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Interrelations among social-cognitive skills in young children with autismMalinda Carpenter
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
J Autism Dev Disord 32:91-106. 2002..Implications for theories of social-cognitive and language development are discussed...- Annotation: what do we know about sensory dysfunction in autism? A critical review of the empirical evidenceSally J Rogers
M I N D Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis, CA 95817, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 46:1255-68. 2005..There is a widespread belief that sensory symptoms characterize autism and differentiate it from other disorders. This paper examines the empirical evidence for this assumption... 
Regional gray matter volumetric changes in autism associated with social and repetitive behavior symptomsDonald C Rojas
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, 80220, USA
BMC Psychiatry 6:56. 2006..We attempted to replicate these whole brain studies and to correlate regional volume changes with several autism symptom measures...- A prospective study of response to name in infants at risk for autismAparna S Nadig
University of California Davis M I N D Institute, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:378-83. 2007..To assess the sensitivity and specificity of decreased response to name at age 12 months as a screen for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other developmental delays... - Emotional responsivity in young children with Williams syndromeDebbie J Fidler
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 1570, USA
Am J Ment Retard 112:194-206. 2007..Implications of a social profile that includes enhanced emotional responsivity paired with impaired perspective taking are discussed... 
Effects of a brief Early Start Denver model (ESDM)-based parent intervention on toddlers at risk for autism spectrum disorders: a randomized controlled trialSally J Rogers
University of California Davis UC Davis Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute, Sacramento 95817, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 51:1052-65. 2012..This study was carried out to examine the efficacy of a 12-week, low-intensity (1-hour/wk of therapist contact), parent-delivered intervention for toddlers at risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) aged 14 to 24 months and their families...- Reduced neural synchronization of gamma-band MEG oscillations in first-degree relatives of children with autismDonald C Rojas
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, 4200 E, 9th Avenue, Denver, CO, USA
BMC Psychiatry 8:66. 2008..Transient auditory gamma-band responses, however, have not yet been investigated in autism or in the first-degree relatives of persons with the autism... - Evidence-based comprehensive treatments for early autismSally J Rogers
M I N D Institute, University of California Davis, CA 95817, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 37:8-38. 2008..Implications of these findings are also discussed in relation to practice guidelines as well as critical areas of research that have yet to be answered... - Teaching young nonverbal children with autism useful speech: a pilot study of the Denver Model and PROMPT interventionsSally J Rogers
M I N D Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 36:1007-24. 2006..There were no differences in acquired language skills by intervention group. Initial characteristics of the best responders were mild to moderate symptoms of autism, better motor imitation skills, and emerging joint attention skills... - What are infant siblings teaching us about autism in infancy?Sally J Rogers
MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, USA
Autism Res 2:125-37. 2009.... - Deferred and immediate imitation in regressive and early onset autismSally J Rogers
The MIND Institute, University California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 49:449-57. 2008..Finally, there were no differences between onset subgroups in imitation scores, suggesting that the two share a similar phenotype involving both types of imitation... - Imitating actions on objects in early-onset and regressive autism: effects and implications of task characteristics on performanceSally J Rogers
University of California Davis, USA
Dev Psychopathol 22:71-85. 2010..There was no evidence that either motor or attentional aspects of the tasks contributed to the poorer imitative performance of the children with autism... - Developmental regression in autism spectrum disordersSally J Rogers
University of California, Davis Medical Center, M I N D Institute, Davis, California 95817, USA
Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev 10:139-43. 2004.... - A prospective study of the emergence of early behavioral signs of autismSally Ozonoff
MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 49:256-66.e1-2. 2010..To examine prospectively the emergence of behavioral signs of autism in the first years of life in infants at low and high risk for autism... 
Onset patterns in autism: correspondence between home video and parent reportSally Ozonoff
MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 50:796-806.e1. 2011..This study examined the number and shape of trajectories of symptom onset evident in coded home movies of children with autism and examined their correspondence with parent report of onset...- Behavioral profiles of affected and unaffected siblings of children with autism: contribution of measures of mother-infant interaction and nonverbal communicationAgata Rozga
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 41:287-301. 2011..However, by 12 months, infants in the ASD group exhibited lower rates of joint attention and requesting behaviors. In contrast, NoASD-sibs did not differ from comparison infants on any variables of interest at 6 and 12 months... - Gaze behavior and affect at 6 months: predicting clinical outcomes and language development in typically developing infants and infants at risk for autismGregory S Young
MIND Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95817, USA
Dev Sci 12:798-814. 2009..These findings suggest that although gaze behavior at 6 months may not provide early markers for autism as initially conceived, gaze to the mouth in particular may be useful in predicting individual differences in language development... - How early do parent concerns predict later autism diagnosis?Sally Ozonoff
M I N D Institute, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 30:367-75. 2009..To study the relationship between parent concerns about development in the first year and a half of life and later autism diagnostic outcomes... - Imitation from 12 to 24 months in autism and typical development: a longitudinal Rasch analysisGregory S Young
Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders M I N D Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Dev Psychol 47:1565-78. 2011.... - Play and developmental outcomes in infant siblings of children with autismLisa Christensen
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1237 Franz Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1563, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 40:946-57. 2010..Group differences disappeared with the inclusion of verbal mental age. Play as an early indicator of autism and its relationship to the broader autism phenotype is discussed... - Can one hour per week of therapy lead to lasting changes in young children with autism?Laurie A Vismara
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Autism 13:93-115. 2009..Findings are discussed in relation to providing parents with the necessary tools to engage, communicate with, and teach their young children with autism beginning immediately after the diagnosis... - What do children with autism attend to during imitation tasks?Giacomo Vivanti
The M I N D Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
J Exp Child Psychol 101:186-205. 2008.... - Atypical object exploration at 12 months of age is associated with autism in a prospective sampleSally Ozonoff
MIND Institute, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Autism 12:457-72. 2008..These results suggest that repetitive or stereotyped behaviors may be present earlier than initially thought in very young children developing the autism phenotype... - Examining correlates of cooperation in autism: Imitation, joint attention, and understanding intentionsCostanza Colombi
University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Autism 13:143-63. 2009..Multiple regression analyses showed that imitation skills and joint attention contributed independently to cooperation, above and beyond the understanding of intentions of actions on objects... - Gross motor development, movement abnormalities, and early identification of autismSally Ozonoff
Department of Psychiatry, University of California Davis Health System, M I N D Institute, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 38:644-56. 2008..These findings do not replicate previous investigations suggesting that early motor abnormalities seen on home video can assist in early identification of autism... - Abstract reasoning and friendship in high functioning preadolescents with autism spectrum disordersMarjorie Solomon
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 41:32-43. 2011..Disability status and age related to relationship appearance. Proband abstract reasoning was related to relationship quality... - Brief report: methods for acquiring structural MRI data in very young children with autism without the use of sedationChristine Wu Nordahl
M I N D Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California at Davis, 2805 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 38:1581-90. 2008..Scanning very young children with autism, typical development, and developmental delays without the use of sedation or anesthesia was possible in the majority of cases... - Visual Fixation Patterns during Reciprocal Social Interaction Distinguish a Subgroup of 6-Month-Old Infants At-Risk for Autism from Comparison InfantsNoah Merin
Neuroscience Graduate Group and School of Medicine, Class 2008, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 37:108-21. 2007..Ten out of the 11 infants in this subgroup had an older sibling with autism... - Performance on Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery subtests sensitive to frontal lobe function in people with autistic disorder: evidence from the Collaborative Programs of Excellence in Autism networkSally Ozonoff
Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 34:139-50. 2004.... - Imitation performance in toddlers with autism and those with other developmental disordersSally J Rogers
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 44:763-81. 2003..The present study sought to examine the specificity, developmental correlates, nature and pervasiveness of imitation deficits very early in the development of autism... - Dissemination of evidence-based practice: can we train therapists from a distance?Laurie A Vismara
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Davis, M I N D Institute, University of California, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 39:1636-51. 2009..Implications are discussed in relation to the economic and clinical utility of distance learning... - Recurrence risk for autism spectrum disorders: a Baby Siblings Research Consortium studySally Ozonoff
Department of Psychiatry, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
Pediatrics 128:e488-95. 2011..This study used prospective methods to obtain an updated estimate of sibling recurrence risk for ASD... - Detection of plasma autoantibodies to brain tissue in young children with and without autism spectrum disordersChristy C Rossi
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, United States
Brain Behav Immun 25:1123-35. 2011..Children whose plasma was immunoreactive with neuronal cell bodies scored higher on multiple CBCL scales. These studies indicate that additional research into the genesis and prevalence of brain-directed autoantibodies is warranted... - Telehealth for expanding the reach of early autism training to parentsLaurie A Vismara
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders MIND Institute, University of California, Davis 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Autism Res Treat 2012:121878. 2012..Preliminary results suggest the potential of technology for helping parents understand and use early intervention practices more often in their daily interactions with children... - Levels of soluble platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 and p-selectin are decreased in children with autism spectrum disorderCharity E Onore
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis M I N D Institute, University of California, Davis
Biol Psychiatry 72:1020-5. 2012..Findings of immune dysfunction in ASD include increases in inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, and microglial activity in brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid, as well as abnormal peripheral immune cell function... - Intervening in infancy: implications for autism spectrum disordersKatherine S Wallace
Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders M I N D Institute, University of California, Davis, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 51:1300-20. 2010.... - Parent reports of sensory symptoms in toddlers with autism and those with other developmental disordersSally J Rogers
M I N D Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 33:631-42. 2003..However, abnormal sensory reactivity had a significant relationship with overall adaptive behavior... - Behavioral treatments in autism spectrum disorder: what do we know?Laurie A Vismara
MIND Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 6:447-68. 2010..Implications of these findings are discussed in relation to critical areas of research that have yet to be fully explored... - Children with autism and their friends: a multidimensional study of friendship in high-functioning autism spectrum disorderNirit Bauminger
School of Education, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
J Abnorm Child Psychol 36:135-50. 2008..Between-group similarities also emerged on several complex social behaviors, suggesting that friendship follows a developmental trajectory in autism and may enhance social interaction skills in autism... - Linguistic and cognitive functioning and autism symptoms in young children with fragile X syndromeAmy Philofsky
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA
Am J Ment Retard 109:208-18. 2004..There were no differences in receptive language in children with autism, regardless of fragile X status. Low receptive language may be a marker for autism symptoms in young children with fragile X... - Cognitive underpinnings of pretend play in autismM D Rutherford
Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 33:289-302. 2003..They also had significant deficits in our ToM measure, but not our EF measures. Regression analyses suggested a role for our measure of generativity, one of the EF measures... - Nonverbal requesting and problem-solving by toddlers with down syndromeDeborah J Fidler
Humman Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO 80523 1570, USA
Am J Ment Retard 110:312-22. 2005..Results showed a significant association between instrumental requests and problem-solving in the Down syndrome group. Implications for strengthening problem-solving skills in Down syndrome are discussed... - Executive function in preschoolers with autism: evidence consistent with a secondary deficitBenjamin E Yerys
Department of Psychology, University of Denver, 2155 S Race Street, Denver, CO 80208, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 37:1068-79. 2007..Alternative hypotheses are also considered... - Helping and cooperation in children with autismKristin Liebal
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
J Autism Dev Disord 38:224-38. 2008..These results are discussed in terms of the prerequisite cognitive and motivational skills and propensities underlying social behavior... - A longitudinal study of pretend play in autismM D Rutherford
Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4K1
J Autism Dev Disord 37:1024-39. 2007..1 months). Children with autism were profoundly delayed given both competence (prompted) measures as well as performance (spontaneous) measures. Joint attention at time 1 strongly and uniquely predicted pretend play development... - Smaller left hemisphere planum temporale in adults with autistic disorderDonald C Rojas
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Box C268 68 CPH, 4200 East 9th Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Neurosci Lett 328:237-40. 2002..003). No differences in HG volumes were observed between the two groups. The volume reduction seen in the left hemisphere of the autism group may suggest an early neurodevelopmental disturbance in autism that impacts language development... - A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of porcine versus synthetic secretin for reducing symptoms of autismAlan S Unis
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 41:1315-21. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: No evidence that either biologic or synthetic secretin provided amelioration of symptoms beyond placebo was observed. This held true when children with and without gastrointestinal problems were examined separately... - Eye movement abnormality suggestive of a spatial working memory deficit is present in parents of autistic probandsDianne L Koczat
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 32:513-8. 2002..These deficits deserve further evaluation as a potential endophenotypic marker for genetic risk for autism... - Planum temporale volume in children and adolescents with autismDonald C Rojas
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Box C268 68 CPH Rm 2J08, Denver, CO, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 35:479-86. 2005..No differences in HG volumes were observed between the two groups. Lack of PT asymmetry may suggest an early neurodevelopmental disturbance in autism... - Autism spectrum disorders: early detection, intervention, education, and psychopharmacological managementSusan E Bryson
Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology, IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Can J Psychiatry 48:506-16. 2003..Finally, psychotropic drugs may help to reduce some symptoms, but they are neither curative nor a substitute for other forms of support and intervention... - Children and adolescents with autism exhibit reduced MEG steady-state gamma responsesTony W Wilson
Department of Psychiatry, Neuromagnetic Imaging Center, University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
Biol Psychiatry 62:192-7. 2007..This study examines the integrity of local circuitry by focusing on gamma band activity in auditory cortices of children and adolescents with autism... - Hippocampus and amygdala volumes in parents of children with autistic disorderDonald C Rojas
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Box C268 68 CPH, 4200 E 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Am J Psychiatry 161:2038-44. 2004..The authors hypothesized that parents of children with a diagnosis of autistic disorder would show similar changes in these structures... - The perception of animacy in young children with autismM D Rutherford
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada
J Autism Dev Disord 36:983-92. 2006..These results are discussed in terms of the social orienting theory of autism, and the possibility that animacy perception might be preserved in autism, even if it is not used automatically... - A two-year follow-up on risk status identified by the checklist for autism in toddlersDouglas John Scambler
Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 27:S104-10. 2006..Implications of the findings are discussed as they relate to early screening and identification of autism spectrum disorders... - Praxis skills in young children with Down syndrome, other developmental disabilities, and typically developing childrenDeborah J Fidler
Human Development and Family Studies, 102 Gifford Building, 502 West Lake Street, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
Am J Occup Ther 59:129-38. 2005..69, p < .05. These findings suggest that young children with Down syndrome may need targeted interventions that focus on both praxis skills and motivational orientation... - Autism and deficits in attachment behaviorMorton A Gernsbacher
Science 307:1201-3; author reply 1201-3. 2005
Research Grants
- Teaching Nonverbal Children with Autism Useful SpeechSally Rogers; Fiscal Year: 2003..4) Finally, a short-term pilot study using random assignment of matched participants and single subject design will be conducted to examine efficacy of each approach. ..
- A Multi-Site Randomized Study of Intensive Treatment for Toddlers with AutismSally Rogers; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Interdisciplinary Training for Autism Researchers(RMI)Sally Rogers; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- A Multi-Site Randomized Study of Intensive Treatment for Toddlers with AutismSally Rogers; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR)Sally Rogers; Fiscal Year: 2007..This is the venue for scientists to quickly share their scientific findings and resources in all aspects of autism. ..
- Definition and Development of the Phenotype of AutismSally Rogers; Fiscal Year: 2006....
- A Multi-Site Randomized Study of Intensive Treatment for Toddlers with AutismSally J Rogers; Fiscal Year: 2010....