PediaTrac Research Group
The PediaTrac Project is focused on the development and applications of a novel web-based measure that uses longitudinal observational study methods to collect uniform data from parents/caregivers to characterize typical and atypical infant/toddler developmental trajectories from birth through 18 months of age. Our core domains of early development include motor (MOT), social/communication/cognition (SCG), early relational health (ERH), sleep and feeding/eating/elimination.
To better understand potential sources of variation in caregiver report, embedded response style indices have also been developed and evaluated. Main areas of investigation are examining psychometrics of the instrument developed using an IRT framework and using PediaTrac methods to study early development in infants and toddlers with congenital conditions that entail developmental risks. The PediaTrac Data Coordinating Site is housed at the University of Pittsburgh under the direction of Renee Lajiness-O’Neill, PhD.
Areas of Focus
- Longitudinal Measurement of Infant-Toddler Development and Behavior in Context
- Monitoring the early development of infants born preterm
- Early development of infants with cytomegalovirus
- Early development of infants with spinal muscular atrophy
- Early development of infants with congenital heart disease
Program Leadership
Alecia K Daunter
Mott Inpatient Rehabilitation
Medical School
Alissa Huth-Bocks, PhD
Renee Lajiness-O’Neill, PhD
Jennifer Larson
Medical School
Erin Elizabeth Neil Knierbein, DO
Medical School
Trevillor Raghunathan, PhD
Danielle N Shapiro
Program Director
Rehab Psychology and Neuropsychology (RPN) Fellowship
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical School
Seth A Warschausky
Medical School
