MUHC Report: Learning Disabilities

MCGILL UNIVERSITY
MUHC Report: Learning Disabilities
Research Services, Faculty of Arts, McGill University
Prepared for Dr. Jo Ann Lévesque
by Xenia Kurguzova
3/14/2012
Research Services, Faculty of Arts, McGill University
MUHC Report on Scholars and Research on Learning Disabilities
MUCH Report on Scholars and Research on Learning Disabilities
The aim of this report was to create a repertoire of all the scholars, research topics, involvements and awards in the area of learning disabilities.
The results provided below reveal active Canadian scholars in this area, their specific research topics and questions, as well as the amount of
funding they have obtained for their research. The report also specifies their professional affiliations and clarifies the existing interdisciplinary
links.
Search
Guidelines: scholars, researchers and research centers conducting research involving (i) children (under the age of 18), (ii) with a disability
(mental or physical), (iii) related to learning.
Restrictions: (i) active scholars only, (ii) PIs and CAs who received grants (iii) within the last 10 years.
The results were arranged by the granting agency and then sorted by year in descending order.
List of keywords
English: Child, infant, adolescent, minor, youth, teenager, children, childhood, adolescence, autism, dyslexia, mental disability, population
health, psychosocial, learning disabilities, children's mental health, academic deficiency, learning disordered kids.
French: enfance, enfants, aspects psychosociaux, comportements, autisme, déficience intellectuelle, enquête, famille, retard mental, santé des
populations, troubles envahissants du développement, difficulté d’apprentissage, dysfonction, dyslexie.
Funding Agencies
Searched, results provided below: CIHR, SSHRC, FQRSC, CRC
CIHR
http://webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/cris/Search?p_language=E&p_version=CRIS
http://webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/funding/Search?p_language=E&p_version=CIHR
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/829.html
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SSHRC
http://www.outil.ost.uqam.ca/CRSH/RechProj.aspx?vLangue=Anglais
FQRSC
http://www.repertoiredeschercheurs.ca/ifd/researcherList.do
http://www.fqr.gouv.qc.ca/pls/ies/SITE_PUBLIC?pUSER=&pFORM=RRS
CRC
http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/index-eng.aspx
Searched, search did not yield any results: FRSQ, NSERC, FCAR
FRSQ
http://www.frsq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/index.shtml
FCAR
http://www.fqrnt.gouv.qc.ca/
NSERC
http://www.outil.ost.uqam.ca/CRSNG/Outil.aspx?Langue=Anglais
Departments
Social Work, Psychology, Linguistics, Neurology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Physical and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation, Communication
Sciences and Disorders, Education
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Agency
CIHR
CIHR
CIHR
CIHR
Grant
University
Operating Grant
Hospital for Sick
Children
(Toronto)
Operating Grant
Operating Grant
Operating Grant
Hôpital SainteJustine
(Montréal)
McGill University
University of
Alberta
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PI
CA
Title
Year
Amount
Taylor, Margot Jane
Anagnostou, Evdokia; Lerch,
Jason Philipp; Smith, Mary
Lou
Longitudinal study of brain
mechanisms underlying
visual working memory in
children with autism
2012-2012
$197,009
Boivin, Michel; Cote,
Sylvana
Brendgen, Rosemarie
Mara; Carbonneau,
René; Masse, Benoît
Robert; Paus, Tomas; Potvin,
Louise; Seguin, Jean
Richard; Tremblay, Richard
E.; Turecki, Gustavo Xavier;
Vitaro, Frank
Microbiology and
Social Preventive
Medicine
From Birth to Adolescence:
The Developmental
Trajectories Leading to
Mental Health Problems in
a Representative
Population Sample
2011-2012
$96, 720
Psychiatry
Auditory processing in
typical development and in
autism spectrum disorder:
insights from the brain and
behavior
2011-2012
$57,054
Pediatrics
Neurobehavioural
outcomes of children with
prenatal alcohol exposure
and fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder
2010-2011
$80,677
Hyde, Krista Leigh
Fombonne, Eric; Pike, G.
Bruce
Rasmussen, Carmen
R.
Andrew, Gail Hazel; Cui,
Ying; Tough, Suzanne
Carol; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie
Department/Area
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CIHR
CIHR
CIHR
CIHR
Healthy
Developmental
Trajectories of
Infants, Children
and Youth
Operating Grant
Emerging Team
Grant
Emerging Team
Grant
McMaster
University
Montreal
Children's
Hospital
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Bryson, Susan
Elizabeth; Fombonne,
Eric; Szatmari, Peter
Mirenda, Pat; Roberts, Sheila
(Wendy) Gwendoline; Smith,
Isabel Mary; Vaillancourt,
Tracy; Volden,
Joanne; Waddell, Charlotte
Allison; Zwaigenbaum,
Lonnie
Majnemer, Annette
Lach, Lucyna Maria; Maltais,
Désirée Bernadette; Mazer,
Barbara Lee; Nadeau,
Line; Riley, Patricia; Rohlicek,
Charles Vaclav; Schmitz,
Norbert
Université du
Québec à
Rimouski
Gascon, Hubert
Anderson, Donna
May; Boisjoly,
Johanne; Jourdan-Ionescu,
Colette Aimée; Tetrault,
Sylvie
York University
Bebko, James
Mark; Minnes,
Patricia
Margaret; Perry,
Adrienne; Weiss,
Jonathan Andrew
Barrowman, Nicholas
James; Condillac, Rosemary
A.; Dunn-Geier, Jennifer B.;
Flanagan, Helen
Elizabeth; Isaacs, Barry
John ; Liindblad, Tracie; Loh,
Alvin Wern Howe; Nicolson,
Robert John
Psychiatry and
Behavioural Science
Autism spectrum disorders:
Pathways to better
outcomes (Phase II)
2009-2012
$1,027,650
Neurology
Determinants of Active
Involvement in Leisure for
Youth: DAILY Living with
Disability
2009-2012
$260,084
Education
Analyse des
caractéristiques des
enfants et adolescents
québécois ayant une
déficience intellectuelle ou
un trouble envahissant du
développement et
identification des besoins
de services tels que perçus
par leurs familles
2009-2010
$6,907
Psychology
CIHR Team GO4KIDDS:
Great Outcomes for Kids
Impacted by Severe
Developmental Disabilities
2008-2012
$325,306
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CIHR
Emerging Team
Grant
Queens University
Minnes, Patricia
Margaret
Catenoud, Céline; Cornish,
Kim; Dionne,
Carmen; Frankel,
Elaine; Hutchison, Nancy
Lynn; Isaacs, Barry John; Loh,
Alvin Wern Howe; OullettKuntz, Hélène; Perry,
Adrienne; Versnel,
Joan; Villeneuve,
Michelle; Weiss, Jonathan
Andrew
Kohen, Dafna
Esther; Lach, Lucyna
Maria; Rosenbaum,
Peter Leon
Birnbaum, Rachel; Brehaut,
Jamie C.; Collin-Vezina,
Delphine; Garner, Rochelle
Elizabeth; Mackenzie,
Michael John; Mcneill,
Ted; Niccols, Alison; Nicholas,
David Bruce; Saini, Michael
Anthony
CIHR
Emerging Team
Grant: Children
with Disabilities
CIHR
New
Investigator
Research Grants
in Child and
Youth Health
Montreal
Children's
Hospital
Gagnon, Isabelle
Operating Grant
Holland Bloorview
Kids Rehabilitation
Hospital
(Toronto)
Maclean,
Claire; Oddson,
Bruce; Rosenbau M,
Peter Leon; ThomasStonell, Nancy Lee
CIHR
McMaster
University
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Forget, Robert
Psychology
CIHR Team HELPS Inc:
Health, Education and
Learning Partnerships
Promoting Social Inclusion
of Children with
Developmental Delays and
Disabilities
2008-2012
$498,312
Developmental
Paediatrics
CIHR Team in PARENTING
MATTERS! The
Biopsychosocial Context Of
Parenting Children With
Neurodevelopmental
Disorders In Canada, 20082012
2008-2012
$380,114
School of Physical and
Occupational Therapy
Returning to activities after
a mild traumatic brain
injury in children and
adolescents: the role of
balance deficits, postconcussion symptoms and
self-efficacy
2008-2010
N/A but
$64,200 for
the first
year
Research Institute
Evaluating the Validity and
Responsiveness of the
FOCUS: Focus on the
Outcomes of
Communication Under Six
2007-2011
$75,000
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Operating Grant
University Health
Network
(Toronto)
Barr, Cathy
Lynne; Boivin,
Michel; Dionne,
Ginette
Perusse, Daniel; Robaye,
Philippe; Schachar, Russell
James; Simard, Louise
Rolande
Operating Grant
Concordia
University
(Montreal,
Quebec)
Abrahamowicz,
Michal M.
A.; Hastings, Paul
David; Schwartzman,
Alex Elie
Serbin, Lisa; Stack Dale
Margery; Tamblyn, Robyn
M.
CIHR
Operating Grant
Centre for
Interdisciplinary
Res. in
Rehabilitation &
Social Integration
Anderson, Donna
May; Dumont,
Serge; Fassbender,
Konrad; Jacobs,
Philip
Alberta
Centre for
Child, Family
&
Community
Research
Topic-Directed
Research Grant
University of
Calgary
CIHR
Healthy
Developmental
Trajectories of
Infants, Children
and Youth
CIHR
CIHR
McMaster
University
Boucher,
Normand; Tetreault, Sylvie
Division of Genetics &
Development
Quantitative and molecular
genetic analysis of ADHD
symptoms in early
childhood
2007-2010
$337, 652
Psychology
The bioecological
dimensions of mental and
physical health across
three generations
2006-2011
$562, 200
N/A
The economic dynamics of
families who care for a
child with a disability in
Canada
2006-2009
$163,727
2006-2007
$84,935
2004-2009
$1,799,311
Curtin, Suzanne
Leew, Shirley
Psychology
Infants’ Attention to Social
Communication: Predictors
of Language Development
in a High-Risk Population
Bryson, Susan
Elizabeth; Fombonne,
Eric; Szatmari, Peter
Mirenda, Pat; Roberts, Sheila
(Wendy) Gwendoline; Smith,
Isabel Mary; Vaillancourt,
Tracy; Volden,
Joanne; Waddell, Charlotte
Allison; Zwaigenbaum,
Lonnie
Psychiatry and
Behavioural Science
Autism spectrum disorders:
Pathways to better
outcomes
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Agency
Grant
University
PI
CRC
Tier 1
McGill University
CRC
Tier 2
Université du
Québec à TroisRivières
CRC
Tier 2
CRC
Tier 2
CRC
Tier 1
CRC
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Department/Area
Title
Year
Amount
Roger Azevedo
Psychology
Canada Research Chair in Metacognition
and Advanced Learning Technologies
2011-2018
$1,400,000
Carmen Dionne
Psychology
Canada Research Chair on Early
Intervention
2011-2016
$500,000
Kiley Hamlin
Psychology
2011-2016
$500,000
Petra Hauf
Psychology in NSE
2011-2016
$500,000
University of
British Columbia
Ronald Barr
Psychosocial
Behavioural
Research - General
Canada Research Chair in Community
Child Health
2010-2017
$1,400,000
Tier 2
University of
Calgary
Susan Graham
Psychology
Canada Research Chair in Language and
Cognitive Development
2010-2015
$500,000
CRC
Tier 2
University of
Western Ontario
Daniel Ansari
Psychology
Canada Research Chair in
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
2007-2012
$500,000
CRC
Tier 2
McGill University
Catherine
Limperopoulos
Health
Canada Research Chair in Brain and
Development
2005-2010
$500,000
FQRSC
Regroupements
stratégiques
Concordia
Abrami, Philip C.
Education
Centre d'études sur l'apprentissage et la
performance (CEAP/CSLP)
2003-2009
$207,900
CRC
Tier 2
McGill University
Cornish, Kim M.
Educational
Psychology
Canada Research Chair in
Neuropsychology and Education
2002-2007
$500,000
University of
British Columbia
St. Francis Xavier
University
CA
Canada Research Chair in
Developmental Psychology
Canada Research Chair in Cognitive
Development
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CRC
Tier 1
McGill University
FQRSC
Appui à la
recherche
innovante
Université du
Québec à Montréal
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Eric Fombonne
Marcotte, Diane
Fortin,
Laurier
Health
Canada Research Chair in Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Education
Étude de la trajectoire
développementale et des facteurs
associés à la dépression dans le contexte
de la transition primaire-secondaire
2001-2008
$1,400,000
$89,255
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Agency
Grant
University
PI
CA
Department/Area
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
Queen's
University
Hill, Ann Marie
Education
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
Simon Fraser
University
Iarocci, Grace
Behavioural
Psychology
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
Université du
Québec à
Rimouski
Gascon, Hubert
Anderson, Donna
M., Beaupré,
Pauline, Boisjoly,
Johanne, JourdanIonescu, Colette,
Tétreault, Sylvie
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
Queen's
University
Hutchinson,
Nancy L.
Chin, Peter M.K.,
Versnel, Joan J.
Education
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
McGill
University
Cornish, Kim M.
Tannock, Rosemary
Educational
Psychology
SSHRC
Research
Development
Initiatives
University of
Saskatchewan
McNamara,
John K.
Psychology
Educational
Psychology
Title
Focus programs as authentic learning
for secondary students with
developmental disabilities
Charting the orienting profiles of
children with ASD: a multimodal
approach
Enfants, adolescents et jeunes
adultes ayant une déficience
intellectuelle ou un trouble
envahissant du développement :
étude de leurs caractéristiques, de
celles de leur famille et utilisation de
services
Individual and contextual factors in
work-based education programs:
diverting at-risk youth from the path
to social exclusion
Inattentive behaviours and cognition
as predictors of later academic
outcomes
Closing the summer learning gap for
vulnerable learners: a pilot study of a
summer literacy program for
kindergarten children at-risk for
reading difficulties
Year
Amount
2010-2011
$54,874
2010-2011
$36,567
2009-2011
$109,657
2008-2011
$174,774
2008-2011
$197,000
2008-2009
$24,316
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Learning
Disabilities
Association of
Canada
Kerr, Judy M.
(Applicant Org.
Contact), Andrews,
John William,
Cahill, Mildred F.,
Drefs, Michelle A.,
Duquette, Cheryll
A., Fiedorowicz,
Christina M., Furey,
Edith M., Philpott,
David F., Price,
Margaret A., Ryba,
Kenneth A.,
Wiener, Judith R.
Education
School of Social
Work
SSHRC
CommunityUniversity
Research
Alliances (CURA)
Memorial
University of
Newfoundland
SSHRC
Research
Development
Initiatives
McGill
University
Lach, Lucyna
McNeill, Ted,
Nicholas, David B.
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
University of
Toronto
Mishna, Faye
Walsh, Christine A.,
Wiener, Judith R.
Children, Family
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
University of
Toronto
Wiener, Judith
R.
Humphries,
Thomas W.,
Malone, Molly A.,
Tannock, Rosemary
Education
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
Université de
Montréal
Daigle, Daniel
Education
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
McGill
University
Heath, Nancy
Special Education
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
Dalhousie
University
Kay-Raining
Bird, Elizabeth
Cleave, Patricia
School of Human
Communication
Disorders
Strenghthening the professional
knowledge base on learning
disabilities
Parenting children and adolescents
with chronic health conditions and
disabilities: a synthesis of the
research
Enhancing self-understanding and
social integration for middle school
students with learning disabilities
Self-perceptions, behavioural
attributions, and perceptions of
social relationships of adolescents
with attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder and learning disabilities
Le traitement phonologique chez des
lecteurs dyslexiques et des lecteurs
sourds : un suivi longitudinal
Depression, positive illusions, and
the self-protective hypothesis in
children and adolescents with
learning disabilities
A longitudinal study of language
learning in children with Down
syndrome
2007-2008
$20,000
2007-2008
$39,983
2005-2009
$98,475
2005-2009
$143,877
2005-2008
$118,329
2005-2007
$106,327
2003-2006
$190,636
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SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
University of
British
Columbia
Porath, Marion
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
Simon Fraser
University
Iarocci, Grace
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
McGill
University
Cornish, Kim M.
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
University of
Saskatchewan
McNamara,
John K.
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
University of
Toronto
Wiener, Judith
R.
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
University of
Alberta
Volden, Joanne
C.
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
Queen's
University
Freeman, John
Hutchinson, Nancy
L.
Education
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
Dalhousie
University
Kay-Raining
Bird, Elizabeth
Cleave, Patricia
School of Human
Communication
Disorders
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
Université de
Sherbrooke
Schmidt,
Sylvine
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
Queen's
University
Jamieson,
Margaret
Lupart, Judy L.
Special Education
Exceptional,
Special Education
Burack, Jacob A.
Educational
Psychology
Educational
Psychology
Humphries,
Thomas W.,
Malone, Molly A.,
Tannock, Rosemary
Education
Speech Pathology
and Audiology
Education
Boyce, William F.,
Hutchinson, Nancy
L.
Special Education
The child as psychologist: children's
understanding of exceptional
learning abilities
Sensory and attentional processing in
children with autism: the integration
of input from different sense
modalities
Learning to count and sequential
responding in children with fragile X
syndrome, down syndrome and
typical developing children
A longitudinal study of working
memory as an early identification
measure of students at-risk for
learning disabilities
Parents' and teachers' attitudes and
behaviour toward children with
attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder
Variation du registre du langage en
autisme
Enhancing the school engagement of
adolescents with learning disabilities:
interest and peer relations
Language learning in children with
Down syndrome: the impact of
linguistic context
Une approche d'enseignement
susceptible de faciliter la transition
de l'arithmétique à l'algèbre chez des
élèves en difficulté d'apprentissage
Social participation and friendships
of adolescents with disabilities in
inclusive schools
2003-2006
$124,410
2003-2006
$150,626
2003-2006
$108,500
2002-2005
$44,359
2002-2005
$36,399
2002-2005
$99,000
2001-2004
$99,250
2000-2003
$190,636
2000-2002
$73,000
1999-2004
$93,258
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SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
McGill
University
Heath, Nancy
Special Education
SSHRC
Standard
Research Grants
University of
British
Columbia
Butler, Deborah
Education
Perceived and actual teacher
feedback as predictors of selfperceptions and mood in children
with learning disabilities
Promoting the development of selfregulated learning by students with
learning disabilities
1999-2002
$47,600
1998-2004
$188,330
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