SELECTED RESEARCH
Parental experiences with the promises of extinction to prevent infant sleep problems: A review of the literature.
Gordon, M. D. (2023, July). Paper presented at the World Infant Mental Health Conference. Dublin, Ireland.​ Panelists also included: Sarah Blunden, Ph.D., Helen Ball, Ph.D., and Levita d'Souza, Ph.D.
Examining the continuities and discontinuities between research, advice, and parenting practice on the use of extinction for infant sleep: An updated review of the literature.
Gordon, M. D. (2022, July). Poster presented at the International Congress for Infant Studies, Ottawa, Canada. July 8-10, 2022.
The effect of a "difficult" temperament on experiences with infant sleep and sleep training: A survey of parents.
Gordon, M. D. (2020, October). Poster presented at the Occasional Temperament Conference. University of Virginia (Virtual).
Forces of nature: Are there strengths that underlie the challenges of a "difficult" temperament?
Gordon, M. D. (2019, March). Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Baltimore, Maryland. March 22-24, 2019.
Let’s turn the conversation around: Making infant sleep interventions developmentally- and family-focused.
Gordon, M. D., Middlemiss, W., & Teti, D. (2019, March). Roundtable discussion at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Baltimore, Maryland. March 22-24, 2019.
Difficult or gifted? Qualitative investigation of parents’ experiences of their gifted children as infants.
Rastogi, A., & Gordon, M. D. (2019, March). Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Baltimore, Maryland. March 22-24, 2019.
Parenting advice about sleep: Where have we been? Where are we going?
Gordon, M. D. (2009, April). Roundtable Chair. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Denver, Colorado.​ Panelists also included: Douglas Teti, Ph.D., Avi Sadeh, Ph.D., and Katie Dyer, Ph.D.
Sleep interventions and parent-child well-being.
Middlemiss, W., Gordon, M., Goldberg, W., Porter, L., Keller, M., Granger, G. A., & Germo, G. (2008, August). Poster presented at the World Infant Mental Health Conference, Yokohama, Japan.
DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.23807.92320
What to do about sleep? A survey of parents' experiences with infant sleep and popular advice.
Gordon, M. D., & Hill, S. L. (2008, March). Poster presented at the International Society for Infant Studies Biennial Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia. DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.34093.90080
"Crying it out" in infancy: Discontinuities between research and parenting advice.
Gordon, M. D. (2007, May). Crying before sleep: What do we know about behavioral sleep training in infancy? Roundtable Chair. Society for Research in Child Development Conference, Boston, MA.
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Panelists included: Avi Sadeh, Ph.D., Mona El-Sheikh, Ph.D., Melissa Burnham, Ph.D., Katie Dyer, Ph.D., Marie Hayes, Ph.D.
“Crying it out:” A critical review of the literature on the use of extinction with infants.
Gordon, M. D., & Hill, S. L. (2006, July). Poster presented at the World Infant Mental Health Conference, Paris, France.
DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.12283.52003