Verenea Serrano, PhD

Publications

• LaMotte, J., McLaughlin, A., Serrano, V. J., Dawson, A., (2025, April – accepted for presentation). When Talking the Talk is Walking the Walk: A Practical Guide to Delivering Equitable Care through the Lens of Health Literacy. Workshop accepted for presentation at Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
• McGlynn, M. McClellan, B., Serrano, V. (2025, April – accepted for presentation). Addressing Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation in Children with Co-Occurring Chronic/Complex Medical Conditions and Prenatal Substance Exposure. Poster accepted for presentation at Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
• Whitney, N., Serrano, V., Spellman, M., & Germone, M. (2025, April – accepted for presentation). Developing a Health Equity-Informed Policy for Responding to Emotional Support Animal Requests for Children with Medical Complexity. Poster accepted for presentation at Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
• Serrano, V. J., McClellan, B., Piper, S., von Schulz, J., & Talmi, A. (2025, April – accepted for presentation). Universal Behavioral Health and Psychosocial Screening for Children with Medical Complexity and their Families in Primary Care. Poster accepted for presentation at Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
• Gleason, E., Malik, K., Sannar, E., Kamara, D., Serrano, V., & Augustyn, M. (2024). Challenging case: A multidisciplinary approach to demystifying chronic sleep impairment in an infant with a complex medical and behavioral profile. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 45(2), e176-e179.
• Buchholz, M., Ashby, B., Ehmer, A., Serrano, V., Kenny, J., Fried, E., ... & Yuen, J. (2023). Exceptional Care for Diverse Populations. Zero to Three, 43(4).
• Margolis, K. L., Buchholz, M., Charlot-Swilley, D., Serrano, V., Herbst, R., Meiselman, E., & Talmi, A. (2022). Early childhood integrated behavioral health: A promoter of equity in pediatric care. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 10(3), 263.
• Serrano, V.J., von Schulz, J., Buchholz, M., Malik, K., Wrenn, A., & Talmi, A. (2022). After the NICU: Primary care behavioral health services. In A.G. Dempsey, J.C.M. Cole, & S.N. Saxton (Eds.), Behavioral Health Services with High-Risk Infants and Families. Oxford University Press
• von Schulz, J., Serrano, V., Buchholz, M., & Talmi, A (in press). Increased behavioral health needs and continued psychosocial stress among children with medical complexity (CMC) and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infant Mental Health
• Buchholz, M., Ashby, B., Costello, L., Ehmer, A., Serrano, V., von Schulz, J., ... & Talmi, A. (2021). From planning to implementation: Creating and adapting universal screening protocols to address caregiver mental health and psychosocial complexity. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 9(2), 112.
• Lee, D., Serrano, V., von Schulz, J., Fields, D., & Buchholz, M. (2021). From Patients to Partners: Promoting Health Equity in Pediatric Primary Care with the HealthySteps Program. ZERO TO THREE, 42(1), 72-78.
• Buchholz, B., Serrano V., Hills, S., Wolcott, C. (2020). Reflective Consultation in a Child Care for Medically Fragile Young Children. Zero to Three, 40(3), 72-77.
• Mixon, C.S., Owens, J.S., Hustus, C., Serrano, V.J., Holdaway, A.S. (2019). Evaluating the impact of online professional development on teachers’ use of a targeted behavioral classroom intervention. School Mental Health. doi: 10.1007/s12310-018-9284-1
• Serrano, V. J., Hasbrouck, S., Alfonso, A., Ashby, B., Paul, J. & Buchholz, M. (2018). Focusing on fathers: Recognizing the role of paternal mental health in family wellbeing during the postpartum period. Zero to Three
• Mixon, C.S., Owens, J.S., Hustus, C., Serrano, V.J., Holdaway, A.S. (2018). Evaluating the impact of online professional development on teachers’ use of a targeted behavioral classroom intervention. School Mental Health. doi: 10.1007/s12310-018-9284-1
• Serrano VJ, Owens JS, Hallowell B. Where Children With ADHD Direct Visual Attention During Emotion Knowledge Tasks: Relationships to Accuracy, Response Time, and ADHD Symptoms. J Atten Disord. 2018 Jun;22(8):752-763. PubMed PMID: 26205809
• Watabe, Y., Owens, J. S., Serrano, V., & Evans, S. W. (2018). Is Positive Bias in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder a Function of Low Competence or Disorder Status? Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 26(2), 79–92. https://doi.org/10.1177/1063426616683376
• Serrano, V.J., von Schulz, J., Buchholz, M., Malik, K., Wrenn, A., & Talmi, A. (in press). After the NICU: Primary care behavioral health services. In A.G. Dempsey, J.C.M. Cole, & S.N. Saxton (Eds.), Behavioral Health Services with High-Risk Infants and Families. Oxford University Press
• Buchholz, M., Ashby, B., Costello, L., Ehmer, A., Serrano, V., von Schulz, J., Wolcott, C., & Talmi, A. (under review). From planning to implementation: Creating and adapting universal screening protocols to address caregiver mental health and psychosocial complexity.
• Buchholz, B., Serrano V., Hills, S., Wolcott, C. (in press). Reflective Consultation in a Child Care for Medically Fragile Young Children. Zero to Three

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Specialty Information

• Psychology