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Stepped Transition to Employment and Postsecondary Education Success (STEPS) for Adolescents and Adults with Autism: Community Implementation Pilot Trial Open

Susan W. White, Alexis M. Brewe, Nicole Powell · 2025

Background Programming to optimize successful transition into adulthood and build skills for independence is consistent with the goal of improving autonomous living among adults with autism, which is a top stakeholder-identified priority. …

Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of Regulating Together (RT), a group therapy for emotion dysregulation in school-age autistic youth and their caregivers Open

Walker S. McKinney, Lauren J Tadevich, Lauren Schmitt, Paul S. Horn, Jennnifer R Ruberg , et al. · 2025

Community Implementation Pilot Trial of STEPS for Autistic Adolescents and Adults (Preprint) Open

Susan W. White, Alexis M. Brewe, Nicole Powell · 2024

BACKGROUND Programming to optimize successful transition into adulthood and build skills for independence is consistent with the goal of improving autonomous living among autistic adults, which is a top stakeholder-identified priority. Th…

Enhancing Screen Time Identification in Children with a Multi-View Vision Language Model and Screen Time Tracker Open

Xinlong Hou, Sen Shen, Xueshen Li, Xinran Gao, Ziyi Huang , et al. · 2024

Being able to accurately monitor the screen exposure of young children is important for research on phenomena linked to screen use such as childhood obesity, physical activity, and social interaction. Most existing studies rely upon self-r…

Psychometric Properties of the Dutch Contextual Assessment of Social Skills (CASS): An Independent Observational Outcome Measure of Social Skills in Autistic Adolescents Open

Sakinah Idris, Femke H. F. ten Hoeve, Allison B. Ratto, Susan W. White, Neeltje E.M. van Haren , et al. · 2023

Correction to: Pathways to Psychopathology Among Autistic Adults Open

Susan W. White, Greg J. Siegle, Rajesh K. Kana, Emily F. Rothman · 2023

Pathways to Psychopathology Among Autistic Adults Open

Susan W. White, Greg J. Siegle, Rajesh K. Kana, Emily F. Rothman · 2023

Peers, play, and performance to build social salience in autistic youth: A multisite randomized clinical trial. Open

Blythe A. Corbett, Susan W. White, Matthew D. Lerner, Kristopher J. Preacher, Mark E. Klemencic , et al. · 2023

SENSE Theatre increases social salience as reflected by IFM, which in turn affected Vocal Expressiveness and Quality of Rapport. Results indicate that a neural mechanism supporting social cognition and driven by social salience is engaged …

Promoting Quality of Life: Suggestions for Mental Health Care Providers Working with Young Autistic Adults Open

Susan W. White, Carol Schall, Jin Delos Santos, Brenna B. Maddox, Ashleigh Hillier , et al. · 2023

There is a growing population of autistic adults in need of supports from a service delivery system that, at present, fails to accommodate their needs adequately and equitably. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of trained behavioral healt…

Emotion regulation and executive function: Associations with depression and anxiety in autism Open

Caitlin M. Conner, Rebecca Elias, I Smith, Susan W. White · 2023

Editorial Statement About <i>JCCAP</i>’s 2023 Special Issue on Informant Discrepancies in Youth Mental Health Assessments: Observations, Guidelines, and Future Directions Grounded in 60 Years of Research Open

Andres De Los Reyes, Catherine C. Epkins, Gordon J. G. Asmundson, Tara M. Augenstein, Kimberly D. Becker , et al. · 2023

Facial Affect Sensitivity Training for Young Children with Emerging CU Traits: An Experimental Therapeutics Approach Open

Blaine C. White, Breanna Dede, Meagan Heilman, Rebecca Revilla, John E. Lochman , et al. · 2022

We summarize pilot study limitations and how they are being addressed in the R61/R33 RCTs, as well as challenges and future directions for psychosocial experimental therapeutics.

Neural Mechanisms of Facial Emotion Recognition in Autism: Distinct Roles for Anterior Cingulate and dlPFC Open

John A. Richey, Denis Gračanin, Stephen M. LaConte, Jonathan Lisinski, Inyoung Kim , et al. · 2022

ACC forecasted correct decisions only among control participants. Right dlPFC was the source of a false-positive signal immediately prior to an error about the nature of a facial emotion in adolescents and young adults with ASD, potentiall…

Brief Report: Creation of a Transition Readiness Scale for Adolescents with ASD Open

Rebecca Elias, Caitlin M. Conner, Susan W. White · 2022

Quantitative EEG Changes in Youth With ASD Following Brief Mindfulness Meditation Exercise Open

Busra T. Susam, Nathan T. Riek, Kelly B. Beck, Safaa Eldeeb, Caitlin M. Hudac , et al. · 2022

Mindfulness has growing empirical support for improving emotion regulation in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Mindfulness is cultivated through meditation practices. Assessing the role of mindfulness in improving emotion r…

Providers as Stakeholders in Addressing Implementation Barriers to Youth Mental Healthcare Open

Eric T. Goodcase, Alexis M. Brewe, Susan W. White, Shane Jones · 2021

Brief Report: The Influence of Autism Severity and Depression on Self-Determination Among Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder Open

Susan W. White, I Smith, Alexis M. Brewe · 2021

Trial by trial EEG based BCI for distress versus non distress classification in individuals with ASD Open

Safaa Eldeeb, Busra T. Susam, Murat Akçakaya, Caitlin M. Conner, Susan W. White , et al. · 2021

It took a pandemic: Perspectives on impact, stress, and telehealth from caregivers of people with autism Open

Susan W. White, Laura Stoppelbein, Hunter Scott, Debbie Spain · 2021

“This may be a really good opportunity to make the world a more autism friendly place”: Professionals’ perspectives on the effects of COVID-19 on autistic individuals Open

Debbie Spain, David Mason, J. Simone, Laura Stoppelbein, Susan W. White , et al. · 2021

Professionals, across disciplines and settings, must now work together with autistic individuals and their families, to understand the impact of these extraordinary circumstances and develop ways everyone can be supported more effectively.

Camouflaging in Autism: Examining <span>Sex‐Based</span> and Compensatory Models in Social Cognition and Communication Open

Blythe A. Corbett, Jessica M. Schwartzman, Erin J. Libsack, Rachael A. Muscatello, Matthew D. Lerner , et al. · 2020

Camouflaging refers to behavioral adaptations that individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), especially females, use to mask symptoms during social situations. Compensation is a component of camouflaging in which an individual's obs…

Future Directions for Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders Open

Cara R. Damiano, Carla A. Mazefsky, Susan W. White, Gabriel S. Dichter · 2020

This article suggests future directions for research aimed at improved understanding of the etiology and pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as well as pharmacologic and psychosocial interventions for ASD across the lifespan.…

Attention Deployment to the Eye Region of Emotional Faces among Adolescents with and without Social Anxiety Disorder Open

Nicole N. Capriola-Hall, Thomas H. Ollendick, Susan W. White · 2020

Utility of an Observational Social Skill Assessment as a Measure of Social Cognition in Autism Open

Grace Lee Simmons, Sara Ioannou, Jessica V. Smith, Blythe A. Corbett, Matthew D. Lerner , et al. · 2020

Models of impaired social competence in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) highlight deficits in social cognition and social behavior. The Contextual Assessment of Social Skills (CASS) is a laboratory‐based assessment of conversation ability i…

Multi-level modeling with nonlinear movement metrics to classify self-injurious behaviors in autism spectrum disorder Open

Kristine D. Cantin-Garside, Divya Srinivasan, Shyam Ranganathan, Susan W. White, Maury A. Nussbaum · 2020

Caution When Screening for Autism among Socially Anxious Youth Open

Nicole N. Capriola-Hall, Tyler C. McFayden, Thomas H. Ollendick, Susan W. White · 2020

Therapeutic Alliance Formation for Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism: Relation to Treatment Outcomes and Client Characteristics Open

Alexis M. Brewe, Carla A. Mazefsky, Susan W. White · 2020

Understanding the experiences of self-injurious behavior in autism spectrum disorder: Implications for monitoring technology design Open

Kristine D. Cantin-Garside, Maury A. Nussbaum, Susan W. White, Sunwook Kim, Chung Do Kim , et al. · 2020

Objective Monitoring technology may assist in managing self-injurious behavior (SIB), a pervasive concern in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Affiliated stakeholder perspectives should be considered to design effective and accepted SIB moni…

Measuring change in facial emotion recognition in individuals with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review Open

Andrea Trubanova Wieckowski, Lisa Flynn, John A. Richey, Denis Gračanin, Susan W. White · 2020

Children and adults with autism spectrum disorder are less accurate in facial emotion recognition, which is thought to contribute to impairment in social functioning. Although many interventions have been developed to improve facial emotio…

Reliability and validity of the Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale modified for autism spectrum disorder Open

Brenna B. Maddox, Luc Lecavalier, Judith S. Miller, Jill Pritchett, Jill A. Hollway , et al. · 2020

Anxiety often co-occurs with autism spectrum disorder, yet there are few valid and reliable instruments for measuring anxiety in youth with autism spectrum disorder. This article describes the modification of the Pediatric Anxiety Rating S…

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