Publications & Presentations

Publications

2025	Mental health providers working with foster/adoptive families: examining the impact of COVID-19, telehealth/hybrid services, and professional quality of life Ruderman, M., Whitman, L. K., Perez, V., Waterman, J., & Langley, A. A Mixed-Methods study of students of color with foster care experience navigating a syndemic Whitman, K., Ruderman, M., Harvey, B., Tully, B., Berman, A., & Langley, A. Belonging and Reclaiming Identity: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Youth Adopted From Foster Care in Transracial Families Berman, A., Ruderman, M., Ordaz, A. C., Waterman, J., & Langley, A. Family Closeness and Adoption Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study of Families Adopting from Foster Care (In Press) Ruderman, M., Christy, D., Berman, A., Waterman, J., & Langley, A.
2023	COVID-19 and resource families: An examination of ongoing impact and disparities Ruderman, M., Whitman, L. K., Perez, V., Waterman, J., & Langley, A.
2022	Mental health engagement among foster and adopted youth: The transition from in-person to telemental health services. Social Work in Mental Health Perez, V., Ruderman, M., Kussman, M., Waterman, J., Langley, A. Resource Parents Navigating Two Pandemics: COVID-19 and Racial Injustice Whitman, L. K., Ruderman, M., Perez, V., Waterman, J., Franke, T., & Langley, A.
2021	Impact of COVID-19 on resource families: Unique challenges and strengths Langley, A., Ruderman, M., Waterman, J., & Franke, T. Cumulative Risk and Substance Use in Adoptees: Moderation by Adoptive Parent Stress. Family Relations Blake, A.J., Waterman, J.M., Kiff, C.J., Guzman, J. and Langley, A. K.
2018	Substance use in youth adopted from foster care: developmental mechanisms of risk Blake, A. J., Tung, I., Langley, A. K., & Waterman, J. M. Temperamental sensitivity to early maltreatment and later family cohesion for externalizing behaviors in youth adopted from foster care Tung, I., Noroña, A. N., Lee, S. S., Langley, A. K., & Waterman, J. M.
2017	Long-Term Effects of Pre-Placement Risk Factors on Children's Psychological Symptoms and Parenting Stress Among Families Adopting Children From Foster Care Nadeem, E., Waterman, J., Foster, J., Paczkowski, E., Belin, T. R., & Miranda, J. Preparing and Partnering with Families to Support the Adoption of Children from Foster Care Edelstein, S. B., Gonzalez, A., Langley, A. K., Waterman, J., Paasivirta, M., & Paczkowski, E.
2014	Parent adjustment over time in gay, lesbian, and heterosexual parent families adopting from foster care Lavner, J. A., Waterman, J. and Peplau, L. A.
2013	Pre-Placement Risk and Longitudinal Cognitive Development for Children Adopted from Foster Care Waterman, J.M., Nadeem, E., Paczkowski, E., Foster, J.C., Lavner, J.A., Belin, T. and Miranda, J.
2012	Can Gay and Lesbian Parents Promote Healthy Development in High-Risk Children Adopted from Foster Care? Lavner, J.A., Waterman, J., Peplau, L.A.
2011	Care of the Foster Child: A Primer for the Pediatrician Wang, C., Edelstein, S.B., Waldinger, L., Lee, C. M., & Bath, E.
2002	Older children in preadoptive homes: issues before termination of parental rights Edelstein, S.B., Burge, D., and Waterman, J.
2001	Helping foster parents cope with separation, loss and grief Edelstein, S.B., Burge, D., and Waterman, J.
1999	Experiences, concerns and service needs of families adopting children with prenatal substance exposure: a summary and recommendations McCarty, C., Waterman, J., Burge, D., and Edelstein, S.B.

Presentations

2025	Strength-Based Interventions for Foster/Adoptive Families: Implications for Research and Practice Luis-Sanchez, B., Scheller, J., Brodell, R., Waterman, J., Langley, A., & Ruderman, M. Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention. Denver, CO, United States.
2024	The Intersection of Race and Foster Care: A Call for Increased Ethnic-Racial Socialization Efforts. Ruderman, M., Whitman, K., Saleem, F., Keller, E., & Langley, A. (2024, August). Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention. Seattle, WA, United States. Lessons learned from foster/adoptive families navigating two pandemics: The importance of racial identity and racial socialization. Langley, A., Ordaz, A. C., Tsao, E. H., & Waterman, J. (2024, July). Symposium presented at the International Conference on Adoption Research (ICAR), Minneapolis, MN. An examination of social experiences at school for youth adopted from foster care. Berman, A., Ruderman, M., Langley, A., & Waterman, J. (2024, July). Poster presented at the International Conference on Adoption Research (ICAR), Minneapolis, MN. The Experiences of Foster Youth of Color: Interrogating Carceral Systems Toward (Re)Imagining Educational Opportunity. Ruderman, M., Langley, A., Whitman, K., Harvey, B., & Howard, T. (2024, April). Symposium presented as Presidential Session at 2024 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Convention. Philadelphia, PA.
2023	College-Going Foster Youth Navigating Two Pandemics: A Mixed-Methods Study on Campus Climate and Safety. Presenters: Whitman, K., & Ruderman, M. (2023, November). Symposium presented at 2023 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Convention. Minneapolis, MN.
2022	Child Welfare and COVID-19: An Examination of Impact and Equity Presenters: Ruderman, M., Whitman, K., Waterman, J., Langley A., & Bath, E. Symposium accepted to the 2022 American-Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Telemental health service utilization among foster/adopted youth: An examination of race and gender. Presenters: Perez, V., Ruderman, M., Waterman, J., & Langley A. Poster accepted to the 2022 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). Toronto, Canada. Positive and adverse effects of COVID-19 on transracial foster/adoptive families. Presenters: Perez, V., Miranda, M., Sophia, J., Juwadi K., Finch S., Ruderman, M., & Langley A., Poster accepted to the 2022 American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention. Minneapolis, MN, United States. Exploring the impact of pre-adoptive risk factors on client engagement Presenters: Perez, V., Ruderman, M., Waterman, J., & Langley A. Accepted as a part of a symposium at the 2022 American Psychological Assosiation (APA) Annual Convention. Minneapolis, MN, United States. The relationship between number of caregivers at home and telemental health engagement. Presenters: Juwadi K., Perez V., Ruderman, M., & Langley A. Poster accepted to the 2022 American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention. Minneapolis, MN, United States. Black deaths and protests in 2020: A Comparison of same-race and transracial families on conversations about race. Presenters: Juwadi K., Perez V., Ruderman, M., & Langley A. Oral presentation accepted to the 2022 UCLA Undergraduate Research Showcase, Virtual. The impact of COVID-19 on access to remote services for foster and adoptive caregivers: An examination of race and enthicity. Presenters: Miranda M., Perez V., Ruderman M., & Langley A. Poster accepted to the UCLA Undergraduate Research Week, Virtual.
2021	Impact of COVID-19 on Resource Parents: Unique Challenges and Strengths. Presenters: Langley, A., Ruderman, M., Perez, V., Cardenas, L., & Waterman, J. Paper presented as a part of a symposium at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention. Adoptive parent depression and adoptive children's educational achievement. Presenters: Jeong, A., Perez, V., Guzman, J., Ruderman, M., Waterman, J., & Langley, A. Poster presented as part of a symposium at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention. Comparing the perceptions of youth adopted from foster care and their caregivers on the impact of COVID. Presenters: Nava, S., Finch, S., Jeong, A., Lee, A., Yee, N., Perez, V., Ruderman, M., Langley, A., Addison, P., & Waterman, J. Poster presented as part of a symposium at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention. Adoption satisfaction for youth adopted from foster care and their parents in late adolescence/early adulthood: A follow-up study. Presenters: Waterman, J., Perez, V., Ruderman, M. Presented at ICAR7
2018	Substance use in youth adopted from foster care: Developmental mechanisms of risk. Presenters: Blake, A.J., Tung, I., Langley, A. K., & Waterman, J. M. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN. PTSD as a mediator of pre-adoptive risk on adolescence/young-adulthood aggression and arrests. Presenters: Guzman, J., Tung, I., Langley, A., & Waterman, J. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA. The comparitive effects of prenatal risk, postnatal risk, and socioeconomic status on executive functioning in foster and adopted youth. Presenters: Brodell, R., Gaines. J. T., Cheng, C. Poster presented at the UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Los Angeles, CA. Experiences of concurrent planning and parenting among foster parents wishing to adopt. Presenters: Nadeem, E., Blake, A. J., Langley, A. K., & Waterman, J. M. Abstract accepted for presentation at the biennial meeting of the World Congress for Infant Mental Health, Rome, Italy.
2017	Gender differences in service utilization among youth adopted from foster care. Presenters: Blake, A.J., Langley, A.K., & Waterman, J.M. Poster presented at the 64^th annual meeting of the American Academy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Washington, D.C. Linking cumulative risk to friendship outcomes: The mediating role of emotion dysregulation. Presenters: Blake, A. J., Langley, A. K., & Waterman, J. M. Poster presented at the Charleston Child Trauma Conference, Charleston, SC. The effects of family environment on academic performance of adopted youth. Presenters: Preston, A. E., Blake, A. J., Langley, A. K., & Waterman, J. M. Poster presented at the UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Los Angeles, CA. Changes in willingness to adopted children with behavior and learning problems after preparatory sessions: The role of demographic differences. Presenters: Moore, T., Blake, A. J., Langley, A. K., & Waterman, J. M. Poster presented at the UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Conference, Los Angeles, CA. Long-term effects of preadoptive child maltreatment: Does subtype matter? Presenters: Blake, A. J., Langley, A. K., & Waterman, J. M. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association Convention, Sacramento, CA. Temperamental sensitivity to maltreatment and later family support for externalizing behaviors in children adopted from foster care. Presenters: Tung, I., Noroña, A. N., Lee, S. S., & Waterman, J. M. Poster presented at the 2017 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
2016	Trajectories of mental health in children adopted from foster care: Effects of age of placement. Presenters: Blake, A. J. & Waterman, J. M. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Denver, CO. Relationship between Parental Stress and Infant Cognitive Development. Presenters: Vreeland, A., Ganz, D., Rouzitalab, S., & Waterman, J. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Denver, CO. Difficulty in Parenting Foster-Adoptive Infants. Presenters: Rouzitalab, S., Vreeland, A., Ganz, D., & Waterman, J. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Denver, CO. Trajectories of mental health in children adopted from foster care: Effects of abuse and neglect. Presenters: Blake, A. J. & Waterman, J. M. Poster presented at the 13th Rudd-REFCA New Worlds of Foster Care and Adoption Conference, Amherst, MA. Predictive associations between prenatal and postnatal risk factors and developmental and temperamental outcomes among infants in foster care. Presenters: Tung, I., Christian-Brandt, A. S., Langley, A., & Waterman, J. M. Poster presented at the 13th Rudd-REFCA New Worlds of Foster Care and Adoption Conference, Amherst, MA. Long term follow-up of children adopted from foster care in the USA. Presenters: Waterman, J. M., Blake, A. J., & Lavner, J. A. Paper presented at the International Conference on Adoption Research, Auckland, New Zealand.
2015	Emotion regulation in foster youth: The effects of abuse-neglect and placement instability. Presenters: Blake, A.J. & Waterman. J.M. Poster presented at UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Los Angeles, CA.