Judy Baker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3985852 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judy Baker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judy |
| FAMILY NAME | Baker |
| SIGNATURE | BAKER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria State Government Department of Education and Training, Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cognitive assessment of refugee children
Each year, approximately 60,000 children of refugee background are resettled in Western countries. This paper reviews the effects of the refugee experience on cognitive functioning. The distinctive influences for these children include exposure to traumatic events and the need to acquire a new language, factors that need to be considered to avoid overdiagnosis of learning disorders and inappropriate educational placements. Prearrival trauma, psyc…
Analyzing Urban Poverty
In recent years an extensive body of \n literature has emerged on the definition, measurement and \n analysis of poverty. Much of this literature focuses on \n analyzing poverty at the national level, or spatial \n disaggregation by general categories of urban or rural areas \n with adjustments made for regional price differentials. Yet \n for an individual city attempting to tackle the problems of \n urban poverty, this level of aggregation is n…
Cognitive assessment of refugee children
Each year, approximately 60,000 children of refugee background are resettled in Western countries. This paper reviews the effects of the refugee experience on cognitive functioning. The distinctive influences for these children include exposure to traumatic events and the need to acquire a new language, factors that need to be considered to avoid overdiagnosis of learning disorders and inappropriate educational placements. Prearrival trauma, psyc…
Analyzing Urban Poverty
In recent years an extensive body of \n literature has emerged on the definition, measurement and \n analysis of poverty. Much of this literature focuses on \n analyzing poverty at the national level, or spatial \n disaggregation by general categories of urban or rural areas \n with adjustments made for regional price differentials. Yet \n for an individual city attempting to tackle the problems of \n urban poverty, this level of aggregation is n…
Cognitive assessment of refugee children
Each year, approximately 60,000 children of refugee background are resettled in Western countries. This paper reviews the effects of the refugee experience on cognitive functioning. The distinctive influences for these children include exposure to traumatic events and the need to acquire a new language, factors that need to be considered to avoid overdiagnosis of learning disorders and inappropriate educational placements. Prearrival trauma, psyc…
Computer Science (1 works) · Economic growth (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Foreign Language Teaching Methods (1 works) · Geography (1 works) · HTML5 (1 works) · Human–computer interaction (1 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (1 works) · Information Systems and Technology Applications (1 works) · Innovative Educational Technologies (1 works)