Recent Publications
Wen, X., Korfmacher, J., Hans, S., & Henson, L. (2010). Young Mothers’ Involvement in a Prenatal and Postpartum Support Program.
Journal of Community Psychology 38, 172-190
Korfmacher, J., & Hilado, A. (2008). Creating a Workforce in Early Childhood Mental Health: Defining the Competent Specialist.
Herr Research Center for Children and Social Policy Research Report. Chicago, IL: Erikson Institute.
Korfmacher, J., Green, B., Staerkel, F., Peterson, C., Cook, C., Roggman, L., Faldowski, R., Schiffman, R. (2008). Parent Involvement in Early Childhood Home Visiting.
Child and Youth Care Forum, 37, 171-196.
Korfmacher, J. (2008). Supporting parents around feeding and eating in early childhood. In L. Birch & W. Dietz (Eds).
Eating Behaviors of the Young Child: Prenatal and Postnatal Influences on Healthy Eating (p. 185-203). Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.
Korfmacher, J., Green, B., Spellmann, M., & Thornburg, K.R. (2007). The helping relationship and program participation in early childhood home visiting.
Infant Mental Health Journal 28, 450-480.
Korfmacher, J. (2007). The heart of relationship-based care.
IMPrint:
Newsletter of the Infant Mental Health Promotion Project, 48 (Spring). Retrieved September 20, 2007, from
http://www.sickkids.ca/imp.
Korfmacher, J. (in press). Supporting Parents Around Feeding and Eating in Early Childhood. In W Dietz & L. Birch (Eds). Eating Behaviors of the Young Child: Prenatal and Postnatal influences on Healthy Eating. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.
Korfmacher, J. (2005). Teen parents in early childhood interventions.
Zero to Three,
25(4), 7-13.
Hans, S., & Korfmacher, J. (2002). The professional development of paraprofessionals.
Zero to Three,
23(2), 4-8.
Korfmacher, J., & Marchi, I. (2002). The helping relationship in a teen parenting program.
Zero to Three,
23(2), 21-26.
Spicer, P., Korfmacher, J., Hudgens, T., & Emde, R. (2002) Joining Communities: The Value of and Ethnographic Approach in Early Intervention Research.
NHSA Dialog, 5, 340-355.
Korfmacher, J., & Spicer, P. (2002). Toward an Understanding of the Child's Experience in a Montessori Early Head Start Program.
Infant Mental Health Journal, 23, 197-212.
Korfmacher, J. (2001).
Harder Than You Think: Understanding What Works, For Whom, And Why in Early Childhood Interventions. Second in a series of occasional papers. Chicago: Erikson Institute Herr Research Center.
Emde, R., Korfmacher, J., & Kubicek, L.F. (2000). Towards a Theory of Early Relationship-Based Intervention. In J.D. Osofsky & H.I. Fitzgerald (Eds.),
World Association of Infant Mental Health Handbook of Infant Mental Health: Early Intervention, Evaluation, & Assessment. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Korfmacher, J. (2000). The Kempe Family Stress Inventory: A Review.
Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect, 24, 129-140.
Korfmacher, J., O'Brien, R., Hiatt, S., & Olds, D. (1999) Differences in Program Implementation Between Nurses and Paraprofessionals in Prenatal and Infancy Home Visitation: A Randomized Trial.
American Journal of Public Health, 89, 1847-1851.