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Oppedal, B., Toppelberg, C.O., (2016). Acculturation Development and the Acquisition of Culture Competence. In D. Sam and J. Berry (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology, Second Edition. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press


Toppelberg C. O., Collins B. A., (in press). Dual Language Children: Development, Mental Health, and Clinical Implications. In R. I. Parekh (Ed.), Cultural Sensitivity in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Psychiatry Academy Press


Sibley, E., Dearing, E., Toppelberg, C. O., Mykletun, A., Zachrisson, H. D. (2015). Do Increased Availability and Reduced Cost of Early Childhood Care and Education Narrow Social Inequality Gaps in Utilization? Evidence from Norway. International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 9(1), 1-20. doi 10.1007/s40723-014-0004-5


Toppelberg, C. O. (2014). Do language disorders in childhood seal the mental health fate of grownups?. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 53(10), 1050-1052. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2014.07.013
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Volkmar, F., Siegel, M., Woodbury-Smith, M., King, B., McCracken, J., & State, M. (2014). 'Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder': Erratum. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 53(8), 931. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2014.06.001
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Collins, B. A. (2014). Dual language development of Latino children: Effect of instructional program type and the home and school language environment. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 29(3), 389-397. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2014.04.009
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Collins, B. A., O'Connor, E. E., Suárez-Orozco, C., Nieto-Castañon, A., & Toppelberg, C. O. (2014). Dual language profiles of Latino children of immigrants: Stability and change over the early school years. Applied Psycholinguistics, 35(3), 581-620. doi:10.1017/S0142716412000513
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Toppelberg, C. O. (2013, October). Environmental Influences on Language Development and the Specific Case of Bilingual Development: Clinical and Policy Implications. In 60th Annual Meeting. AACAP


Pumariega, A. J., Rothe, E., Mian, A., Carlisle, L., Toppelberg, C., Harris, T., & ... Smith, J. (2013). Practice parameter for cultural competence in child and adolescent psychiatric practice. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 52(10), 1101-1115. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2013.06.019
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Zachrisson, H. D., Dearing, E., Lekhal, R., & Toppelberg, C. O. (2013). Little evidence that time in child care causes externalizing problems during early childhood in Norway. Child Development, 84(4), 1152-1170. doi:10.1111/cdev.12040
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Toppelberg, C. O., Hollinshead, M. O., Collins, B. A., & Nieto-Castañon, A. (2013). Cross-sectional study of unmet mental health need in 5- to 7-year old Latino children in the united states: Do teachers and parents make a difference in service utilization?. School Mental Health, 5(2), 59-69. doi:10.1007/s12310-012-9089-6
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Collins, B. A., Toppelberg, C. O., Suárez-Orozco, C., O'Connor, E., & Nieto-Castañon, A. (2011). Cross-sectional associations of Spanish and English competence and well-being in Latino children of immigrants in kindergarten. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2011(208), 5-23.
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Toppelberg, C. O. (2011). Promover el bilingüismo: American children should learn Spanish, and so should American child psychiatrists. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 50(10), 963-965. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2011.07.007
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Toppelberg C. O., Collins B. A. (2010). Institute Notebook, The New Kids in America: Immigrant Children: New York, NY: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry


Toppelberg, C. O., & Collins, B. A. (2010). Language, culture, and adaptation in immigrant children. Child And Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics Of North America, 19(4), 697-717. doi:10.1016/j.chc.2010.07.003
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Toppelberg, C. O., Munir, K., & Nieto-Castañon, A. (2006). Spanish-English Bilingual Children with Psychopathology: Language Deficits and Academic Language Proficiency. Child And Adolescent Mental Health, 11(3), 156-163. doi:10.1111/j.1475-3588.2006.00403.x
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Toppelberg, C. O., Nieto-Castañon, A., & Hauser, S. T. (2006). Bilingual Children: Cross-sectional Relations of Psychiatric Syndrome Severity and Dual Language Proficiency. Harvard Review Of Psychiatry, 14(1), 15-29. doi:10.1080/10673220500519698
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Toppelberg, C. O., Tabors, P., Coggins, A., Lum, K., & Burger, C. (2005). Differential Diagnosis of Selective Mutism in Bilingual Children. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 44(6), 592-595. doi:10.1097/01.chi.0000157549.87078.f8
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Toppelberg, C. O., & Collins, B. (2004). Review of Constructing a Language: A Usage-Based Theory of Language Acquisition. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 43(10), 1305-1306. doi:10.1097/01.chi.0000135676.06664.40
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Toppelberg, C. O., Medrano, L., Peña Morgens, L., & Nieto-Castañon, A. (2002). Bilingual children referred for psychiatric services: Associations of language disorders, language skills, and psychopathology. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 41(6), 712-722. doi:10.1097/00004583-200206000-00011
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Toppelberg, C. O., & Shapiro, T. (2000). Language disorders: A 10-year research update review. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 39(2), 143-152. doi:10.1097/00004583-200002000-00011
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Toppelberg, C. O., Snow, C. E., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (1999). Severe developmental disorders and bilingualism. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 38(9), 1197-1199. doi:10.1097/00004583-199909000-00028
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Toppelberg, C. O. (1999). Children's Studies at Harvard, Final Report: Language proficiency in bilingual children: emotional, behavioral and adaptational correlates. Boston, MA: Harvard Department of Psychiatry


Toppelberg, C. O. (1998). Institute notebook, Denny Cantwell Institute on Language and Child Psychiatry. Washington DC: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry


Toppelberg, C. O. (1997). A slip of the tongue: the oversight of language minority children. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry News, 32-42.
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