Keri

The USCA Parenting Project is an on-going longitudinal study of adolescent mothers and the children. The project is part of the larger Notre Dame Parenting Project. The Aiken sample consists of 36 young women who were adolescent mothers and their now teenage children. A major focus is modeling the reciprocal influences of maternal attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors with children’s cognitive and psychosocial development. We are currently trying to model early predictors of mild mental retardation, learning disabilities, and conduct disorders.

Arc - Advocates for the Rights of Citizens with Disabilities

The Arc is the national organization of and for people with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities and their families. It is devoted to promoting and improving supports and services for people with mental retardation and their families. The association also fosters research and education regarding the prevention of mental retardation in infants and young children. I am on the Board of Directors.

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Biographical Information

Education

Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, 1984, University of Notre Dame

M.A., Developmental Psychology, 1982, University of Notre Dame

B.A., Psychology, 1976, Northwest Nazarene University

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Publications

Ryan, E. B., Ledger, G. W., Short, E. J., & Weed, K. (1982). Promoting the use of active comprehension strategies by poor readers. Topics in Learning and Learning Disabilities, 2, 53-60.

Weed, K., & Ryan, E. B. (1983). Alphabetical seriation as a reading readiness indicator. Journal of General Psychology, 109, 201-210.

Weed, K., & Ryan, E. B. (1985). The effectiveness of imagery and sentence instructions as a function of visual or auditory processing in first and second graders. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 40, 548-561.

Ryan, E. B., Weed, K., & Short, E. (1986). Cognitive behavior modification: Promoting active, self-regulatory learning styles. In J. K. Torgesen & B. Y. L. Wong (Eds.), Psychological and Educational Perspectives on Learning Disabilities (pp. 367-397). New York: Academic Press.

Davison, J., & Weed, K. (1986). Mental Retardation and Infantile Autism. In J. Davison & J. Neal, Abnormal Psychology (4th ed.). New York: Wiley.

Ryan, E. B., Short, E. J., & Weed, K. (1986). The role of cognitive strategy training in improving the academic performance of learning disabled children. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 19, 521-529.

Evans, I., Brown, F., Weed, K., Spry, K., & Owen, V. (1987). The assessment of functional competencies: A behavioral approach to the evaluation of programs for children with disabilities. In R. J. Prinz (Ed.), Advances in Behavioral Assessment of Children and Families (Vol. 3, pp. 93-121). Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press.

Ryan, E. B., Ledger, G. W., & Weed, K. (1987). Acquisition and transfer of an integrative imagery strategy by young children. Child Development, 58, 356-368.

Brown, F., Evans, I., Weed, K., & Owen, V. (1987). Delineating functional competencies: A component model. Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 12, 117-124.

Brown, F., Weed, K., & Evans, I. (1987). Students' perceptions of the importance and utility of their high school curricula. Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 22, 185-196.

Evans, I., Weed, K., Brown, F., & Weld, E. (1988). Differential generalization of component behaviors within routines: An experimental analysis of functional competence. Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 10 (2/3), 1-14.

Weed, K., Ryan, E. B., & Day, J. (1990). Metamemory and attributions as mediators of strategy use and recall. Journal of Educational Psychology, 82, 849-855.

Borkowski, J. G., Whitman, T. L., Passino, A. W., Rellinger, E. A., Sommer, K., Keogh, D., & Weed, K. (1992). Unraveling the "New Morbidity": Adolescent parenting and developmental delays. In N. W. Bray (Ed.), International Review of Research in Mental Retardation, Vol. 18, New York: Academic Press, 159-196.

Weed, K., Keogh, D., & Borkowski, J. G. (2000). Predictors of resiliency in adolescent mothers. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 21(2), 207-231.

Sommer, K. S., Whitman, T. L., Borkowski, J. G., Gondoli, D. M., Burke, J., Maxwell, S. E., & Weed, K. (2000). Prenatal maternal predictors of cognitive and emotional delays in children of adolescent mothers. Adolescence, 35, 87-112.

Whitman, T., Borkowski, J., Keogh, D., & Weed, K. (2001). Interwoven Lives: Adolescent Mothers and their Children. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Borkowski, J. B., Bisconti, T., Weed, K., Willard, C., Keogh, D. A., & Whitman, T. L. (2002). The adolescent as parent: Influences on children’s intellectual, academic, and socioemotional development. In J. G. Borkowski, S. L. Ramey, & M. Bristol-Power, (Eds.), Parenting and the Child’s World: Influences on Academic, Intellectual, and Social-emotional Development. Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum.

Ouzts, S. & Weed, K. (2002) Adolescent mothers and internal representational models: Abuse, neglect, and romantic relationships. American Journal of Undergraduate Research, 1, 11 – 22.

Lounds, J. J., Borkowski, J. G., Whitman, T. L., Maxwell, S. L., & Weed, K. (2004). Adolescent parenting and attachment during infancy and early childhood. Parenting: Science and Practice.

Borkowski, J. G., Lounds, J., Willard, C., Burke-Lefever, J., Whitman, T., Keogh, D., & Weed, K. (2004). Precursors of retardation in children with teen mothers. In L. Glidden (Ed.), International Review of Research in Mental Retardation (pp. 197-228). San Diego: Academic Press.

Weed, K., Keogh, D., & Borkowski, J. G. (2006). Stability of resilience in children of adolescent mothers. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 27, 60-77.

Borkowski, J. G., Farris, J. R., Whitman, T. L., Carothers, S. S., Weed, K., & Keogh, D. A, (in press). Risk and Resilience: Adolescent Mothers and their Children Grow Up. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

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Last Revised: July 11, 2006