UConn Professor Letitia Naigles focuses on language in typically developing children and children who have been diagnosed with autism The Department of Communicative Disorders will to host Letitia Naigles Ph.D., a professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut, for a fascinating presentation on language development in children with autism Jan. 31.   Naigles’ presentation, “What Variability in […]

New program is the only one of its kind in Rhode Island

The doctoral program has been accredited since 1972 The University of Rhode Island Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program recently earned a 10-year extension of its accreditation, which has been in place every year since 1972. The department is part of the College of Health Sciences. The American Psychological Association informed the department its accreditation had been […]

Harvard researcher to lecture on ‘health and wealth’ Dec. 20 in the Memorial Union Most people are familiar with the stress that comes with making decisions on household finances, paying off debt or saving for retirement. But the affects of dealing with such financial stressors can also have an impact on one’s emotional and even […]

URI professor serves on AARP roundtable to create framework for intergenerational education Higher education isn’t only for those at the cusp of their careers, trying to establish themselves in a particular profession. Increasingly, older adults finished with their careers are interested returning to the classroom, and a university of Rhode Island professor recently served on […]

Manuscript by psychology department research team to run in national journal ‘Drug and Alcohol Dependence’ American Indian adolescents are more likely to misuse heroin and other opioids, and are five times more likely to die from the misuse than non-American Indians, necessitating new forms of interventions to help prevent opioid misuse among the American Indian […]

Child Development Center students pick 140 pounds of fruit to support Rhody Outpost, food-insecure residents Preschoolers in the URI Child Development Centers had fun on the farm while helping food insecure members of the community and learning the value of community service. The URI students recently visited the apple orchard at URI’s East Farm and […]

CDC installs mud kitchen for sensory, cognitive development, thanks to $1,000 grant Young students in the URI Child Development Centers can “get elbow deep in mud” while developing sensory perception, motor skills, math skills and more, thanks to a new mud kitchen in the facility’s playground, funded by a $1,000 grant from the Local Initiatives […]

Psychology major Emily Shepard’s study wins award at research showcase About 13 percent of college students acknowledge having misused opioids at some point in their lives, having begun taking the prescription medication either for pain management or for recreation, a URI College of Health Sciences student’s recent study has found. Psychology major Emily Shepard combined […]