992
Presenter Object permanence and
night waking
Florence
Italy
12th Congress of the
European Sleep
Research Society
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
1994
Presenter Behavioral patterns and
affective involvement in
mother-infant interaction
Winchester
UK
2nd European
Association for Child
Psychology and
Psychiatry Conference
1994
Presenter Changes in maternal
separation anxiety in the
first year
Indianapolis
Society for Research in
Child Development
1995
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Presenter Changes in maternal
separation anxiety:
Aspects of inter-
generational transmission
Moscow
1st Moscow
International
Multidisciplinary
Conference in Infant
Mental Health
1995
Presenter
a) Night waking and
mother-child attachment
b) Maternal employment
and children’s sleep:
Evidence from a
longitudinal study in
Israel
c) Symposium on
methods of sleep
recordings: Sleep
questionnaires
Firenze, Italy
13th Congress of the
European Sleep
Research Society
1996
Presenter
Changes in negative
emotionality in infancy:
The role of mothers’
attachment concerns
Quebec City
Canada
14th Biennial ISSBD
Conference
1996
Presenter Sleep characteristics of
secure and ambivalent
infants
Oxford, UK British Psychological
Society Developmental
Conference
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
1997
Presenter Measuring coping skills:
Behavioral observations
in nursery school
Montreal 12th International
Congress of the World
Federation of
Occupational
Therapists
1998
Presenter Facilitator and regulators:
Maternal orientation and
child’s attachment
Toronto
Canada
Attachment &
Psychopathology
2nd
International
Conference
1998
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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
1999
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
1999
Presenter
Are restless sleepers early
walkers?
Brighton
England
International
Conference on Infant
Studies
July 2000
Presenter Motor milestones and
sleep regulation in 1st year
Montreal
Canada
World Association for
Infant Mental Health
July 2000
Presenter
Self-Recognition among
Down Syndrome toddlers:
Late or different?
Washington
DC
108 Annual Convention
of the American
Psychological
Association
August 2000
Presenter Sleep difficulties in the
first year: Stability and
behavioral implications
Istanbul
Turkey
15 .Congress of the
European Sleep
Research
September
2000
Presenter The onset of walking and
sleep regulation among
boys and girls
Minneapolis
USA
Society for Research in
Child Development
April 2001
Presenter Behavioral regulation and
transition to toddlerhood
Toronto
Canada
International
Conference on Infant
Studies
April 2002
Presenter (a) Activity &
temperament
(b) Attachment and sleep
Tampa Society for Research in
Child Development
April 2003
Maternal stress and
parenting
Vancouver Child &Youth Health
World Congress
May 2003
Symposium
Organizer
Waking to walking Chicago Sleep Society
June 2003
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Presenter
Focused attention
& object play in 10-
month-olds
Chicago Jean Piaget Society June 2003
Presenter Maternal
sensitivity &
regulation
Chicago International
Conference on Infant
Studies
May 2004
Presenter
Developmental transitions
nightwaking & crawling
Prague
European Sleep
Research
Oct. 2004
Presenter
Onset of walking and play
Atlanta
Society for Research in
Child Development
April 2005
Presenter
Moving after dark
Murcia
Motor Development
& Learning in Infancy
May 2005
Presenter Sleep and daytime
exploratory behavior
Washington Dev. Psychobiology
ISDP
Nov 2005
Discussant a) Invited Round Table:
crying & sleep
Boston Society for Research
Child Development
Mar 2007
Presenter
a) Maternal
separation anxiety
b) cortisol & sleep in
toddlers
Vancouver Infant Studies April 2008
Sleep fragmentation Washington Dev. Psychobiology Nov. 2008
Presenter
Symposium on Cortisol &
Sleep
Denver
Society for Research in
Child Development
April 2009
Presenter (a) A longitudinal study of
sleep in infants with and
without risk for dev.
delays; (b) Hand
preference & emergence
of standing
Baltimore Infant Studies
March 2010
Presenter
Continuity & change in
infants' sleep–wake
regulation: A short-term
follow-up
Rome
International Pediatric
Sleep Society
Dec 2010
Presenter
Seasonal effect on
crawling
Montreal
Canada
Society for Research in
Child Development
March 2011
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Motivation to move Co-Presenter
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:
Does Sleep Play a Role?
Athens
Greece
Manchester
UK
Seattle
USA
Pavia, Italy
San Diego
US
Berlin
Germany
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
May 2011
Dec 2012
April 2013
August 2013
November
2013
July 2014
a.2. Conferences in Israel
Role Subject of
Lecture/Discussion
Place of
Conference
Name of Conference Date
Presenter The development of sleep
patterns
Jerusalem Israeli Psychological
Association
1991
Presenter Symposium on children
and parents: Aspects of
close relationships
University of
Haifa
The Israeli Association
for Research in
Education
1993
Presenter Early education: The
contribution of a secure
base to learning
Tel Aviv International Congress
on Teachers’ Training
1993
Presenter Mother-child interaction
& cognitive development:
A longitudinal study
Bar-Ilan U, The 24th Scientific
Meeting of the Israeli
Psychological
Association
1993
Presenter Behavioral goals for early Herzliya, Annual Meeting of the 1993
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childhood: Parental
attitude. Questionnaire
(Hebrew)
Developmental Section
of the Israeli
Psychological
Association
Presenter Sequential and
simultaneous processing:
A comparison between
slow and LD students
Herzliya, International
Conference on
Developmental
Disabilities
1994
Presenter Material sensitivity and
the development of
symbolic play
Hebrew U
Jerusalem
The Israeli Association
for Research in
Education
1995
Presenter Night waking and
attachment pattern
(Hebrew)
Netanya
Israel
1st Conference of the
Israeli Sleep Research
Society
1995
Presenter Night waking from a
relational perspective: A
study of sleep and play
among one-year-olds
Zichron-
Ya’acov
International Rapaport
Symposium and the
Annual Conference of
the Israeli Society for
Sleep Research
1997
Presenter The reflection of mother-
child relationships in the
infant’s sleep (Hebrew)
Tel Aviv The 26th Scientific
Meeting of the Israeli
Psychological
Association
1997
Presenter a) Symposium: Sensitivity
and Responsitivity in
mother-infant interaction;
(b) Mothers as mediators
of young children’s play
Haifa
International
Conference on
Psychology:
Psychology After The
Year 2000
2000
Co-
presenter
Educational attitudes of
mothers to Kindergarten
children: Child and
context factors (Hebrew)
Jerusalem,
Israel
Early Childhood
Education: 100 years to
the Hebrew
Kindergarten
August 2000
Co-
presenter
Teachers’ mediation and
toddlers emotional
responses in the daycare
context (Hebrew)
Tel-Aviv
Ayala Conference
2000: Research in
Education
October 2000
Co-
presenter
Mother-child interaction
at 12 m and mirror self-
recognition at 22 months:
Gender differences.
Tel-Aviv
The Promised
Childhood International
Congress
April 2001
Presenter Sleep & attention in
infants
Haifa Israeli Sleep Research Nov 2006
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Co-
Presenter
Sleep Regulation in 5-
year-olds
Tel-Aviv
Israeli Sleep Research Feb 2014
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
and the Tasks of a
Sleeping Infant
Haifa ISF: International
Research
Workshop
2010
7. Invited Lectures
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
Study group
Safra Brain
Research Center
Inaugural
Conference
Attachment and
Early Disorders
of Development
Conference
SRCD Sponsored
Forum on Sleep
and Development
University of Haifa
University of Munich
Germany
University of Auburn, US
2009
2009
2012
8. 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
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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
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
Dep. of Psychology
Graduate Seminar
Dep. of Psychology
Stanford School of
Medicine: Centre
for Sleep Sciences
Tel-Aviv University
University of Bologna
Italy
Stanford University
USA
2012
2014
2014
9. Research Grants
a. Grants Awarded
Year Funded by Topic Other Researchers Role in
Research
1988
Israel
Science
Foundation
Sleep in infancy
E. Tirosh (Co-PI)
PI
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1990
1998
1999
2001
2003
2007
2010
(22,000$)
Israel
Foundation
Trustees
(11,000 $)
Israel
Foundation
Trustees
(11,000$)
Spencer
Foundation
(12,000 $)
Spencer
Foundation
(31,500 $
HELP
(British
Columbia)
64,000 $
Israel
Science
Foundation
(120,000 $)
Israel
Science
Foundation
(17,500 $)
Sleep in infancy
The Onset of
Walking
Attachment and
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 (Co-PI)
Wendy Hall (Co-PI)
PI
PI
PI
PI
Co-PI
PI
C
PI
C
C-Competitive Fund
b. Submission of Research Proposals – Pending
Year Funded by Topic Co-Researchers Role in
Research
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c. Submission of Research Proposals – Denied
Score Year Funded by Topic Other Researchers Role in
Research
“very
good”
but not
funded
2011/13
2011
2013
BSF
NIH
(AREA)
NIH
Sleep &
learning
Sleep &
Motor
Learning
Sleep &
Motor
Learning
Sarah Berger (Co-PI)
Sarah Berger (Co-PI)
Sarah Berger (Co-PI)
Co-PI C
Co-PI
C
Co-PI
C
C=Competitive Fund
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
University of Haifa Research Authority 2011 NIS 10,000
ERASMUS MUNDUS Faculty Fellowship 2014 Euro 2500
10. 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
2006-
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programs. 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
2007-
2012
15 MA Elective course Children at play
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
a. Supervision of Graduate Students
NameStudents
Title of Theses
Degree
Date
(Publication)
1.Hagit Shaal Sequential and simultaneous processes MA(Education) 1988
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2.Merav Yarkoney
(co-supervision
with Ruth
Sharabany)
The relationship between mother’s
separation anxiety, her stress and ideas, and
between the development of her baby’s sleep
patterns
MA
(Psychology)
1990
conference
#26
3.Orly Blumberg Night waking as a function of maternal style
and separation anxiety
MA
(Education)
1991
papers
#13 ,25
4.Rachel Epstein Consolidation of sleep patterns during the
first two years
MA
(Education)
1993
conference
#16 ,44
5.Tamar Amir The connection between object constancy
and babies’ night sleep
MA
Education))
Tel-Aviv U
1994
paper #30
6.Eva Farberoff
(co-supervision
with Avi Sagi-
Schwartz)
Behavioral and affective aspects in mother-
infant interaction
MA(Psychology) 1994
conference
#23b
7.Yigal Haimov Maternal didactic and social behavior in free
play at ages 1, 2 and 3 years: A longitudinal
study of facilitators and regulators
MA(Psychology) 1994
8.Ruth
Herschkovitz
(co-supervision
with Judith Harel)
Patterns of changes in maternal separation
anxiety as a function of mother’s perceived
security and child’s attachment pattern
MA(Psychology) 1995
paper # 23
9.Miki Hermoni The relationship between cognitive
functioning in early childhood and readiness
for first grade
MA(Education) 1996
10.Yehuda
Ghelberg
(co-supervision
with Rachel
Seginer)
Development of future orientation in pre-
adolescents: Age and sex differences during
middle childhood
MA(Education)
1996
11.Hava Shevel
Behavior of Down’s Syndrome toddlers in
front of a mirror: Late or different?
MA(Psychology)
1997
conference
#41
12.Liora Klein
Mother-infant interaction and the child’s
narrative representations of mother at age six
MA(Psychology)
1997
conference
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#38b
13.Dikla
Kambelis-Sherel
Mother-child interaction and the
development of cognitive competence in
three-year-olds
MA(Education) 1997
14.Judith Rybko.
15.Miri Ratson
16.Ora Zagrizak
17.Efrat Stolarski.
18.Ronit Asher
19. Anat Horowitz
20.Keren
Gershgoren
21.Mirav Gripel
22.Dina Cohen
23.Shlomit Dekel
24.Esti Dror
25.Levana Ogni
26.Orit Raskin
27.Ofra Flint
28.Osnat Horev
The relationships between attachment
representation and adjustment among
kindergarten children
Mobility and sleep: the links between the
onset of walking and sleep changes
A treatment program for the improvement of
pencil grip in children with difficulty in fine
motor function
The links between the nursery teacher’s
mediation and toddlers emotional responses
Attachment security and sleep
Transitional object and sleep regulation
Maternal orientation and feeding interaction
Measuring eating attitudes and interaction
Crawling and nightwaking
Mothers to twins: differentiation of child
characteristics
Maternal feelings and toddlers sleep
Mother-child interaction during play and
feeding episodes
Mother-child interaction and cognitive
development in 10-month-olds
Sleep and toddlers’ daytime behavior
Parenting styles and sleep habits of 3- to 5-
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
Tel Aviv
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA (Psych)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
1997
1998
paper # 24
1999
2000
conf # 45, paper
#45
2001 paper #39
2002
2002
2002
2002 paper #43
2002
2002 paper #36
2002
2004
2007
2007 chapter#10
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29. Hilla
Hammerman
30.Yael Zarfat
(Co-supervised
with Ruth
Sharabany
31.hristine Bachit
32.Gal Yairi
33.Susan Gera
34.Sagit Keshet
35.Keren Paz
36.Orly Lavi
37.Moran Samuel
38.Manal Huri
39..Anat Levin
40.Michal
Vertheimer
(co-supervision
with Sharona
Maital)
year-olds
Sleep and exploratory behavior in toddlers
Children’s’ representations of the father
figure
Mother-child interaction & mastery
motivation
Temperament and sleep problems
Mothers’ soothing strategies and infants’
The association between children’s fears and
sleep problems
Maternal feelings and infants’ sleep
Determinants of maternal care in pre-mature
units
Toddlers sleep and daytime functioning at
nursery school
Bedtime regulated activities and sleep
Maternal sleep-related cognitions: Cultural
and developmental factors
Sleep related difficulties of children with
PDD
Kindergarten teachers' beliefs about free
play
MA(Education)
MA(Psych)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA(Education)
MA
(Education)
MA(Education)
2007 chapter #12
2007
Attachment &
Human Development
conference
2008
2008 (SRCD 2009)
2009
2009
2009
2012 (SRCD2013)
2013 Israeli Sleep
research annual
conference: oral
presentation
2013
2013 Infant Mental
Health: Poster
(Edinburgh)
2014
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Current
Approved proposal
Ma'ayan Peled
Doctorate
Dudi Granot
(Co-supervised
with Ofra
Mayseless)
Eleanor Schneider
Dina Cohen
Osnat Atun-Ainy
Current
Tamar Simon
(co-supervision
with Dana Amir)
Hili Hertz
Behavioral Inhibition and sleep in toddlers
Attachment representation in school-aged
children
Onset of walking and changes in play
Locomotion and changes in sleep regulation
Emergence of motor laterality & onset of
Pulling to Stand: Longitudinal study in
wakefulness and sleep
Maternal interpersonal variables and sleep
difficulties in 2- to 3-year-olds
Pre-natal predictors of behavioral regulation
and sleep in the first year
Ph.D
Ph.D
PhD (with
Distinction)
PhD (with
Distinction)
Dissertation
proposal
approved
(Stage B)
2003 independent
publications
2006
paper # 52, +
independent
publications
2012 publications
#56, 61
2012 publications
#54, 58,59,60
Doctorate Advisory Committee
Alice Dadon-Shaar Maternal pre-natal stress and child outcomes
(Psychology, U of Haifa,
with M. Leshem & Y. Eshel)
Michal Hananel
Psychology, Tel Aviv U Interventions for sleep problems in early childhood)
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(with A. Sadeh & T. Anders )
Doctorate Fellows and Sponsorships-Post
Dr. Ilana Frank (Concordia University, Montreal) 2005
Dr. Yair Ziv Marie Curie International Re-integration Grant 2009
Dr. Sarah Berger Fulbright Scholar 2011
Miscellaneous
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
Clinical Certification
Since 1985 Registered Psychologist : Ministry of Health, Israel
Developmental psychologist (expert)
PUBLICATIONS
Note: (a) For joint publications, the order of the listed authors appears according to their
relative contribution unless otherwise specified, (b) # denotes graduate students’ thesis
or dissertation related publication.
A. Ph.D. Dissertation
On Spatial Cognition: Processes and Development. (1980). (English, 190 pages)
(University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada). Supervisor: W. R. Unruh
B.Scientific Books (Refereed) None
Authored Books - Published None
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Authored Books - Accepted for Publication None
Edited Books and Special Journal Issues - Published None
Edited Books and Special Journal Issues - Accepted for Publication None
C Monographs None
D. 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.
6. 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. [IF: 4.58].
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.].
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
23. Scher, A., Harel, J., & # Hershkovitz, R. (1998). Maternal separation
anxiety in infancy: Precursors and outcomes. Child Psychiatry and Human
Development, 29, 103-111.
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.
28. #Schneider,E. & Scher,A (2000).Measuring coping skills: Behavioral
observations in nursery school. Early Development and Education, 161, 61-70.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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.].
^ A consortium of researchers
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.
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, 78-88.
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.
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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.
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.
