Ohr, Phyllis

(Ph.D., 1991, St. John's University)
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR,
Clinical Psychology

Research Interests

• Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Parents and Infants
• Infant and Later Development: Behavioral Style

Publications

• Fagen, J. & Ohr, P. (2001). Learning and memory in infancy: habituation, instrumental conditioning, and expectancy formation. In L.T. Singer and P.S. Zeskind (eds). Biobehavioral assessment of the infant (pp. 233-273). New York: Guilford Publishers
• Meller, P.J., Ohr, PS, & Marcus, R. (2001). Family-oriented, culturally sensitive (FOCUS) assessment of young children. In L.A. Suzuki, J.G. Ponterotto, & P. J. Meller (Eds.), Handbook of multicultural assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Presentations

• Ohr. P. Levy, M. & Feingold, J. (November 2000). Do psychology graduate programs train their students to be culturally responsive early intervention specialists? Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Ohr, P, Desantis M., Romm, R. & Feingold J. (August 2001). Behavioral reactivity and self regulation during infancy and later internalizing tendencies: different genders, different patterns. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. San Francisco, CA
• Ohr, PS (2000, April). Recent approaches using parents as facilitators of their children's development. Discussant at an invited symposium presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Feingold, J. Levy, M., & Ohr, PS (2000, April). A family-oriented approach to early childhood evaluation. Paper presented as part of an invited symposium at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Pasquariello, G., & Ohr, PS (2000, August). Utilizing early home videotapes to identify precursors of AD/HD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
• Ohr, PS, Levy, M., & Feingold, J. (2000, November). Do psychology graduate programs train their students to be culturally competent in early intervention? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Feingold, J. & Ohr, PS (2000, November). Infant operant conditioning and later ability. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, Louisiana.