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We are here to equip learners with the essentials skills needed to create positive change in the lives of people with developmental differences.

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Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopment

205 Portland Street, Columbia, MO 65211

573-884-6052

Research Publications

At the Thompson Center, we are working towards new discoveries every day. These publications represent our contributions to what we know about autism and neurodevelopment.

Corrigendum: Understanding profound autism:
implications for stigma and supports

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen J. Sheinkopf, Ph.D.

Frontiers in Psychology

June 12, 2024

Correction: The How Rather than the What: A Qualitative Analysis of Modalities and Caregiver Descriptions of Special Interests in Autistic Youth

Thompson Center Authors: Kerri Nowell, Ph.D., Courtney Bernardin, Ph.D., BCBA

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

September 11, 2024

Combating Disparities in a Pandemic: Increasing Dissemination of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Resources in Spanish

Thompson Center Authors: July K. Jean Cuevas, M.D.

Pediatric Quality and Safety

July 2024

Preeclampsia, Fetal Growth Restriction, and 24-Month Neurodevelopment in Very Preterm Infants

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen J. Sheinkopf, Ph.D.

JAMA Network Open

July 5, 2024

A Pediatrician’s Practical Guide for Navigating Transition to Adulthood with Autistic Youth and Their Caregivers

Thompson Center Authors: Elly Ranum

Pediatric Clinics

January 27, 2024

Pilot Study of the Effects of Paced Breathing on Measures of Convergent and Divergent Thinking

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf, Bradley Ferguson

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

March 2023

Randomized controlled trial of propranolol on social communication and anxiety in children and young adults with autism spectrum disorder

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf, Bradley Ferguson, Samantha Hunter, Julie Muckerman, Nicole Takahashi

Psychopharmacology

December 13, 2023

Altered Allocation of Vertical Attention in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Bradley Ferguson, Nanan Nuraini, Nicole Takahashi, David Beversdorf

Cognitive Behavioral Neurology

September 01, 2023

Systematic Review: White Matter Microstructural Organization in Adolescents With Depression

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

JAACAP Open

December 2023

Moderators of Age of Diagnosis in > 20,000 Females with Autism in Two Large US Studies

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

February 2023

Memory performance on the ChAMP in autism spectrum disorder with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Zsofia Imre, Christopher Prickett, Lauren Sapp, Bradley Ferguson, Kerri Nowell, Michael Mohrland

Applied Neuropsychology: Child

November 08, 2023

A Pilot Feasibility Study Assessing the Combined Effects of Early Behavioral Intervention and Propranolol on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Children (Basel)

September 30, 2023

The Relationship between Maternal Antibodies to Fetal Brain and Prenatal Stress Exposure in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Bradley Ferguson, David Beversdorf

Metabolites

May 16, 2023

Remotely supervised at-home delivery of taVNS for autism spectrum disorder: feasibility and initial efficacy [Original Research]

Thompson Center Authors: Benjamin Black, Samantha Hunter, Nicole Takahashi, Bradley Ferguson

Frontiers in Psychology

September 28, 2023

Randomized controlled trial of propranolol on social communication and anxiety in children and young adults with autism spectrum disorder

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf, Bradley Ferguson, Samantha Hunter, Julie Muckerman

Psychopharmacology

December 13, 2023

Innovative Family-Based Genetically Informed Series of Analyses of Whole-Exome Data Supports Likely Inheritance for Grammar in Children with Specific Language Impairment

Thompson Center Authors: Erin Andres

Children (Basel)

June, 2023

Memory performance on the ChAMP in autism spectrum disorder with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Zsofia Imre, Christopher Prickett, Lauren Sapp, Bradley Ferguson, Kerri Nowell, Michael Mohrland

Applied Neuropsychology: Child

November 08, 2023

Genome-wide analysis of runs of homozygosity in Pakistani controls with no history of speech or language-related developmental phenotypes

Thompson Center Authors: Erin Andres

Annals of Human Biology

March 06, 2023

CRISIS AFAR: an international collaborative study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and service access in youth with autism and neurodevelopmental conditions

Thompson Center Authors: Kerri Nowell, Nicole Takahashi

Molecular Autism

February 14, 2023

Altered Allocation of Vertical Attention in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Bradley Ferguson, Nanan Nuraini, Rachel Zamzow, David Beversdorf

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

September 01, 2023

Neurobehavioral and Medical Correlates of Autism Screening: 2-Year Outcomes for Infants Born Very Preterm

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

Journal of Pediatrics

September 2023

Acoustic cry Characteristics in Preterm Infants and Developmental and Behavioral Outcomes at 2 Years of Age

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

JAMA Network Open

February 01, 2023

Moderators of Age of Diagnosis in > 20,000 Females with Autism in Two Large US Studies

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

February 2023

An Evaluation of Contingent Gum Chewing on Rumination Exhibited by an Adolescent with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Alison Cooper, Jennifer Weyman, Stephen Kahng

Behavior Analysis in Practice

May 08, 2023

The Relationship between Maternal Antibodies to Fetal Brain and Prenatal Stress Exposure in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Bradley Ferguson, David Beversdorf

Metabolites

May 16, 2023

Prenatal and perinatal factors associated with neonatal neurobehavioral profiles in the ECHO Program

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

Pediatric Research

February 25, 2023

The network structure of the Special Interests Survey

Thompson Center Authors: Kerri Nowell, Courtney Bernardin, Stephen Kanne

Autism Research

February 17, 2023

Remotely supervised at-home delivery of taVNS for autism spectrum disorder: feasibility and initial efficacy [Original Research]

Thompson Center Authors: Benjamin Black, Samantha Hunter, Hannah Cottrell, Roee Dar, Nicole Takahashi, Bradley Ferguson

Frontiers in Psychology

September 28, 2023

Innovative Family-Based Genetically Informed Series of Analyses of Whole-Exome Data Supports Likely Inheritance for Grammar in Children with Specific Language Impairment

Thompson Center Authors: Erin Andres

Children (Basel)

June 28, 2023

Inhibitory Control in Male and Female Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Thompson Center Authors: Mackenzie Cissne, Katherine Bellesheim, Shawn Christ

Developmental Neuropsychology

December 20, 2022

Sleep Problems and Autism Impairments in a Large Community Sample of Children and Adolescents

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

Child Psychiatry & Human Development

December 14, 2022

The network structure of the Special Interests Survey

Thompson Center Authors: Kerri Nowell, Courtney Bernardin, Stephen Kanne

Autism Research

December 14, 2022

Alterations in cerebellar Microtubule Cytoskeletal Network in a ValproicAcid-Induced Rate Model of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Biomedicines

November 24, 2022

Exploring communicative competence in autistic children who are minimally verbal: The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey for Autism (LVIS)

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

Autism

November 14, 2022

Genome-wide rare variant score associates with morphological subtypes of autism spectrum disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Nicole Takahashi, Judith Miles

Nature Communications

October 29, 2022

Newborn Cry Acoustics in the Assessment of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome Using Machine Learning

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

JAMA Network Open

October 27, 2022

Corrigendum: Bias in measurement of autism symptoms by spoken language level and non-verbal mental age in minimally verbal children with neurodevelopmental disorders

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Kanne, Nicole Takahashi, Kerri Nowell

Frontiers in Psychology

October 16, 2022

Exploring the experiences of individuals living with autism spectrum disorder about their worker role: The South African and Central United States contextual experience

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf, Cortney Fish

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

October 14, 2022

The effects of a physical exercise program, LEGOR and Minecraft activities on anxiety in undeserved children with autism spectrum disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Lea Ann Lowery, Katherine Bellesheim, Megan Sweeney

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorder

September 2022

Bias in measurement of autism symptoms by spoken language level and non-verbal mental age in minimally verbal children with neurodevelopmental disorders

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Kanne, Nicole Takahashi, Kerri Nowell

Frontiers in Psychology

July 28, 2022

Relationship Between MR Spectroscopy-Detected Glutamatergic Neurometabolites and Changes in Social Behaviors in a Pilot Open-Label Trial of Memantine for Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Neetu Nair, Carrina Appling, David Beversdorf

Frontiers in Psychology

July 21, 2022

Pilot Study of Real-World Monitoring of the Heart Rate Variability in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Thompson Center Authors: Bradley Ferguson, David Beversdorf, Richard Barohn

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

July 6, 2022

Impact of Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia on Stress, Health, Mood, Cognitive, Inflammatory, and Neurodegenerative Outcomes in Rural Dementia Caregivers: Protocol for the NiteCAPP CARES and NiteCAPP SHARES Randomized Controlled trial

Thompson Center Authors: Christina McCrae, David Beversdorf, Neetu Nair

JMIR Research Protocol

June 14, 2022

Brief report: The impact of the board autism phenotype on parents perception of autism symptoms in their children with and without autism spectrum disorder compared to teachers

Thompson Center Authors: Kristen Dovgan, Kerri Nowell

Research in Developmental Disabilities

June 2022

ECHO Autism: Early Intervention Connecting Community Professionals to Increase Access to Best Practice Autism Intervention

Thompson Center Authors: Nargiza Buranova, Michelle Dampf, Brittney Stevenson, Kristin Sohl

Clinical Pediatrics

April 26, 2022

An Evaluation of Parent and Teacher Discrepancies on an Adaptive Behavior Measure for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, and Global Developmental Delay

Thompson Center Authors: Kimberly Selders, Olivia Jeckel, Valerie Brownfield, Kerri Nowell

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

April 21, 2022

Advancing Methods in Animal-Assisted Intervention: Demonstration of Starting Points in Clinical Practice for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Brittany Schmitz, Anna Hogg, Emma Keicher, Anna Clohisy, SungWoo Kahng

Behavior Analysis in Practice

April 11, 2022

Cardiometabolic Pregnancy Complications in Association With Autism-Related Traits as Measured by the Social Responsiveness Scale in ECHO

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

American Journal of Epidemiology

March 31, 2022

Parental understanding and attitudes following pharmacogenomic testing for pediatric neuropsychiatric patients

Thompson Center Authors: Benjamin Black

Pharmacogenomics

March 21, 2022

Salvia RNA Biomarkers and Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Children With Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Potential Implications for Precision Medicine

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf, Kristin Sohl

Frontiers in Psychology

January 19, 2022

Neural activation changes in response to pain following cognitive behavioral therapy for patients with comorbid fibromyalgia and insomnia: a pilot study

Thompson Center Authors: Christina McCrae, Neetu Nair

Journal and Clinical Sleep Medicine

January 1, 2022

Neurodevelopmental profiles of infants born <30 weeks gestation at 2 years of age

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

Pediatric Research

December 9, 2021

Parental age and autism severity in the Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART) study

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

Autism Research

December 6, 2021

Sex Differences in Autism: Examining Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors in Children and Adolescents Enrolled in a National ASD Cohort

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Kanne

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

December 2, 2021

Testing the mid-range model: Attachment in a high risk sample

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

Developmental Science

November 7, 2021

Using Telehealth to Deliver Family-Based Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia in a School-Aged Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Micah Mazurek, Christina McCrae

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

November 1, 2021

Autism severity aggregates with family psychiatric history in a community-based autism sample

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

Autism Research

October 15, 2021

Assessing gender differences in autism spectrum disorder using the Gendered Autism Behavioral Scale (GABS)

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

October 2021

Effects of stimulant medication on divergent and convergent thinking tasks related to creativity in adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Carrina Appling, Bradley Ferguson, David Beversdorf

Psychopharmacology

September 3, 2021

Autism and Preterm Birth: Clarifying Risk and Exploring Mechanisms

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

Pediatrics

September 1, 2021

An Initial Development and Evaluation of a Culturally Responsive Police Interactions Training for Black Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Bradley Ferguson, Janine Stichter, SungWoo Kahng

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

August 27, 2021

Protocol for targeting insomnia in school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder without intellectual disability: a randomized control trial

Thompson Center Authors: Christina McCrae, Micah Mazurek, David Beversdorf, Kristin Sohl, Melanie Stearns

BMJ Journals

August 25, 2021

Sleep and autism: an impactful and complex relationship that requires a personalized medicine approach

Thompson Center Authors: Benjamin Black

Sleep

July 13, 2021

microRNAs and Gene-Environment Interactions in Autism: Effects of Prenatal Maternal Stress and the SERT Gene on Maternal microRNA Expression

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Frontiers in Psychology

July 4, 2021

Extracting Latent Subdimensions of Social Communication: A Cross-Measure Factor Analysis

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Kanne

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

June 2021

Moderators of Age of Diagnosis in > 20,000 Females with Autism in Two Large US Studies

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Sheinkopf

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

May 7, 2021

The dimensionality of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Second Edition in a clinical sample

Thompson Center Authors: Bradley Ferguson, Michael Mohrland

Applied Neuropsychology: Child

April 28, 2021

Novel Transfer Learning Approach for Medical Imaging with Limited Labeled Data

Thompson Center Authors: Ye Daun

Cancers (Basel)

March 30, 2021

Associations between social camouflaging and internalizing symptoms in autistic and non-autistic adolescents

Thompson Center Authors: Courtney Bernardin, Stephen Kanne

Autism

March 12, 2021

“You Must Become a Chameleon to Survive”: Adolescent Experiences of Camouflaging

Thompson Center Authors: Courtney Bernardin, Stephen Kanne

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

February 15, 2021

Educational and Diagnostic Classification of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Associated Characteristics

Thompson Center Authors: Janine Stichter, Nargiza Buranova, Rose O’Donnell

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

January 13, 2021

Maternal DHA Supplementation influences sex-specific disruption of placental gene expression following early prenatal stress

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Biology of Sex Differences

January 9, 2021

Auto3DCryoMap: an automated particle alignment approach for 3D cry-EM density map reconstruction

Thompson Center Authors: Ye Duan

BMC Bioinformatics

December 28, 2020

The effect of photographic activity schedules on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in children with autism spectrum disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Lorraine Becerra

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

November 8, 2020

Dr. Bishop et al. Reply

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Kanne

Journal of the American Academy of Adolescent of Child Psychiatry

October 27, 2020

Retrospective Review of Pharmacogenetic Testing at an Academic Children’s Hospital

Thompson Center Authors: Benjamin Black

Clinical and Transitional Science

October 13, 2020

Characterizations of Special Interests in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Brief Review and Pilot Study Using Special Interests Survey

Thompson Center Authors: Kerri Nowell, Courtney Bernardin, Stephen Kanne

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

October 9, 2020

The Autism Impact Measure (AIM): Examination of Sensitivity to Change

Thompson Center Authors: Micah Mazurek, Stephen Kanne

Autism Research

October 1, 2020

The Role of the Noradrenergic System in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Implications for Treatment

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Seminars in the Pediatric Neurology

October 2020

Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Supplementation Alters Phospholipid Species and Lipid Peroxidation Products in Adult Mouse Brain, Heart, and Plasma

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

NeuroMolecular Medicine

September 14, 2020

Validation of the Health-Related Independence for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder Measure-Caregiver Version

Thompson Center Authors: Nancy Cheak-Zamora, David Beversdorf, Janet Farmer

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

September 5, 2020

Telehealth cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in children with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot examining feasibility, satisfaction, and preliminary findings

Thompson Center Authors: Christina McCrae, Neetu Nair, Julie Muckerman, Nicole Takahashi, Micah Mazurek

Autism

August 25, 2020

Equipping Community Based Psychologist to Deliver Best Practice ASD Diagnoses Using The ECHO Autism Model

Thompson Center Authors: Kerri Nowell, Kourtney Christopher, Kristin Sohl

Children’s Health Care

June 18, 2020

Maternal Immune Activation Induces Neuroinflammation and Cortical Synaptic Deficits in the Adolescent Rat Offspring

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

International Journal of Molecular Science

June 8, 2020

Problematic Child Mealtime Behavior and Caregiver Mobile Phone Use

Thompson Center Authors: Benjamin Black

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

June 2020

Editorial Perspective: The autism waitlist crisis and remembering what families need

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Kanne

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

May 8, 2020

Exploratory Data Mining for Subgroup Cohort Discoveries and Prioritization

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf, Chi-Ren Shyu

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

May 2020

Sex differences in scores on standardized measures of autism symptoms: a multistate integrative data analysis

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Kanne

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

April 20, 2020

Quantitative Proteomics Reveals Docosahexaenoic Acid-mediated Neuroprotective Effects in Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Microglial Cells

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Journal of Proteome Research

April 17, 2020

Examination of five- and four-subtest short form IG estimations for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth edition (WISC-V) in a mixed clinical sample

Thompson Center Authors: Bradley Ferguson, Michael Mohrland

Applied Neuropsychology: Child

April 16, 2020

Social Camouflaging in Autistic and Neurotypical Adolescents: A Pilot Study of Differences by Sex and Diagnosis

Thompson Center Authors: Courtney Jorgenson, Stephen Kanne

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

April 8, 2020

Optimizing the Performance of Breast Cancer Classification by Employing the Same Domain Transfer Learning from Hybrid Deep Convolutional Neural Network Model

Thompson Center Authors: Ye Duan

Electronics

March 6, 2020

Deep Learning Models for Classifications of Red Blood Cells in Microscopy Images to Aid in Sickle Cell Anemia Diagnosis Electronics

Thompson Center Authors: Ye Duan

Electronics

March 4, 2020

Attitudes Toward Animal Research Among Medical Students in the United States

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Journal of the American Academy of Adolescent of Child Psychiatry

March 1, 2020

Effects of stress on functional connectivity during problem solving

Thompson Center Authors: Neetu Nair, Bradley Ferguson, Shawn Christ, David Beversdorf

NeuroImage

March 2020

A longitudinal study of pupillary light reflex in 6- to 24-month children

Thompson Center Authors: Nicole Takahashi, Judith Miles, Gang Yao

Scientific Reports

January 27, 2020

Effects of stress on functional connectivity during verbal processing

Thompson Center Authors: Neetu Nair, Bradley Ferguson, Shawn Christ, David Beversdorf

Brain Imaging and Behavior

December 12, 2019

Muscarinic and Nicotinic Modulation of Memory but not Verbal Problem-Solving

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

December 2019

ASD Symptoms in toddlers and preschoolers: An examination of sex differences

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Kanne

Autism Research

November 20, 2019

Dog Phobia Intervention: A Case Study in Improvement of Physiological and Behavioral Symptoms in A Child with Intellectual Disability

Thompson Center Authors: Casey Clay, Savannah Tate

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

November 4, 2019

Cognitive behavioral treatment of insomnia in school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot feasibility study

Thompson Center Authors: Christina McCrae, Julie Muckerman, Nicole Takahashi, Micah Mazurek

Autism Research

September 30, 2019

Examining the Association Between Electrodermal Activity and Problem Behavior in Severe Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Feasibility Study

Thompson Center Authors: Bradley Ferguson, David Beversdorf

Front Psychiatry

September 10, 2019

Brief Report: Calculation and Convergent and Divergent Validity of a New ADOS-2 Expressive Language Score

Thompson Center Authors: Micah Mazurek, Stephen Kanne

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disorders

September 1, 2019

Exome sequencing of 457 autism families recruited online provides evidence for autism risk genes

Thompson Center Authors: Xueya Zhou

NPJ Genomic Medicine

August 23, 2019

Beta-adrenergic antagonism alters functional connectivity during associative processing in a preliminary study of individuals with and without autism

Thompson Center Authors: Rachel Zamzow, Bradley Ferguson, Shawn Christ, David Beversdorf

Autism

August 15, 2019

Lack of Associations Between Dietary Intake and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Bradley Ferguson, Kristin Sohl, David Beversdorf

Front Psychiatry

July 24, 2019

Language preference and reinforcing efficacy of praise in bilingual children with disabilities

Thompson Center Authors: Casey Clay

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

July 10, 2019

Yin-Yang Mechanisms Regulating Lipid Peroxidation of Docosahexaenoic Acid and Arachidonic Acid in the Central Nervous System

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Frontiers in Neurology

June 17, 2019

The Need for a Developmentally Based Measure of Social Communication Skills

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Kanne

Journal of the American Academy of Adolescent and Child Psychiatry

June 2019

Neuropsychopharmacological regulation of performance on creativity-related tasks

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Current Opinion of Behavioral Sciences

June 2019

The Relationship Among Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Problem Behaviors, and Internalizing Symptoms in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Bradley Ferguson, Nicole Takahashi, David Beversdorf

Front Psychiatry

April 8, 2019

Impact of multiple co-occurring emotional and behavioral conditions on children with autism and their families

Thompson Center Authors: Micah Mazurek

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

April 2, 2019

Maternal Dietary Docosahexaenoic Acid Alters Lipid Peroxidation Products and (n-3)/(n-6) Fatty Acid Balance in Offspring Mice

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Metabolites

March 1, 2019

Quercetin Potentiates Docosahexaenoic Acid to Suppress Lipopolysaccharide-induced Oxidative/Inflammatory Responses, Alter Lipid Peroxidation Products, and Enhance the Adaptive Stress Pathways in BV-2 Microglial Cells

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

International Journal of Molecular Science

February 21, 2019

Recent research on the relative efficiency of speaker and listener instruction for children with autism spectrum disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Bethany Contreras, Alison Cooper, SungWoo Kahng

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

January 30, 2019

Course and Predictors of Sleep and Co-occurring Problems in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Micah Mazurek

Journal of Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

January 25, 2019

A Qualitative Comparison of Caregiver and Youth with Autism Perceptions of Sexuality and Relationship Experiences

Thompson Center Authors: Nancy Cheak-Zamora

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

January 2019

Prenatal Stress and Maternal Immune Dysregulation in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Potential Points for Intervention

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Current Pharmaceutical Design

2019

Neurodevelopmental disorders

Thompson Center Authors: Kerri Nowell, Kimberly Bodner, Michael Mohrland, Stephen Kanne

Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology

2019

Influence of Homogeneity of Student Characteristics in a Group-Based Social Competence Intervention

Thompson Center Authors: Janine Stichter

School Psychology

2019

When Are We Sure? Predictors of Clinician Certainty in the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Kanne

Journal of Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

November 8, 2018

Brief Report: Flanker Visual Filtering Ability in Older Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

September 26, 2018

Evaluation of a Performance Management Intervention to Increase Use of Trial-Based Functional Analyses by Clinicians in a Residential Setting for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Thompson Center Authors: Casey Clay

Behavior Analysis in Practice

September 11, 2018

Family-Driven Goals to Improve Care for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Kristin Sohl

Pediatrics

September 1, 2018

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA): An essential nutrient and a nutraceutical for brain health and diseases

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

September 2018

Prenatal Stress, Maternal Immune Dysregulation, and Their Association With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Current Psychiatry Reports

August 9, 2018

ECHO Autism STAT: Accelerating Early Access to Autism Diagnosis

Thompson Center Authors: Micah Mazurek, Alicia Curran, Kristen Sohl

Journal of Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

July 24, 2018

Unveiling anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory effects of docosahexaenoic acid and its lipid peroxidation product on lipopolysaccharide-stimulated BV-2 microglial cells

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Neuroinflammation

July 9, 2018

Influence of Serotonin Transporter SLC6A4 Genotype on the Effect of Psychosocial Stress on Cognitive Performance: An Exploratory Pilot Study

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

June 2018

Relations among activity participation, friendship, and internalizing problems in children with autism spectrum disorder

Thompson Center Authors: Micah Mazurek

Autism Research

May 31, 2018

Cerebro-Cerebellar Functional Connectivity is Associated with Cerebellar Excitation-Inhibition Balance in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

May 23, 2018

A Six-Step Decision-Making Process to Guide Social Skills Instruction

Thompson Center Authors: Janine Stichter

Intervention Journal of Molecular Science

May 10, 2018

Screening in toddlers and preschoolers at risk for autism spectrum disorder: Evaluating a novel mobile-health screening tool

Thompson Center Authors: Stephen Kanne

Autism Research

May 7, 2018

Effects of delaying demands on noncompliance and escape-maintained problem behavior

Thompson Center Authors: Casey Clay

Behavioral Interventions

May 4, 2018

Behavioral Interventions for Inappropriate Sexual Behavior in Individuals With Developmental Disabilities and Acquired Brain Injury: A Review

Thompson Center Authors: Casey Clay

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

May 1, 2018

Prenatal Stress and Genetic Risk: How Prenatal Stress Interacts with Genetics to Alter Risk for Psychiatric Illness

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Psychoneuroendocrinology

April 2018

Trainees with competence problems in the professionalism domain

Thompson Center Authors: Kimberly Bodner

Ethics and Behavior

March 2, 2018

Manipulating parameters of reinforcement to reduce problem behavior without extinction

Thompson Center Authors: Casey Clay

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

February 23, 2018

Youth perceptions of stress and coping when transition to adulthood with Autism: A photovoice study

Thompson Center Authors: Nancy Cheak-Zamora

Qualitative Social Work

February 10, 2018

DHA Mitigates Autistic Behaviors Accompanied by Dopaminergic Change in a Gene/Prenatal Stress Mouse Model

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

Neuroscience

February 10, 2018

SPARK: A US Cohort of 50,000 Families to Accelerate Autism Research

Thompson Center Authors: Amanda Shocklee, Stephen Kanne, Nicole Takahashi

Neuron

February 7, 2018

Construct Validity of the Autism Impact Measure (AIM)

Thompson Center Authors: Micah Mazurek, Stephen Kanne

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

January 17, 2018

Examining the Concurrent Criterion-Related Validity of Direct Behavior Rating-Single Item Scales with Students With Social Competence Deficits

Thompson Center Authors: Chris Riley-Tillman, Janine Stitcher

Assessment for Effective Intervention

January 12, 2018

Professionalism: A competency cluster whose time has come. Ethics & Behavior

Thompson Center Authors: Kimberly Bodner

Ethics and Behavior

January 8, 2018

Further Evaluation of Presentation Format of Competing Stimuli for Treatment of Automatically Maintained Challenging Behavior

Thompson Center Authors: Casey Clay, Annie Clohisy, Brittany Schmitz, SungWoo Kahng

Behavior Modification

November 8, 2017

Exploring the Moderating Effects of Cognitive Abilities on Social Competence Intervention Outcomes

Thompson Center Authors: Janine Stichter

Behavior Modification

March 21, 2017

Maternal vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy affects expression of adipogenic-regulating genes peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAERgamma) and vitamin D receptor (VDR) in lean male mice offspring

Thompson Center Authors: David Beversdorf

European Journal Nutrition

December 21, 2016