Shana R Cohen

Biographic Data

ID6529593
NAMEShana R Cohen
GIVEN NAMESShana R
FAMILY NAMECohen
SIGNATURECOHEN S R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California San Diego
ORCID0000-0002-1760-1780
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS13
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Hablando at home: Examining the interactional resources of a bilingual autistic child

    Open AccessShana R Cohen, Alison Wishard Guerra et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Language2025

    Daily language interactions predict child outcomes. For multilingual families who rear neurodiverse children and who may be minoritized for their language use, a dearth of research examines families’ daily language interactions. Utilizing a language socialization framework and a case study methodology, 4,991 English and Spanish utterances from a 5-year old autistic child and his family were collected during naturally occurring interactions over 1…

  • Echoing Parental Scaffolding Style in Co–Constructed Narratives: Its Impact on Executive Function Development in Diverse Early School-Age Children

    Open AccessYan Jiang, Alison Wishard Guerra et al.ARTICLEEarly Education and Development2024

    Research Findings: Early elementary school is a crucial time for the development of executive functions, but less is known about the impact of parent-child narratives on executive function development in children of this age group. This study aims to investigate the influence of parental scaffolding styles in parent-child co-constructed narratives in the development of transitional kindergartners’ executive function. The sample comprised 35 Hispa…

  • Teacher Sensemaking in an Early Education Research–Practice Partnership

    Open AccessAmanda Datnow, Alison Wishard Guerra et al.ARTICLETeachers College Record The Voice…2023

    Background/Context: High quality early education, preschool through third grade, has received significant attention as a vehicle for addressing academic disparities. Research–practice partnerships (RPPs) offer a promising strategy for improving early education and closing the gap between research and practice; however, RPPs in the early learning context are understudied, and there is little information about how teachers experience them. Purpose/…

  • Purposeful parenting by Mexican-heritage mothers: Advancing school readiness through social-emotional competence

    Margaret Bridges, Shana R Cohen et al.ARTICLECultural Diversity & Ethnic…2022Cited by: 2

    Understanding parents' "concerted cultivation" in differing cultural contexts may facilitate teachers' use of practices that better align with families' home practices and more effectively support the learning of Latinx children across academic domains. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Social participation of students with autism spectrum disorder in general education settings

    Open AccessChristoforos Mamas, Alan J Daly et al.ARTICLELearning Culture and Social…2021

  • Building classroom communities for children with autism spectrum disorder

    Sasha M Zeedyk, Shana R Cohen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021References: 4

    Limited research has explored mothers’ perceptions of teachers’ pedagogical practices that may or may not support the learning and development of their child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Mothers of children with ASD were asked to describe their perspective regarding three questions: (1) How do teachers structure the classroom environment to accommodate their students with ASD? (2) How do teachers engage and interact with the child in the …

  • Home activities of Mexican American children: Structuring early socialization and cognitive engagement

    Margaret Bridges, Shana R Cohen et al.ARTICLECultural Diversity & Ethnic…2014References: 6

    The question of how home activities advance the early social and cognitive development of Latino children receives growing attention from psychologists and social scientists. Some scholars and practitioners, focused on promoting "school readiness," frame the problem as weak parenting, signaled by insufficient rich language or academic skills. Other theorists, rooted in ecocultural theory, argue that early socialization and cognitive engagement ar…

  • Bien Educado: Measuring the social behaviors of Mexican American children

    Open AccessMargaret Bridges, Shana R Cohen et al.ARTICLEEarly Childhood Research Quarterly2012Cited by: 11References: 5