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AUCD Experts

Ruby Natale, Ph.D.

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Contact Information:
305-243-6624
Leadership:
Discipline Coordinators:
Specialty Resource Contacts:
Director
Community Wellness Interprofessional Collaborative
Discipline(s):
Education: Early Intervention/Early Childhood
Psychology
AUCD Council Membership:
No Council Membership
Vita/Bio:
Service:
Linked Projects

Preventing Abuse Through Responsive Parenting
Healthy Inside-Healthy Outside
Preventing Abuse through Responsive Parenting
Project Brave
Project Braive

Preventing Abuse through Responsive Parenting
Cherish the Families
Communities Putting Prevention to Work
Cherish the Families
Early Discovery Service Partnership
Preventing Abuse through Responsive Parenting
Project Braive
Jump Start: An early learning center enhancement model
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children
Communities Putting Prevention to Work
Preventing Abuse through Responsive Parenting
Early Discovery Service Partnership
Cherish the Family
Early Discovery Service Partnership
Preventing Abuse through Responsive Parenting
Early detection and prevention of developmental delays.
Jump Start: An early learning center enhancement model
Cherish the Family
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children
Early Reading First
Communities putting prevention to work
Cherish the Family
Health Promotion in Childcare
Early Discovery
Preventing Abuse through Responsive Parenting
Jump Start: to Health
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children
Early Discovery
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children PHASE II BEGINNING MARCH 2015
Jump Start: to Health
Preventing Abuse through Responsive Parenting
Health Promotion in Low Performing Childcare Centers (CPCC)
Oral Health Care Training for Caregivers
Healthy Caregivers Healthy Children Phase
Early Discovery
Jump Start to Health
PREVENTING ABUSE THROUGH RESPONSIVE PARENTING
Early Discovery
Healthy Caregivers Healthy Children Phase
Jump Start to Health
Early Discovery
Jump Start to Health
Healthy Caregivers Healthy Children Phase
Early Discovery
Healthy Caregivers Healthy Children Phase
Jump Start to Health
United Way Jump Start Starting
Jump Start
Early Discovery
Healthy Caregivers Healthy Children Phase
Jump Start to Health
Step-Up Assistive Technology
IDEAS to Action: A Learning Network to Map Early Childhood Resilience and Drive Equity
Early Discovery
Jump Start to Health
Risk & Resiliency in the Early Childhood Community in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Early Discovery
Jump Start to Health
Risk & Resiliency in the Early Childhood Community in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
IDEAS to Action: A Learning Network to Map Early Childhood Resilience and Drive Equity
Examining equitable access to early learning resources and family strengthening supports in Miami-Dade County
Health Equity at the Intersection of Disability and Ethnic Group Status: Adaption of Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children for Children with Special H
Jump Start+:COVID
Early Discovery
Jump Start to Health
Risk & Resiliency in the Early Childhood Community in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
IDEAS to Action: A Learning Network to Map Early Childhood Resilience and Drive Equity
Examining equitable access to early learning resources and family strengthening supports in Miami-Dade County
Jump Start+:COVID
AWD009250 - Early Discovery
AWD009257- Jump Start Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
AWD007724 - COVID-19 Early Education (version 2)
IDEAS to Action: A Learning Network to Map Early Childhood Resilience and Drive Equity
Jump Start+:COVID
AWD007251 - Health Equity at the Intersection of Disab & Ethnic Group Status: Adaption of "Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children" for CSHCN
Jump Start on the Go: Improving Resiliency and the Social-Emotional Development of At-Risk Preschool Children in Childcare Centers using a Mobile App
Miami-ECHO: A Diverse Cohort of Mothers, Children and Fathers in Miami-Dade County
AWD007724 - Jump Start + COVID-19 Early Education
AWD009250 - Early Discovery
AWD009257- Jump Start Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
Miami-ECHO: A Diverse Cohort of Mothers, Children and Fathers in Miami-Dade County
Linked Products

Relationship Between Birthweight, Infant Feeding Behaviors and Body Mass Index Among Multiethnic Preschool-Age Children.
The imperative to prevent and treat childhood obesity: why the world cannot afford to wait.
Nutrition and Physical Activity Practices in Childcare Centers Versus Family Childcare Homes
Design and methods for evaluating an early childhood obesity prevention program in the childcare center setting
Cherish the Family: A Program Model of Strengths and Attachment in Reunifying Substance Abusing Mothers with their Children

Communities Putting Prevention to Work: Results of an obesity Prevention Initiative in Childcare Facilities.
Early Discovery: An Intervention Program for Children with Mild Developmental Delays.
TOUCH
Early Discovery: A Community-Based Intervention Program for Mildly Delayed Children
Using the Train-the-Trainer Model to Promote Child Health in Childcare Centers
The effect of a Policy-Based Obesity Prevention Intervention within Low Performing Childcare Centers
Three-part Lecture Series: Principles in Pediatric Advocacy
Keeping Kids Fit: Overcoming Separation Anxiety
Promoting healthy weight among children with developmental disabilities
Supporting the Leadership Development of Childcare Providers through Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
The Long Term Impact of an Obesity Prevention Program with Preschool Children
Obesity Prevention in Young Children
Obesity and cardiometabolic disease risk factors among US adolescents with disabilities
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children (HC2) Phase 2:
Obesity Prevention Program in Childcare Centers: Two Year Follow Up.
Communities Putting Prevention to Work:
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children: A Train-the-Trainer (TTT
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children (HC2
Caregivers-Healthy Children (HC2)
Parents Experiences Navigating Intervention Systems for Young Children with Mild Language Delays
Promoting healthy weight among children with developmental delay
Childcare Center Adherence to State Mandated Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Screen-Time Policies and Child Weight Status
Residential Segregation, Neighborhood Social and Physical Context in Obesity Disparities in Hispanic Preschoolers: A Conceptual Model.
Relationship between Childcare Center Nutrition and Physical Activity Environment and Child Body Mass Index.
Prevalence and Perinatal Etiology of Obesity in Haitian Preschool Children
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children: Building Success through Early Childhood Community Partnerships
Perinatal Risk Factors for Overweight/Obese Among Preschool Children with Disabilities,
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children (HC2): A Primary Prevention Program with Preschool Children,
Caregivers-Healthy Children (HC2): A Childcare Center Based Obesity Prevention Program,
Socioeconomic Differences in Early Life Factors, Dietary, and Sedentary Behaviors Associated with Overweight in Preschoolers Enrolled in Child Care
State Mandated Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Screen-time Policies in Child Care Centers
Perinatal Etiology of Obesity in Haitian and African American Preschoolers
Adherence to AAP Nutrition Guidelines for Toddlers Varies by Ethnicity
Child Care Center Teacher Readiness to Change as an Indicator for Body Mass Index Reduction Among Preschool Children
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children. Center for Disease Control, Early Childhood Education Networking
Obesity Prevention in Young Children
Communities Putting Prevention to Work: Results of an Obesity Prevention Initiative in Childcare Facilities.
Grant Writing
Principles in Pediatric Advocacy
Outcomes Based Research"
Training early childcare providers in evidence-based nutrition strategies can help improve nutrition policies and practices of early childcare centres serving racially and ethnically diverse children from low-income families
Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional as a Teacher-Report Measure
Establishing a healthy weight trajectory in early childhood: Results from two translational research projects within the family and early learning contexts,
Healthy Caregivers, Healthy Children: An Evidence-Based Child Care Obesity Prevention Program.
Strategies to Enhance Cultural Competency of an Assistive Technology Program to Promote Early Literacy Among Preschoolers with Disabilities.
Healthy Caregivers Healthy Children Phase 2 (HC2): Relationship between Childcare Center Nutrition and Physical Activity Environment and Child Body Mass Index Over One School Year.
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children: Promoting Pediatric Nutrition in Preschool Children
Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional as a Teacher-Report Measure
What happens when Children Do Not meet Criteria for Part B/C? Early Discovery for Mild Delays
Using Telehealth to Implement Intervention Services with Young Children.
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children: Two Year Follow-up Results
Do Caregivers of Preschool Children with Developmental Disabilities Accurately Perceive Their Childs Weight Status?
Using Telehealth to Implement Intervention Services with Young Children.
Developing a Teacher Training Program to Integrate AT Use
What Happens when Young Children do not Meet Criteria for IDEA Part B/C? Early Discovery for Mild Delays.
Prevalence of Nutrition- Related Determinants of Overweight in Hispanic Preschoolers Enrolled in Non-Subsidized Child Care
Improving the Cardiovascular health of preschoolers in a childcare setting.
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children Phase 2 (HC2): Two year follow-up results
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children: Promoting Pediatric Nutrition in Preschool Children
Jump Start on Capacity Building through Partnership
Application of the Re-AIM Framework to Evaluate an innovative Obesity Prevention Education Program in Early Childhood
Using Telehealth to Implement Intervention Services with Young Children and Families
Jump Start Early Childhood Consultation: Capacity Building through Partnerships
Using implementation science to translate assistive technology research into sustainable practice for early literacy development
Lasting gains: Long-term follow-up of young children who received short-term intervention
Summer Time is the Perfect Time to Launch a Family Fitness Routine
What happens when Children Do Not meet Criteria for Part B/C? Early Discovery for Mild Delays
Jump Start Early Childhood Consultation
Leading Change Together: Partnering with Communities of Diversity to Improve Health Outcomes a the Intersection between Diversity and Disability
Utilizing the RE-AIM framework to determine effectiveness of a preschool intervention program on social-emotional outcomes.
Barriers and facilitators to obesity prevention dissemination and implementation efforts in the childcare centre setting from the provider perspective.
Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children (on-line-teacher training modules)
Parent Concerns Regarding Pediatric Obesity in Community-Based Programs Serving Children with Developmental Disabilities.
Comparison of Early Life Obesity-Related Risk and Protective Factors in Non-Hispanic Black Subgroups.
An Implementation Approach Comparison of a Child Care Center-Based Obesity Prevention Program
Determinants of Accurate Visual Perception of Child Anthropometric Phenotype Among Ethnically Diverse Preschool Parents in the United States
What happens when Children Do Not meet Criteria for Part B/C? Early Discovery for Mild Delays
Utilizing the RE-AIM framework to determine effectiveness of a preschool intervention program on social-emotional outcomes
Barriers and facilitators to obesity prevention dissemination and implementation efforts in the childcare centre setting from the provider perspective
Supporting Childcare Centers in a COVID-19 Hotspot: Mitigating Psychosocial Impacts
A Randomized Controlled Cluster Trial of an Obesity Prevention Program for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Methods and Implications
Initial Validation of the Health Environment Rating Scale-Early Childhood Consultation-Classroom (HERS-ECC-C). Infant Mental Health Journal, in press
Association of Child Weight Status and Parent Stress Among Families with Preschool-Age Children with Special Health Care Needs
Early Shape Based Noun Knowledge Predicts Vocabulary & Language Development in Children using CIs.
Initial validation of the Health Environment Rating Scale-Early Childhood Consultation-Classroom (HERS-ECC-C)
Child Care Center Staff Readiness to Change in an Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Program,
A Qualitative Study of Center Director, Teacher, and Parent Input for Delivering a Virtual Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Model in the Aftermath of COVID-19
The Role of Teacher Champions in Sustaining an Infant Early Childhood Mental Health