Risk, Self-Regulation, and the Promise of Education

Risk, Self-Regulation, and the Promise of Education

Steven J. Holochwost

Lehman College & the Graduate Center, City University of New York

This presentation will review research conducted in the Regulation, Education, and Neuroscience (ReNeu) Lab by Dr. Holochwost, his students, and his colleagues. Broadly, this research examines three related questions about children’s development and contextual influences on that development: How do we define self- regulation in childhood, in terms of both volitional processes and neurophysiological function? How do sociodemographic risk and caregiver behaviors impinge upon self- regulation in childhood? And how can access to high-quality educational opportunities disrupt the associations between risk and children’s development?

Following the presentation, attendees will be able to:

Explain the volitional processes and neurophysiological bases of self-regulation in childhood.

Discuss how sociodemographic risk and caregiver behaviors impinge upon self- regulation in childhood.

Explain how access to high-quality educational opportunities may disrupt the associations between risk and children’s development.