Areas of Interest and Specialization

Early Childhood Development; Developmental Psychopathology; Autism, Child-Parent Relationships, and Development; Inclusion in Early Childhood Education; Preschool Teacher-Child Relationships; Socio-Emotional Observations; Parental Representations; Classroom Climate

Academic Position  

Lecturer 2010

Books

Dolev, S. (2014). Parental acceptance and resolution of their children’s ASD diagnosis. In S. Lowinger (Ed.), Beyond the rainbow. Tel Aviv: Ahh. (Hebrew).

Oppenheim, D., Dolev, S., Koren-Karie, N., Sher-Censor, E., Yirmiya, N., & 

        Salomon, S. (2007). Seeing the child beyond the diagnosis: Parental resolution of the child’s diagnosis and its implications for the parent-child relationship. In D. Oppenheim, & D. Goldsmith (Eds.), Clinical application of attachment theory:  Bridging the gap between theory, research, and practice (pp. 109-136). NY: Guilford Press.

Articles in Refereed Journals (Hebrew)

Dolev, S. (2011). Interactions between mothers and their children with autism: The importance of the mother's sensitivity to the child's signals. The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy, 20, 93-109.

Sagi,  A. & Dolev, S. (2001). Parents, educational settings and children in Israel: "Sweet and sour." Megamot Behavioral Sciences Journal, 41, 195-217.   

Articles in Refereed Journals (English)

Dolev, S., Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., & Yirmiya, N. (2009). Emotional availability in dyads of mothers and children with autism. Parenting:  Science and Practice, 9, 183-197.

Dolev, S., Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., & Yirmiya, N. (2014). Early attachment and maternal insightfulness predict educational placement of children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8(8), 958-967. ‏

Dolev, S., Sher-Censor, E., Baransi, N., Amara, K., & Said, M. (in press). Resolution of the child’s ASD diagnosis among Arab-Israeli mothers: Associations with maternal sensitivity and wellbeing. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Marcu, I., Oppehneim, D., Koren-Karie, N., Dolev, S. & Yirmiya, N. (2009).  

             Attachment and symbolic play in preschoolers with Autism Spectrum 

             Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39, 1321-1328.

Koren-Karie, N., Oppenheim, D., Dolev, S., Sher, E., & Etzion-Carasso, A.  (2002). Mother's insightfulness regarding their infants' internal experience:  Relations with maternal sensitivity and infant attachment. Developmental Psychology, 38, 534-542. 

Koren-Karie, N., Oppenheim, D., Dolev, S., & Yirmiya, N. (2009). Mothers of securely attached children with autism spectrum disorder are more sensitive than mothers of insecurely attached children. Journal of Child Psychology and 

        Psychiatry, 50, 643-650.

Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., Dolev, S., & Yirmiya, N. (2008).  Secure

        attachment in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The role of maternal

        insightfulness. Zero to Three, 28, 25-30.

Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., Dolev, S., & Yirmiya, N. (2009). Maternal    insightfulness and resolution of the diagnosis are related to secure attachment in preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Child Development, 80, 519-527.

Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., Dolev, S., & Yirmiya, N. (2012). Maternal sensitivity mediates the link between maternal insightfulness/resolution and child–mother attachment: The case of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Attachment & Human Development, 14(6), 567-584. ‏