Alison Niccols, Ph.D.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University

Mailing Address

Chedoke – Bldg. 74,
Hamilton Health Sciences, Box 2000,
Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5

Tel: (905) 521-2100 ext. 77408
Fax: (905) 521-7926
E-mail: niccols@hhsc.ca
Website: http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/
psychiatryneuroscience/faculty/niccols

Appointments, cross appointments, fellowships

  • Associate Professor
  • Director, Infant-Parent Program, McMaster Children's Hospital

Research Interests

  • Infant/child development
  • atypical development
  • parent-child interaction
  • early intervention effectiveness
  • prevention program effectiveness

Publications

  1. Niccols, A. (in press). Immediate and short-term outcomes of the "COPEing with Toddler Behaviour" parent group. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
  2. Niccols, A. (2008). "Right from the Start:" Randomised trial comparing an attachment group intervention to supportive home visiting. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49(7), 754-764.
  3. Comley, L., Janus, M., Marshall, D., & Niccols, A. (2008). Child development in undergraduate medical school training: The "Early Years" Family Medicine Clerkship Program at McMaster University. Canadian Family Physician, 54, 876.
  4. Niccols, A. (2007). Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the developing socio-emotional brain. Brain & Cognition Special Issue: Social Neuroscience of Atypical Development, 65(1), 135-143.
  5. Conrad, N.J., Schmidt, L.A., Niccols, A., Polak, C.P., Riniolo, T.C., & Burack, J.A. (2007). Frontal electroencephalogram (EEG) asymmetry during affective processing in children with Down syndrome: A pilot study. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 51(12), 988-995.
  6. Niccols, A., & Feldman, M. (2006) Maternal sensitivity and behaviour problems in young children with developmental delay. Infant and Child Development, 15, 543-554.
  7. Niccols, A., & Sword, W. (2005). "New Choices" for substance using mothers and their young children: Preliminary evaluation. Journal of Substance Use, 10 (4), 239-251.
  8. Niccols, A. (2004). An Ounce of prevention: COPEing with Toddler Behaviour. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 49, 869.
  9. Sword, W., Niccols, A., & Fan, A. (2004). "New Choices" for women with addictions: Perceptions of program participants. BioMed Central Public Health Journal, 4, 10-20.
  10. Niccols, A., Atkinson, L., & Pepler, D. (2003). Mastery motivation in young children with Down syndrome: Relations with adaptive and cognitive competence. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 47, 121-133.
  11. Brian, J.A., Landry, R., Szatmari, P., Niccols, A., & Bryson, S.E. (2003). Habituation in high-risk infants: Reliability and patterns of responding. Infant and Child Development, 12, 387-394.

 

 

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