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Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Resilience in Dyslexia
1. Cognitive & Socio-Emotional
Resilience in Dyslexia
Fumiko Hoeft MD PhD
fumiko.hoeft@ucsf.edu | @fumikohoeft
UC Multicampus Science-based Innovation in Learning Center (SILC)
UCSF LENS | Dept of Psychiatry | Weill Institute for Neurosciences
R01HD078351 (Hoeft, UCSF)
R01HD086168 (Hoeft/Pugh, UCSF/Haskins)
R01HD065794 (Pugh, Haskins)
P01HD001994 (Rueckl, Haskins/UConn)
R01MH104438 (Nordahl, UCDavis/MIND)
R01MH103371 (Amaral, UCDavis/MIND)
FUNDING
Liebe Patterson
Dennis & Shannon Wong – DSEA ‘88 Foundation
Toney & Potter Family
NSF1540854 SL-CN (Gazzaley/Uncapher, UCSF)
Holy Names
University | Raskob School | 01.20.2017
2. Why is each child so different?
How can we ensure success in each child?
TAIGA
“INFORMATION
SEEKER”
KAITO
“STORY MAN”
“3D MAN”
Empathic
Spiderman
- Halloween
Analytic
Red/White
blood cell
- Halloween
Not a good reader
Avoids reading
Avid reader
3. Jack Horner, a paleontologist
from Jurassic Park/World
NOW
Technical Advisor of Jurassic Park
(= Dr. Alan Grant)
MacArthur Genius Award (‘86)
Romer-Simpson Medal (’13)
THEN
Severely dyslexic
Graduated high school with D---
Failed college 7 times
Never graduated
GPA 0.06
(Honorary doctorate, ’06)
Importance of resilience
Importance of environment & community
Importance of looking at an individual as a whole
(including literacy but also other cognitive and
socio-emotional aspects) 3
4. Outline
• BACKGROUND
– Dyslexia costly in many dimensions
– Importance of an integrative approach
• TODAY’S FOCUS (CURRENT WORK)
– The resilience framework of dyslexia
– Cognitive resilience
– Socio-Emotional resilience
• CONCLUSION & THE FUTURE
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
5. Outline
• BACKGROUND
– Dyslexia costly in many dimensions
– Importance of an integrative approach
• TODAY’S FOCUS (CURRENT WORK)
– The resilience framework of dyslexia
– Cognitive resilience
– Socio-Emotional resilience
• CONCLUSION & THE FUTURE
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
6. Cost of Dyslexia
Risks
Dyslexia
POOR OUTCOME: Reading Comprehension, Educational
Attainment, Psychosocial Adjustment
DLPFC
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PHONOLOGICAL
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SMG
pSTG
FusiG
ITG
Insula
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SUSCEPTABILITY
GENES
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
7. Cost of Dyslexia is High
Developing dyslexia up to 50% with family history,
(4 times higher)
Cost to individual >£100k less earning ($150k)
Cost to (UK) society >£1bn/year ($1.5bn)
High School drop out 2.5x
Prison population 32-46% (note low IQ and not SLD!)
Anxiety disorder 2.0x (5.0x severe test anxiety)
Depression 2.0x
Substance abuse 2.7x
ADHD 4.5x
Snowling et al. Psychol Bull 2016; Pennington & Lefly. Child Develop 2001; Cosden JLD 2001;
Wilson et al. JLD 2009; Foresight Mental Capital and Wellbeing Project. 2008 ; DuPaul et al.
JLD 2012;
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
8. Latest Thinking on the Factors that Contribute to
Dyslexia: Multiple Factors Contribute
Neurobio
Risk2
Neurobio
Risk1
Neurobio
Protective1
Neurobio
Protective2
Dyslexia
Risk
Pennington. Cognition 2006. Pennington et al. J Abnorm Psychol 2012. – Multiple deficit model
Environment
Risk1
Environment
Protective1
Diathesis-stress model: Rosenthal ed. “The Genain Quadruplets” ‘64
Liability threshold model: Gottesman & Shields. PNAS ‘67
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
11. Outline
• BACKGROUND
– Dyslexia costly in many dimensions
– Importance of an integrative approach
• TODAY’S FOCUS (CURRENT WORK)
– The resilience framework of dyslexia
– Cognitive resilience
– Socio-Emotional resilience
• CONCLUSION & THE FUTURE
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
12. Resilience
The ability to adapt to stressors in the
environment (adversity) by “bending” but
not “breaking”
(Karatsoreos & McEwen F1000Prime Reports 2013)
Socio-emotional resilience Cognitive resilience
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
13. Resilience Framework of Dyslexia: Promoting
Resilience & Optimizing Dyslexia Outcome
Risks
Dyslexia
Poor Functional Outcome
• Poor Reading Comprehension
• Negative Psychosocial Adjustment
Haft, Myers, Hoeft. Curr Opin Beh Sci 2016
Stephanie
Haft
Socio-
Emotional
Protect. F.
INTERNAL
• Growth mindset
• Hopeful thinking
• Sense of coherence
• Locus of control
• Self determination
FAMILY
• Family cohesion
• Maternal affect
• Strong parental
attachment
• Parental support &
understanding of RD
PEER/SCHOOL
• Peer relationships
• Mentorship by
teachers
• Teacher support
• Small class-size
Cognitive
Protective
Factors
• Oral language skills
• Motor skills
• Task-focused behavior
• Executive functions
• Interpersonal
relationships
Less Severe
Dyslexia
• Morphological awareness
• Vocabulary
• Verbal reasoning
• Executive functions
• Grammar
Positive Outcome
Weaknesses vs. Relative strengths
Risk vs. Protective factors
Vulnerability vs. Resilience
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
14. The Neuroscience of Dyslexia – Traditional View
Focus on Weaknesses, Risks & Vulnerability
phonological
processing
(visual/selective)
attention
cognitive
implicit procedural learning
short-term memory
information
processing
RELATIVE WEAKNESSES
d
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
15. The Neuroscience of Dyslexia – Traditional View
Focus on Weaknesses, Risks & Vulnerability
Occipito-Temporal (OT)
Orthographic processing
Temporo-Parietal (TP)
Phonological processing
POOR READERS & DYSLEXIA.
Reduced efficiency in brain
networks related to speech &
visual aspects of reading.
Shaywitz et al. NEJM ’98; Hoeft et al. J
Neurosci ‘06. Hoeft et al. PNAS ‘07
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
16. character traits,
socio-emotional
Grit, Resilience,
Mindset, Empathy
The Neuroscience of Dyslexia – Emerging View
Focus Also on Strengths, Protective Factors & Resilience
visuo-spatial
Holistic, 3d
cognitive
explicit memory
comprehension
IQ, reasoning,
oral language …
RELATIVE STRENGTHS phonological
processing
(visual/selective)
attention
cognitive
implicit procedural learning
short-term memory
information
processing
RELATIVE WEAKNESSES
d
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
17. The Neuroscience of Dyslexia – Emerging View
Focus Also on Strengths, Protective Factors & Resilience
Occipito-Temporal (OT)
Orthographic processing
Temporo-Parietal (TP)
Phonological processing
PROTECTIVE FACTORS & RESILIENCE
Which brain systems???
What mechanism???
Coincidence. Bryden MP.
Laterality ’87
Compensatory. Lansdell
HJ. Comp Physio Psychol ‘69,
Levy J. Nature ’69
Causal. Kosslyn SM. Psychol
Rev ’87, Cai et al. PNAS ’13.
Evolutionary
advantage Geschwind N.
Annals of Dyslexia ‘84
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
18. Outline
• BACKGROUND
– Dyslexia costly in many dimensions
– Importance of an integrative approach
(Geschwind Lecture 2014)
• TODAY’S FOCUS (CURRENT WORK)
– The resilience framework of dyslexia
– Cognitive resilience
– Socio-Emotional resilience
• CONCLUSION & THE FUTURE
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
20. COGNITIVE RESILIENCE
Resilient Dyslexics
RESILIENT READERS: Those
with good comprehension
despite poor decoding.
Those with decoding
difficulties rely more on
contextual information to be
able to read successfully.
INTERACTIVE COMPENSATORY
MODEL OF DYSLEXIA
(Stanovich, 1980)
Implications for intervention.
Smadar
Patael PhD
Laurie
Cutting PhD
Patael et al. under review
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
21. COGNITIVE RESILIENCE
Brain Mechanism?
RESILIENT
READERS
POOR
READERS
TYPICAL
READERS
Expected pattern related to:
RESILIENCE
DECODING
COMPREHENSION
Decoding
Comprehension
TYPICAL
READERS
Good
comprehension but
good decoding alsoPOOR
READERS
Poor decoding but
also poor
comprehension
RESILIENT
READERS
Patael et al. under review
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
23. COGNITIVE RESILIENCE
Not just dyslexics but anyone can have it.
R² = 0.1241
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
-40 -20 0 20 40
PrefrontalVolume
Cognitive Resilience
10-16yo children with &
without poor decoding
Patael et al. under review
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
24. COGNITIVE RESILIENCE
Chicken or egg? Show signs BEFORE reading failure.
R² = 0.1241
R² = 0.14
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
-40 -20 0 20 40
PrefrontalVolume
Cognitive Resilience
Prereading kids’ left DLPFC
predicts future ‘resilience’
Patael et al. under review
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
26. COGNITIVE RESILIENCE
Fronto-parietal network “flexible learning hub”.
Dynamically changes how it
connects to other key
networks based on current
goals.
Critical for learning new skills
and building mental rules.
Allows immediate & flexible
transfer of skills.
Cole et al. Nat Neuroscience ’13
Patael et al. under review
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
27. COGNITIVE RESILIENCE: Summary
• Prefrontal & fronto-parietal
network
• Cognitive flexibility, learning
network
• Related studies also point to
prefrontal mechanisms
• May suggest importance of
promoting activities to enhance
cognitive flexibility & self-
regulation early
Patael et al. under rev; Hoeft et al. PNAS ’07 & PNAS ’11; Hancock Richlan Hoeft. Neurosci Beh Rev
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
28. Outline
• BACKGROUND
– Dyslexia costly in many dimensions
– Importance of an integrative approach
• TODAY’S FOCUS (CURRENT WORK)
– The resilience framework of dyslexia
– Cognitive resilience
– Socio-Emotional resilience
• CONCLUSION & THE FUTURE
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
29. Resilience Model of LD:
SOCIO-EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
Risks
Dyslexia
Poor Functional Outcome
• Poor Reading Comprehension
• Negative Psychosocial Adjustment
Haft, Myers, Hoeft. Curr Opin Beh Sci 2016
Socio-
Emotional
Protect. F.
INTERNAL
• Growth mindset
• Hopeful thinking
• Sense of coherence
• Locus of control
• Self determination
FAMILY
• Family cohesion
• Maternal affect
• Strong parental
attachment
• Parental support &
understanding of RD
PEER/SCHOOL
• Peer relationships
• Mentorship by
teachers
• Teacher support
• Small class-size
Positive Outcome
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
30. SOCIO-EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
Character traits critical for success
Self discipline, more predictive
than IQ (2x) & above and beyond
achievement itself
(Duckworth & Seligman, Psychol Sci ‘05)
2x
Above & beyond IQ & achievement
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
31. SOCIO-EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
Brain mechanisms
VTA
GROWTH MIND-SET:
Belief that ability is effort based
GROWTH MINDSET
COGNITIVE REAPPRAISAL
(Doherty et al. Science ‘04)
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
(Muyrayama et al. PNAS ’10)
VTA
GRIT:
Perseverance toward a long term goal
GRIT
PERSISTENCE
(Gusnard et al. PNAS ‘03)
FUTURE REWARD
(Doherty et al. Science ’04)
Myers et al. SCAN 2016
Multiple targets – Multiple routes to enhance learning
Chelsea
Myers
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
32. SOCIO-EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
Stereotype threat may put individuals at risk
“Stereotype threat is being at risk of confirming, as
self-characteristic, a negative stereotype about one’s
group.” –Steele and Aronson (1995)
“White men can’t jump.” “Women are not good at math.”
reducingstereotypethreat.org, Whistling vivaldi by Claude Steele
“African Americans have lower intelligence
than their white peers .”
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
33. SOCIO-EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
Stereotype threat MAY exist in LDs
Why might individuals with learning disabilities
(including dyslexics, but also ADHD etc) experience
stereotype threat?
• Group identification - low achievement
• Aware of stereotype (Kelly and Norwich, 2004; Rashkind et al., 2006)
• Negative academic self-concept (Zeleke, 2004)
• Low self-esteem, negative affect, anxiety, and
depression when faced with performance-avoidance
goals (the desire to perform less poorly than others)
(Sideridis, 2007; Aquino, 2011)
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
34. SOCIO-EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
An Integrated Process Model of Stereotype Threat
Concept of
Ability Domain
Concept of
Group
Concept of Self
“I am a
girl…”
“I think I am
good at math…”
“Girls are
bad at math
(and math
is important
to me)…”
Forbes et al., 2008
Discordance leads to stereotype threat
Reduced attention
Stress & Anxiety
Fear & Threat
Reduced learning & memory, & performance
Everyone is prone.
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
35. SOCIO-EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
Brain mechanism of stereotype threat?
Women & under-
performance in math
Krendl et al. Psychol Sci 2008
Lack of improvement
in math performance
over time under ST
(interaction: p<.005)
Stereotype threat
impacts key
cognitive networks
and emotion-related
networks negatively
Lack of MATH related
activation under ST
Increase in EMOTIONal
response under ST
No ST group ST group No ST group ST group
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
36. SOCIO-EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
Building Resilience Against Stereotype Threat
• Reframing the task (e.g. Quinn & Spencer, 2001)
• De-emphasizing threatened social identities (e.g. Stricker and
Ward, 2004)
• Role models (e.g. Blanton et al., 2000)
• External attributions for difficulty (e.g. Good et al, 2003)
• Self-affirmations (e.g. Schimel et al., 2004)
• Growth mindset (e.g. Aronson et al., 2002)
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
37. SOCIO-EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
Strength-based approach may build resilience
von Károlyi et al., ‘01; ‘03; Diehl … Hoeft … Pugh. NeuroImage ‘14
Visuo-spatial processing show yin-yang
relationship with reading
Ken Pugh
R² = 0.1439
reading
visuo-spatial
r=0.42
p<0.05
BEHAVIOR
dyslexics non-dyslexics
BRAIN
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
38. SOCIO-EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
Mentoring may build resilience
Scores
26.7%
***P<0.0001
12.5%
~*P=0.05
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
Response to
failure
Depression Self Esteem
Fall Spring
Display more positive emotions and
effort-based strategies in the face of failure.
IMPROVEMENT IN:
SELF ESTEEM (12%)
GRIT (value) (8-36%)
GROWTH MINDSET (14%)
LD IDENTITY (comfort, bond,
importance) (24-52%)
READING SELF-CONCEPT
(19%)
etc…
N=48
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
40. SOCIO-EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE: Summary
• Stereotype threat & fixed mindset could be potential mechanisms underlying
underperformance in those with learning challenges.
• Others such as anxiety, motivation and reduced grit likely interact with
stereotype threat and fixed mindset, and result in further underperformance.
Dyslexia
Stereotype
Threat
Attention
PF resources Fixed
mindset
Reduced
grit
Reduced academic achievement
Reduced
motivation
Anxiety
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
41. Outline
• BACKGROUND
– Dyslexia costly in many dimensions
– Importance of an integrative approach
• TODAY’S FOCUS (CURRENT WORK)
– The resilience framework of dyslexia
– Cognitive resilience
– Socio-Emotional resilience
• CONCLUSION & THE FUTURE
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
42. CONCLUSION: Promoting Resilience
Risks
Dyslexia
Poor Functional Outcome
• Poor Reading Comprehension
• Negative Psychosocial Adjustment
Haft, Myers, Hoeft. Curr Opin Beh Sci 2016
Socio-
Emotional
Protect. F.
INTERNAL
• Growth mindset
• Hopeful thinking
• Sense of coherence
• Locus of control
• Self determination
FAMILY
• Family cohesion
• Maternal affect
• Strong parental
attachment
• Parental support &
understanding of RD
PEER/SCHOOL
• Peer relationships
• Mentorship by
teachers
• Teacher support
• Small class-size
Cognitive
Protective
Factors
• Oral language skills
• Motor skills
• Task-focused behavior
• Executive functions
• Interpersonal
relationships
Less Severe
Dyslexia
• Morphological awareness
• Vocabulary
• Verbal reasoning
• Executive functions
• Grammar
Positive Outcome
COGNITIVE
TRAINING
SOCIO-
EMOTIONAL
LEARNING
(mentoring)
LITERACY
INTER-
VENTIONS
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
43. CONCLUSION: Promoting Resilience
• Cognitive reappraisal & positive reframing >>> Cognitive
control, self-regulation, grit
• Strength based approach >>> Confidence, Optimism
• Growth mindset – Active coping (sense of control), Optimism
• Social support, role model, mentoring – Connection to
community
• Reduce stereotype threat – Optimize learning environment &
enhanced performance
• Stress inoculation (exposure to tolerable levels of stress &
challenges)
Charney. Nat Rev Neurosci 2009; Ken Ginsberg http://www.fosteringresilience.com/7cs.php
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
44. Can we become resilient?
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
45. Neuroscience Research Space
msec
years
Learning
Cognition, Language
Reading, Math
Perception
Socio-emotional
Preconception
Prenatal
Postnatal
Child
Adult
Adolescent
DEVELOPMENTALSTAGE
Gene
Neurochemistry
Physiology
Neuroanatomy
Behavior
46. CURRENT/FUTURE WORK @
Socio-emotional,
Character traits
Early identification &
prevention
Mechanisms of
dyslexia, reading &
learning
Community
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
47. Bay Area
UCSF (NC White, R Hendren, K LeWinn, L Pasch, M Gorno-
Tempini, B Miller);
UC Berkeley (S Bunge);
UC Davis (Y Uchikoshi, D Amaral, C Wu Nordahl);
U of SF (G Leung);
USA/Canada
Boston College (J Black);
Georgia State U (R Morris);
Harvard U, Boston Children’s Hospital (L Prock Albers);
MIT (J Gabrieli);
U of British Columbia (L Siegel);
U of Michigan (I Kovelman, R Marks);
Vanderbilt U (L Cutting);
Yale U, Haskins Labs, U Conn (K Pugh, J Reuckl; E Grigorenko);
Asia
Beijing Normal U, China (H Shu);
Hebrew U, Israel (R Frost);
Keio U, Tokyo, Japan (B Yamagata, M Mimura);
Nat’l Cntrl U, Inst of Cog Neurosci, Taiwan (D Wu, O Tseng)
U Hong Kong, China (C McBride);
Europe
BCBL, Spain (M Carreiras);
U College London, UK (C Hulme);
U of Jyvaskyla, Finland (H Lyytinen, P Leppannen, U
Richardson);
U of Salzburg, Austria (F Richlan);
fumiko.hoeft@ucsf.edu | @fumikohoeft | brainlens.org
Background | Resilience Framework | Cognitive Resilience | Socio-Emotional Resilience | Conclusion
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50. Science-based Innovation in Learning Center
(SILC)
AWARD NAME.
University of California Office of the President (UCOP)
Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) Award
Grant # MRP-17-454925
DATES
1/1/2017 – 12/31/2019
51. Science-based Innovation in Learning Center
(SILC)
WHO WE ARE A new and cross-disciplinary ‘Precision Ed-Health’ center
across the (6) UC campuses with expertise in (bilingual) education, sp-ed,
cog psych, neuroscience, medicine, & policy.
Precision Medicine is an emerging data-driven approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into
account individual variability in environment, lifestyle and genes for each person. (2015)
Precision Ed-Health is an data-driven approach to prevent the spiral effect of poor educational attainment to
health disparity taking into account variability in each child by looking at large amounts of data from the
environment, psychological, cognitive, neuroscience, biomedical information.
MISSION. Tackle issues associated with education and health disparity
with a particular emphasis on underrepresented populations.
LONG-TERM GOAL. To provide the best educational and health outcomes
for ALL CHILDREN regardless of their background.
MODEL. Adoption of STAR (Services, Training, Advocacy, Research)
SHORT TERM GOAL. Early identification and intervention of children at
risk for learning challenges in English learners.
52. Science-based Innovation in Learning Center
(SILC)
CAMPUSES & KEY PERSONNEL
UCSF. Director: Fumiko Hoeft MD PhD, Neuroscience of LD, Medical science
UC Berkeley. Silvia Bunge PhD, Cognitive neuroscience
UC Davis. Jamal Abedi PhD, English Learners, Macro-data
UC Irvine. Carol Conner PhD, Literacy Instruction
UCLA. Marcelo Suarez-Orozco PhD, Education Policy together with Stanford
University Center for Education Policy Analysis Susanna Loeb PhD
UC Merced. Jeff Gilger PhD, Neuroscience of dyslexia, Training & education
Others. Roeland Hancock for computation and biostatistics, Elissa Epel /
Nicki Bush for health disparity, Nancy Cushen White for intervention and
dyslexia, MariLu Gorno Tempini for language processes, Bob Hendren on
mental health comorbidity, and Linda Siegel on multilingualism and dyslexia
(UBC)
53. Science-based Innovation in Learning Center
(SILC)
SILC
STAR
SERVICES
• Professional
development
• Intervention
TRAINING
• Multidisciplin
ary
• Faculty,
Postdocs,
Students
ADVOCACY
• US DOE OCR
• CDE
RESEARCH
• Archival
• Prospective
54. Science-based Innovation in Learning Center
(SILC)
AIM 1.
• To establish a cross-campus interdisciplinary research center to develop STAR
with an initial focus on ELs, RDs, literacy intervention and health disparity.
AIM 2. Mine existing data
• Find out early predictors of literacy acquisition in ELs.
• Adjusting the A2i model for Spanish ELLs.
• Study health outcome measures (obesity, stress, immune, cognitive aging).
AIM 3. Perform a prospective, longitudinal, multisite proof-of-concept study in K-
Gr1.
• Test modified ISI/A2i algorithm.
• Compare predictors of RD-risk.
• Test feasibility of collecting and studying health measures and biomarkers.
55. Science-based Innovation in Learning Center
(SILC)
Current
(Eng)
Best
(Eng+Sp)
A2i-revised
Research
(non-lang)
Health
Environment
56. CENTER of INNOVATION IN NEUROSCIENCE-BASED
TECHNOLOGY FOR EEUCATION AND LEARNING
UCSF | UC Berkeley | Stanford
adam bruce fumiko
joaquin jyoti melina
miriam roeland silvia
S I L C
UCSF - Stanford-UC Berkeley
Science of Learning Collaborative Network (SL-CN)
57. Before Birth PreSch/K 2nd-4thGr Adult
Evidence-based
Precision/Personalized
Education
Early identification
Preventive intervention
fumiko.hoeft@ucsf.edu | @fumikohoeft | brainlens.org
58.
59. Science-based Innovation in Learning Center
(SILC)
AIM 1.
• To establish a cross-campus interdisciplinary research center to develop
Services, Training, Advocacy and Research (STAR) with an initial focus on ELLs,
RDs, literacy intervention and health disparity.
AIM 2.
• Collaboratively integrate existing rich data on Spanish ELL children across SILC
UC sites to identify candidate early predictors of literacy outcomes and health
outcomes and model child × instruction interactions in ELLs to revise the A2i
algorithm for this population.
AIM 3.
• Perform a prospective, longitudinal, multisite proof-of-concept study in first
grade ELLs to: (a) evaluate the predictive power of early RD-risk measures that
can be used for all ELLs, regardless of native language, and relating these to
health disparity measures; (b) evaluate the effectiveness of the revised A2i
algorithm in improving academic outcomes in Spanish ELLs.
60. Science-based Innovation in Learning Center
(SILC)
BACKGROUND.
In the US, 9.2% of public school children are English learners (ELs), and EL
enrollment has grown 50% over the past decade, outpacing non-EL enrollment. In
California (CA), a quarter of the school-aged children in the public schools are ELs. ELs are
twice as likely as non-ELs to live in poverty and more likely to be misidentified than non-
ELs for learning disabilities (LDs) such as reading disorders (RD). Learning disabilities and
their misidentification in ELs further contributes to EL inequality in English proficiency and
educational attainment, leading to income and health disparity.
Reducing education-related risks for poor health outcomes in ELs requires
efforts to better understand the link between educational attainment and health disparity
in this population, and early identification of LD in ELs. Although there are good predictors
of RD in English monolinguals, extending these to ELs is complicated by variability in
language experience, lack of English proficiency, variability in the native languages spoken
by ELs, and the lack of normed measures (except Spanish) and qualified practitioners. One
third of all US ELs are in CA, making these issues particularly significant for the state and
UC, while at the same time providing the opportunity for UC to be a leader in addressing
these issues.
61. Science-based Innovation in Learning Center
(SILC)
SHORT-TERM GOALS.
(1) setup an innovative, multicampus, cross-disciplinary collaboration bridging education,
cognitive sciences, medicine and policy, and
(2) perform a series of pilot studies to examine the links between academic and health
outcomes in ELs and evaluate individualized prescription of reading interventions that
will prepare us to compete for federal center and collaborative research grants in the
near future.
LONG-TERM GOALS.
For the proposed UC center to be a national leader in ‘Precision Ed-Health’, and tackle
issues associated with education and health disparity in underrepresented populations,
with an initial emphasis on early identification and intervention of children at risk for
learning challenges.
CENTRAL MISSION.
Includes performing high quality research and providing training, services and advocacy.
Such efforts will ultimately enhance the lives of children and families, while addressing
major issues in CA and the US, including the cost of education, difficulties of educating
diverse populations including ELs, and the health consequences of poor school
performance.
Editor's Notes
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Family history Pennington Lefly 2001
Cost 100k less: Earnings Foresight Mental Capital and Wellbeing Project. Mental Capital and Wellbeing: Final Project Report (The Government Office for Science, 2008) – Usha Goswami NRN 2015
Grigorenko
ADHD various papers 40% (vs. 9% in all children – NIH website)
review of comorbidity of LD and ADHD with comorbidity rate estimates
(DuPaul et al., 2012) Germano et al. Dev Neuropsychol ’10)
Anxiety test anxiety 5x stats (Nelson ’13, Carroll ‘06), 8% from NIH, 2x stats on anxiety disorder (Wilson et al JLD 2009)
Depression 14% in children according to NIH, according to Wilson et al. JLD 2009, it’s 14.6% (in LD) vs 7.4% (people without disabilities)
Mental health stats in typical children generally come from the NIH website
Abuse (Nat’l Assn on Alcohol, Drug, Disability, ’10) on disabilities generally or ID so not good.
Abuse (Moody ’00) Karacostas & Fisher 1993 chemical dependence 24% in LD, 9% in non disabled students. Found in article Meredith Cosden et al. JLD 2001
Prison (Quinn, ’05)
HS drop out rate - https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=16 for typical population (7%), NCLD report for LD (18%), http://www.ncld.org/reports-and-studies/diplomas-at-risk-a-critical-look-at-the-high-school-graduation-rate/
hispanisc typical 12%
HS graduation rate: http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/tables/ACGR_2010-11_to_2012-13.asp 81% (all children) vs. 68% (LD – NCLD 2014 report)
BACKGROUND
Reading is complex.
Multifactorial Vulnerability Model can explain difficulties of dyslexia
SOME RESEARCH TOPICS
1. Different identification approaches How should we identify dyslexia? What is the brain basis of different identification approaches? - Implications for policy.
2. Brain basis of dyslexia Is the ‘dyslexia network’ specific to dyslexia? What networks are related to compensation in dyslexia?
3. Resiliency How can some comprehend written texts in the face of difficulty in decoding? - Implications for intervention.
4. Internal environment How important are personal characteristics such as socio-emotional processing, motivation and grit? What are the brain bases?
BACKGROUND
Reading is complex.
Multifactorial Vulnerability Model can explain difficulties of dyslexia
SOME RESEARCH TOPICS
1. Different identification approaches How should we identify dyslexia? What is the brain basis of different identification approaches? - Implications for policy.
2. Brain basis of dyslexia Is the ‘dyslexia network’ specific to dyslexia? What networks are related to compensation in dyslexia?
3. Resiliency How can some comprehend written texts in the face of difficulty in decoding? - Implications for intervention.
4. Internal environment How important are personal characteristics such as socio-emotional processing, motivation and grit? What are the brain bases?
“resilience is
the capacity of a dynamic, malleable system to withstand
challenges to its stability, viability or development (Karatsoreos F1000 ref 1)
In Selye’s interpretation, stress was the result of
an organism’s failed attempts to appropriately cope with
a physical challenge [6], and since then the definition of
stress has expanded to contain ideation or anticipation of
impending threats [7].
Stress resilience refers to an individual’s capacity for successful adaptation to acute stress, trauma or more chronic forms of adversity
Bo x 1 | Psychosocial factors and possible neurobiological underpinnings associated with resilience
Facing fears and active coping
Facing fears promotes active coping strategies such as planning and problem solving. The ability to face one’s fears might
be facilitated by stress inoculation (exposure to tolerable levels of stress) during development, and might be linked to the
optimal functioning of fear extinction mechanisms. Active, or ‘fight–flight’, responses in animals have been linked to
more transient activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis27, although the relationship between HPA
axis activity and active or passive coping might not be straightforward, as positive associations have also been found26.
Physical exercise, which can be viewed as a form of active coping, has positive effects on mood, attenuates stress
responses and is thought to promote neurogenesis13.
Optimism and positive emotions
Positive emotions might contribute to healthier cognitive responses17,128 and decreased autonomic arousal128. Mesolimbic
dopamine pathways might be more reward responsive and/or stress resistant in individuals who remain optimistic when
faced with trauma3. Accordingly, resilience in animals has been related to specific molecular adaptations in the
mesolimbic dopamine system41.
Cognitive reappraisal, positive reframing and acceptance
Cognitive reappraisal involves reinterpreting the meaning of negative stimuli, with a resulting reduction in emotional
responses. Resilient individuals might be better at reappraisal or might use reappraisal more frequently. Neurobiological
mechanisms that underlie some of these processes include memory suppression, memory consolidation and cognitive
control of emotion106,107.
It is also likely that exposure to manageable stressors during development is
associated with more adaptive coping with stress during adulthood139. In studies of
squirrel monkeys and rodents, early exposure to manageable stressors (‘stress
inoculation’) was found to be associated with reduced behavioural and hormonal
responses to stress later in life65,140. Adaptive responses seem to be associated with the
degree of behavioural control an animal has over stress141.
Social competence and social support
Social competence and openness to social support promote resilience in children and adults5,13. Mutual cooperation is
associated with activation of brain reward circuits. Oxytocin enhances the reward value of social attachments and
reduces fear responses. Future research might identify potential differences in these measures in resilient individuals.
Purpose in life, a moral compass, meaning and spirituality
A sense of purpose and an internal framework of beliefs about right and wrong are characteristic of resilient
individuals8,13. Religious and spiritual beliefs and practices might also facilitate recovery and finding meaning after
trauma13. Brain imaging studies are beginning to identify the neural correlates of human morality129.
Bo x 1 | Psychosocial factors and possible neurobiological underpinnings associated with resilience
Facing fears and active coping
Facing fears promotes active coping strategies such as planning and problem solving. The ability to face one’s fears might
be facilitated by stress inoculation (exposure to tolerable levels of stress) during development, and might be linked to the
optimal functioning of fear extinction mechanisms. Active, or ‘fight–flight’, responses in animals have been linked to
more transient activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis27, although the relationship between HPA
axis activity and active or passive coping might not be straightforward, as positive associations have also been found26.
Physical exercise, which can be viewed as a form of active coping, has positive effects on mood, attenuates stress
responses and is thought to promote neurogenesis13.
Optimism and positive emotions
Positive emotions might contribute to healthier cognitive responses17,128 and decreased autonomic arousal128. Mesolimbic
dopamine pathways might be more reward responsive and/or stress resistant in individuals who remain optimistic when
faced with trauma3. Accordingly, resilience in animals has been related to specific molecular adaptations in the
mesolimbic dopamine system41.
Cognitive reappraisal, positive reframing and acceptance
Cognitive reappraisal involves reinterpreting the meaning of negative stimuli, with a resulting reduction in emotional
responses. Resilient individuals might be better at reappraisal or might use reappraisal more frequently. Neurobiological
mechanisms that underlie some of these processes include memory suppression, memory consolidation and cognitive
control of emotion106,107.
It is also likely that exposure to manageable stressors during development is
associated with more adaptive coping with stress during adulthood139. In studies of
squirrel monkeys and rodents, early exposure to manageable stressors (‘stress
inoculation’) was found to be associated with reduced behavioural and hormonal
responses to stress later in life65,140. Adaptive responses seem to be associated with the
degree of behavioural control an animal has over stress141.
Social competence and social support
Social competence and openness to social support promote resilience in children and adults5,13. Mutual cooperation is
associated with activation of brain reward circuits. Oxytocin enhances the reward value of social attachments and
reduces fear responses. Future research might identify potential differences in these measures in resilient individuals.
Purpose in life, a moral compass, meaning and spirituality
A sense of purpose and an internal framework of beliefs about right and wrong are characteristic of resilient
individuals8,13. Religious and spiritual beliefs and practices might also facilitate recovery and finding meaning after
trauma13. Brain imaging studies are beginning to identify the neural correlates of human morality129.
Operate in a much larger space but each today will cover certain corners of this 4D space.
Mechanism
Neural noise hypothesis –Roeland Hancock, Ken Pugh, Al Galaburda
Precision medicine is an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in environment, lifestyle and genes for each person.
Precision Ed-Health is an approach to prevent the spiral effect of poor educational attainment to health disparity taking into account variability in each child by looking at large amounts of data from the environment, psychological, cognitive, neuroscience, biomedical information.