The Pediatric Rehabilitation Research Lab

Klein, M., Levy, T., Shulman, C., Lwow, E., & Silberg, T. Exploring the link between parents’ differentiation of self and children’s externalizing behavior problems: The mediating role of need-supportive vs. need-frustrating parenting practices. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1387944.‏

de la Fontaine, N., Silberg, T., Fegert, J. M., Tsafrir, S., Weisman, H., Rubin, N., ... & Pessach, I. M. (2024). Acute response to the October 7th hostage release: rapid development and evaluation of the novel ReSPOND protocol implementation within a children’s hospital. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 18(1), 76.‏

Barak S, Landa J, Eisenstein E, Gerner M, Ravid Vulkan T, Neeman-Verblun E, & Silberg T. Agreement and disagreement in pediatric functional neurological symptom disorders: Comparing patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) and clinician assessments. Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2024 Apr 22;24:350-361. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2024.04.045. PMID: 38741721; PMCID: PMC11089279.

Barak, S., Landa, J., Gerner, M., Eisenstein, E., Arzoni Bardach, C., & Silberg, T. (2023). A Behavioral Characteristics Observational Measure of Youth with Somatic Symptom Disorder during Physical Rehabilitation. Life, 13(10), 2078.‏

Livny, A., & Silberg, T. (2023). Puberty, brain network connectivity and neuropsychiatric outcomes following pediatric traumatic brain injury in females: A research protocol. Plos one, 18(12), e0296325.‏

Hatzir, L., Tuval-Mashiach, R., Pinhas-Hamiel, O., & Silberg, T. (2023). Good Health Practices and Well-Being among Adolescents with Type-1 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study Examining the Role of Satisfaction and Frustration of Basic Psychological Needs. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 1688.‏

Segev, S., Silberg, T., Bar, O., Erez, N., Ahonniska-Assa, J., Brezner, A. & Landa, J. (2023). Prolonged durations of post-traumatic amnesia:A sensitive classification for predicting cognitive outcomes in children recovering from traumatic brain injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychology Society

Silberg T, Kapil N, Caven I, Levac D, Fehlings D. (2023). Cognitive behavioral therapies for individuals with cerebral palsy: A scoping review. Dev Med Child Neurol. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.15507. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36725690.

Jacoby E, Bar-Yosef O, Gruber N, Lahav E, Varda-Bloom N, Bolkier Y, Bar D, Blumkin MB, Barak S, Eisenstein E, Ahonniska-Assa J, Silberg T, Krasovsky T, Bar O, Erez N, Bielorai B, Golan H, Dekel B, Besser MJ, Pozner G, Khoury H, Jacobs A, Campbell J, Herskovitz E, Sher N, Yivgi-Ohana N, Anikster Y, Toren A. (2022). Mitochondrial augmentation of hematopoietic stem cells in children with single large-scale mitochondrial DNA deletion syndromes. Science Transitional Medicine. 21;14(676). doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed. abo3724. PMID: 36542693.

Barak S, Elad D, Gutman D, Silberg T. (2022). Raising a child with a physical disability: Using a biopsychosocial approach to examine the impact of a child’s disability on the family. Child: Health, Care and Development.

Barak. S., Silberg, T., Gerner, M., Einsenstein, E., Arzoni B.C., Yissar, T. & Landa, J. (2022). Functional Neurological Symptoms Disorder: Factors associated with walking ability post integrative pediatric rehabilitation. Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine. Epub ahead of print. Doi:10.3233/PRM-210107.

Krasovsky, T., Barak, S., Dishon-Berkovits, M., Sadeh, Y., Landa, J., Brezner, A., Silberg, T. (2022). Predictors of Health Resources Utilization among Families Following Discharge from Pediatric Rehabilitation: A One-Year Follow Up Study. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics. Apr 19, 1-16. doi: 10.1080/01942638.2022.2061887.

Sadeh, Y., Dekel, R., Brezner, A., Landa, J., Silberg, T. (2022). Psychosocial Risk Classes Among Families Following a Child’s Traumatic Medical Event in the Context of Pediatric Rehabilitation. European Journal of Psychotraumatology. 13;2, 

Raizman R., Itzhaki N., Sirkin J., Inbar Meningher I., Tsarfaty G., Keren O., Zibli Z., Silberg T., Pick C.G., Livny A. (2022). Decreased Homotopic Functional Connectivity in Traumatic Brain Injury. Cerebral-Cortex.

Melamed-Snir, M., Silberg, T., Bar, O., Brezner, A., Landa, J. & Gliboa, Y. (2022). Online awareness among adolescents with acquired brain injury during performance of motor, cognitive and functional tasks. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 42(4): 451-464. Link

Sadeh, Y., Landa, J., Dekel, R., Gutman, D., Brezner, A. & Silberg, T (2021). Post-traumatic perceptions and distress among mothers and children in rehabilitation following traumatic medical events. Society and Welfare. (Heb), 41(2), 199-217.  No available rank (Peer review: Hebrew) 

Sadeh, Y., Silberg, T, Elad, D., Liber, P., Chen, W., Dekel, R., Gutman, D., Brezner, A., & Landa, J. (2021). Utilization of evidence-based clinical practices for the development, assimilation, and implementation of a psychosocial assessment in a pediatric rehabilitation department. Society and Welfare. (Heb), 41(2), 199-217. No available rank (Peer review: Hebrew) Link‏

Husein, S., Sadeh, Y., Dekel, R., Brezner, A., Landa, J., Silberg, T. (2021). Using a biopsychosocial approach to examine differences in post-traumatic stress symptoms among Arab and Jewish Israeli mothers of children following traumatic medical events. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20(1), 1-12. Link‏

Krasovsky, T.*, Silberg, T* .,  Barak, S., Eisenstein, E., Erez, N., Feldman, I., Guttman, D., Liber, P., Patael, S.Z., Sarna, H., et al. (2021). Transition to Multidisciplinary Pediatric Telerehabilitation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Strategy Development and Implementation. International Journal of Environmental Research in Public Health, 18, 1484. Link‏

Silberg, T., Ahonniska-Assa, J., Bord, A., Levav M., Polack, O., Tzadok, M., Heimer, G., Bar-Yossef, O., Geva, R., & Ben-Zeev, B. (2020). In the eye of the beholder: using a multiple-informant approach to examine the mediating effect of cognitive functioning on emotional and behavioral problems in children with an active epilepsy. Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy, 82, 31-38. Link‏

Sadeh, Y., Dekel, R., Brezner, A., Landa, J., Silberg, T. (2020). Child and family factors associated with posttraumatic stress responses following a traumatic medical event: The role of medical team support. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 45(9), 1063-1073. Link‏

Frei-Landau, R. & Tuval-Mashiach, R., Silberg, T. & Hasson-Ohayon, I. (2020). Attachment to God among Bereaved Jewish Parents: Exploring Differences by Denominational Affiliation. Review of Religious Research, 62, 485-496. Link‏

Krasovsky, T., Barak, S., Silberg, T., Brezner, A. & Landa, J. (2020). Factors associated with gains in performance during pediatric rehabilitation following brain injury: Growth curve analysis. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 99(4) 310-317 

Khalemsky, M., Schwartz, D. G., Silberg, T., Khalemsky, A., Jaffe, E. & Herbst, R. (2019). Willingness to join a smartphone-based Emergency Response Community - evidence from a field study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 7(8):e13892. Link‏

Frei-Landau R., Tuval-Mashiach, R., Silberg, T. & Hasson-Ohaion, I. (2019). Attachment-to-God as a mediator in the relationship between religiosity and adjustment to child loss. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy,12(2) 165-174. Link‏

Hasson-Ohayon, I., Ben-Pazi, A., Silberg, T., Pijnenborg, G. & Goldzweig, G. (2019). The mediating role of parental satisfaction between marital satisfaction and perceived family burden among parents of children with psychiatric disorders. Psychiatry Research, 271, 105-110. Link‏

Hasson-Ohayon, I., Hasnon-Shaked, M., Silberg, T., Shpigelman, C.N. & Roe, D. (2018). Attitudes towards motherhood of women with physical versus psychiatric disabilities. Disability and Health Journal, 11(4), 612-617. Link‏

Elad, D., Barak, S., Silberg, T. & Brezner, A. (2018). The relationship between sense of autonomy and motor and scholastic functioning among children with cerebral palsy. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 80, 161-169. Link‏

Silberg, T., Druker, H., Gerner, M., Berant, E M., Brezner, A. & Landa, J. (2018). Linking levels of self-discrepancies and family functioning among children with functional somatic symptoms: a preliminary study. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1-9. Link‏

Ahonniska-Assa, J., Polak, O., Saraf, E., Wine, J., Silberg, T., Nissenkorn, A., & Ben Zeev, B. (2018). Assessing cognitive functioning in females with Rett syndrome by eye-tracking methodology. European Journal of Pediatric Neurology, 22(1), 39-45. Link‏

Silberg, T & Vakil, E. Context-dependent recognition is related to specific processes taking place at encoding and at retrieval. (2017) Psych Journal. 8, 335-349. Link‏

Krasovsky, T., Landa, J., Bar, O., Livny-Ezer, A, Tsarfaty, G. & Silberg, T. (2017). Functional plasticity in the absence of structural change: Apraxia and body scheme disorder 10 years after childhood brain injury. Journal of Child Neurology, 32(5), 505-511. Link‏

Barak, S., Elad, D., Silberg, T. & Brezner, A. (2017). Mothers and fathers of school aged children with Cerebral Palsy: Differences in future expectations. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 29(2), 223-240. Link‏

Silberg, T., Ahonniska-Assa, A., Gilad, G., Brezner, A. & Levav, M. (2016). The role of maternal distress on the report of behavioral and emotional problems among children with chronic disabilities. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 53, 17-24. Link‏

Silberg, T., Ahonniska-Assa, J., Levav, M., Eliyahu, R., Peleg-Pilowsky, T., Brezner, A & Vakil, E. (2016). The effect of age-at-testing on verbal memory among children following severe traumatic brain injury. Child Neuropsychology, 22, 600-617. Link‏

Silberg, T., Ahonniska-Assa, J., & Levav, M. (2015). Diagnosing special children: A multi-dimensional model for neuropsychological evaluation of children with complex neurological conditions. Psychoactoalia (Heb). December, 72-76  

Silberg, T*., Tal-Jacoby D*., Levav, M., Brezner, A. & Rasovsky, Y. (2015). Parents and teachers reporting on child's emotional and behavioral problems following severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): the moderating effect of time. Brain Injury, 29(4), 481-489. Link‏

Gofer-Levi, M., Silberg, T., Brezner, A., & Vakil, E. (2014). Cognitive procedural learning among children and adolescents with or without spastic cerebral palsy: The differential effect of age. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 35, 1952-1962. Link‏

Gofer-Levi, M., Silberg, T., Brezner, A., & Vakil, E. (2013). Deficit in implicit motor sequence learning among children and adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 3672-3678. Link