Screening/Diagnosis/Assessment
Gangi, D.N., Corona, L., Wagner, L., Weitlauf, A., Warren, Z., & Ozonoff, S. (in press). In-home teleassessment for autism in toddlers: Validity, reliability, and caregiver satisfaction with the TELE-ASD-PEDS (TAP). Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.
^Perez Liz, G., ^*Thao, D., *Reeb, K., Goy, I., McCurdy, E., Yudell, M., & Robins, D.L. (2025, online). Autism screening in high-risk children in a community early intervention setting: a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disorders. ^Joint first authors, Online January 7, 2025. https://doi-org.ezproxy2.library.drexel.edu/10.1177/10883576241308544
*Hamner, T., Perez Liz, G., *Kelly, K., Nanovic, S., Turchi, R., Fein, F., & Robins, D.L. (2024, online). Increased rate of autism among toddlers born preterm: M-CHAT-R/F screening and diagnostic outcomes. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. Online: August 21, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.16045
Estes, A., Hillman, A., Chen, M.L. (2024). Sleep and Autism: Current research, clinical assessment, and treatment strategies. FOCUS, 22:162-169; doi: 0.1176/appi.focus.2023002
Talbott, M., Young, G.S., & Ozonoff, S. (2024). Can combining existing behavioral tools improve identification of infants at elevated likelihood of autism in the first year of life? Autism. Online ahead of print, doi.org/10.1177/13623613241275455. PMCID: In process.
Parikh, C., & Ozonoff, S. (2024). Single and repeat screening with the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers Revised in young children at higher likelihood for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, online ahead of print, doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-06138-9. PMC11058106.
Talbott, M.R., Ozonoff, S., Young, G.S. (2024). Can Combining Existing Behavioral Tools Improve Identification of Infants at Elevated Likelihood of Autism in the First Year of Life? Autism: International Journal of Research and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241275455
Schmidt, D.*, Urias, C.*, Dufek, S., Talbott, M.R. (2024) Caregiver Perspectives on Telehealth Assessment and Other Supports for Infants with Early Developmental Concerns. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. doi: 10.1007/s10803-024-06483-3. Advance online publication. PMID: 39066971
Phillips, A., Campi, E., Talbott., M.R., Baranek, G. (2023) Assessment Fidelity of Parents Implementing a Standardized Telehealth Infant Autism Screener. OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research.43(3):360-367. doi:10.1177/1539449223116494
Oppenheimer AV*, Weisskopf MG, Lyall K. An Examination of Family Transmission of Traits Measured by the Social Responsiveness Scale-Short Form. J Autism Dev Disord. 2023 Sep 13. doi: 10.1007/s10803-023-06115-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37702820.
Lee, C. M., Altschuler, M. R., Esler, A. N., Burrows, C. A., Hudock, R. L. (2023). Why are Only Some Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Misclassified by the Social Communication Questionnaire? An Empirical Investigation of Individual Differences in Sensitivity and Specificity in a Clinic-Referred Sample. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 15(1), 28. doi: 10.1186/s11689-023-09497-7
Landa, R. J., Reetzke, R., Holingue, C. B., Herman, D., & Hess, C. R. (2022). Diagnostic stability and phenotypic differences among school-age children diagnosed with ASD before age 2. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 805686.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.805686 /full
Minjarez, M., Bernier, R., Pedapati, E., Bishop, S., Ence, W., Wainer, A., Moriuchi, J., Tay, S-W., Deng, Y., Jones, W., Gillespie, S., & Klin, A. (2022). Expert clinician certainty in diagnosing autism spectrum disorder in 16-30-month-olds: A multisite trial secondary analysis. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-16.
Talbott, M.R. Lang, E., Avila, F., Dufek, S., Young, G.S. (2022). Short report: Experiences of Caregivers Participating in a Telehealth Evaluation of Development for Infants (TEDI). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(12), 5266–5273. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05607-x. PMID: 35945386; PMCID: PMC9362962.
Penney AM, Greenson J, Schwartz IS and Estes AM (2022) “On-Time Autism Intervention”: A Diagnostic Practice Framework to Accelerate Access. Front. Psychiatry 13:784580. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.784580
Sung, S., Fenoglio, A., Wolff, J., Schultz, R., Botteron, K., Dager, S., Estes, A., Hazlett, H., Zwaigenbaum, L., Piven, J., & others (2022). Examining the factor structure and discriminative utility of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire–Revised in infant siblings of autistic children. Child development, 93(5), 1398–1413.
Sung S, Fenoglio A, Wolff JJ, Schultz RT, Botteron KN, Dager SR, Estes AM, Hazlett HC, Zwaigenbaum L, Piven J, Elison JT; IBIS Network. Examining the factor structure and discriminative utility of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised in infant siblings of autistic children. Child Dev. 2022 Apr 29. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13781. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35485579.
Zwaigenbaum, L., Bishop, S., Stone, W., Ibanez, L., Halladay, A., Goldman, S., Kelly, A., Klaiman, C., Lai, M.C., Miller, M., Saulnier, C., Siper, P., Sohl, K., Warren, Z., & Wetherby, A. (2021). Rethinking ASD assessment for children during Covid-19 and beyond: Challenging the status quo and a call for change. Autism Research, 14(11), 2251-2259.
Sacrey LR, Zwaigenbaum L, Bryson S, Brian J, Smith IM, Roberts W, Szatmari P, Vaillancourt T, Roncadin C, Garon N.Screening for Behavioral Signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder in 9-Month-Old Infant Siblings. J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 Mar;51(3):839-848. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04371-0. PMID: 31939081.
Zwaigenbaum L, Bishop S, Stone WL, Ibanez L, Halladay A, Goldman S, Kelly A, Klaiman C, Lai MC, Miller M, Saulnier C, Siper P, Sohl K, Warren Z, Wetherby A. Rethinking autism spectrum disorder assessment for children during COVID-19 and beyond. Autism Res. 2021 Nov;14(11):2251-2259. doi: 10.1002/aur.2615. Epub 2021 Sep 22. PMID: 34553489; PMCID: PMC8646364.
Zwaigenbaum L, Bryson SE, Brian J, Smith IM, Sacrey L, Armstrong V, Roberts W, Szatmari P, Garon N, Vaillancourt T, Roncadin C. Assessment of Autism Symptoms From 6 to 18 Months of Age Using the Autism Observation Scale for Infants in a Prospective High-Risk Cohort. Child Dev. 2021 May;92(3):1187-1198. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13485. Epub 2020 Dec 25. PMID: 33368222.
Meera, S., Donovan, K., Wolff, J., Zwaigenbaum, L., Elison, J., Kinh, T., Shen, M., Estes, A., Hazlett, H., Watson, L., & others (2021). Towards a data-driven approach to screen for autism risk at 12 months of age. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 60(8), 968–977.
Talbott, M.R., Dufek, S., Young, G., Rogers, S.J. (2021). Leveraging Telehealth to Assess Autism Likelihood in the First Year of Life. Autism: the international journal of research and practice, 26(5), 1242–1254. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211045596
Gangi, D., Hill, M.M., Maqbool, S., Young, G.S., & Ozonoff, S. (2021). Measuring social-communication difficulties in school-age siblings of children with ASD: Standardized versus naturalistic assessment. Autism Research, 14, 1913-1922. PMC8434950
Parikh, C., Iosif, A., & Ozonoff, S. (2021). Use of the Infant-Toddler Checklist in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51, 1007-1012. PMC7529925.
Tunç B, Pandey J, St John T, Meera SS, Maldarelli JE, Zwaigenbaum L, Hazlett HC, Dager SR, Botteron KN, Girault JB, McKinstry RC, Verma R, Elison JT, Pruett JR Jr, Piven J, Estes AM,* Schultz RT*; IBIS Network. Diagnostic shifts in autism spectrum disorder can be linked to the fuzzy nature of the diagnostic boundary: a data-driven approach. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 7. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13406. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33826159. (*Co-senior author)
Zwaigenbaum, L., Bishop, S., Stone, W., Ibanez, L.V., Halladay, A., Goldman, S., Kelly, A., Klaiman, C., Lai, M., Miller, M., Saulnier, S., Siper, P., Sohl, K., Warren, Z.E., & Wetherby, A. (2021). Rethinking ASD assessment for children during COVID-19 and beyond. Autism Research, 14, 2251-2259.
Hatch, B., Nordahl, C.W., Schwichtenberg, A.J., Ozonoff, S., & Miller, M. (2021). Factor structure of the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire in young children with and without autism. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 51, 3126-3137
Talbott, M.R.†, & Miller, M. R†. (2020) Future Directions in Early Identification and Intervention for Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Infancy. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 50(5), 688-700. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2020.1790382
Talbott, M. R., Dufek, S., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Brian, J., Smith, I., Rogers, S.J., (2020). Preliminary Feasibility of the TEDI: A Novel Parent-Administered Telehealth Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms in the First Year of Life. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50, 3432-3439.
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Hatch, B., Iosif, AM., Chuang, A., de la Paz, L., Ozonoff, S., & Miller, M. (2020). Longitudinal differences in response to name among infants developing ASD and risk for ADHD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50, 1-10.
Ashley, K., Steinfeld, M.B., Young, G.S., & Ozonoff, S. (2020). Onset, trajectory, and pattern of feeding difficulties in toddlers who are later diagnosed with autism. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 41, 165-171. PMC7125017.
Young*, G. S., Constantino, J., Dvorak, S., Belding, A., Gangi3, D., Hill, A., Hill., M., Miller, M., Parikh, C., Schwichtenberg, A. J., Solis, E., & Ozonoff, S. (2020). A video-based measure to identify autism risk in infancy. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61, 88-94.doi:10.1111/jcpp.13105
*Bradbury, K., Robins, D.L., Barton, M., Ibañez, L.V., Stone, W.L., Warren, Z.E., & Fein, D. (2020). Screening for autism spectrum disorder in high-risk younger siblings. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 41(8), 596-604. PMCID: PMC7572497. https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000827.
Meera, S.S., Donovan, K., Wolff, J.J., Zwaigenbaum, L., Elison, J.T., Kinh, T., Shen, M.D., Estes, A., Hazlett, H.C., Watson, L.R., Baranek, G.T., Swanson, M.R., St. John, T., Burrows, C.A., Schultz, R.T., Dager, S.R., Botteron, K.N., Pandey, J., Piven, J.
(2020). Towards a data driven approach to screen for autism risk at 12 months of age. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Lee., H., Vigen, C., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Smith, I., Brian, J., Watson, L., Crais, E., Turner-Brown, L., Reznick, J., & Baranek, G. (2019). The performance of the First Year Inventory (FYI) screening on a sample of high-risk 12-month-olds diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at 36 months. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, epub ahead of print.
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Ozonoff*, S., Gangi, D., Hanzel, E., Hill, A., Hill, M., Miller, M., Schwichtenberg, A. J., Steinfeld, M., & Iosif, A. (2018). Onset patterns in autism: Variation across informants, methods, and timing. Autism Research, 11, 788-797. doi:10.1002/aur.1943
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Bussu, G., Jones, E. J. H., Charman, T., Johnson, M. H., & Buitelaar, J. (2018). Prediction of autism at 3 years from behavioural and developmental measures in high-risk infants: a longitudinal cross-domain classifier analysis. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48, 2418-2433.
Ozonoff, S., Gangi, D., Hanzel, E.P., Hill, A., Hill, M.M., Miller, M., ... & Iosif, A. (2018). Onset patterns in autism: Variation across informants, methods, and timing. Autism Research, 11, 788-797.
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Sacrey, L.R., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S, Brian, J., Smith, I.M., Roberts, W., … & Garon, N. (2018). Parent and clinician agreement regarding early behavioral signs in 12- and 18-month old infants at-risk of autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 11, 539-547.
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