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Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre

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Recent Publications Related to Autism (last 5 years)

• Schreck, K. A. and Richdale, A. L. (2011), Knowledge of childhood sleep: a possible variable in under or misdiagnosis of childhood sleep problems. Journal of Sleep Research, 20: 589–597. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2011.00922.x

• Barbaro, J., Ridgway, L., & Dissanayake, C. (2011). Developmental surveillance of infants and toddlers by Maternal and Child Health nurses in an Australian community-based setting: Promoting the early identification of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Paediatric Nursing, 26 (4), 334-347.

• Goldman, S. E., Richdale, A. L., Clemens, T., & Malow B. A. (2011). Parental sleep concerns in autism spectrum disorders: Variations from childhood to adolescence, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders; DOI 10.1007/s10803-011-1270-5

• Kelly, R., Dissanayake, C., Hammond, S., & Ihsen, E. (2011). An Investigation of the Relationship between Symbolic Play and Executive Function in Young Children. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 36,21-27. 

• Tee, J., & Dissanayake, C. (2011, in press). Can 15-month-old infants understand pretence? (submitted April; under revision). An investigation using the ‘violation-of-expectation’ paradigm. Acta Psychologia (accepted 27/07/2011).

• Dissanayake, C. (in press, 2011). Social behavior and social impairment. Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (Ed. Volkmar, F). Springer

• Veness, C., Prior, M., Bavin, E., Eadie, P., Cini, E. & Reilly, S. (2011) Early indicators of autism spectrum disorders at 12 and 24 months of age: A prospective, longitudinal comparative study. Autism. 15, September in press.

• Leekam, S., Prior, M., & Uljarivic, M. (2011) Restricted and repetitive behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A review of research in the last decade. Psychological Bulletin, 137, 4, 562-593.

• Barrett, B., Byford, S., Sharac, J., Hudry, K., Leadbitter, K., Temple, K., Aldred, C., Slonims, V., Green, J., & the PACT Consortium (in press). Service and wider societal costs of pre-school children with autism in the UK. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

• Gliga, T., Elsabbagh, M., Hudry, K., Charman, T., Johnson, M. H., & the BASIS team (in press). The use of social cues for word learning in toddlers on the broader autism phenotype. Child Development.

• Petrides, K. V., Hudry, K., Michalaria, G., Swami, V., & Sevdalis, N. (in press). A comparison of the trait emotional intelligence profiles of individuals with and without Asperger syndrome. Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice.

• Elsabbagh, M., Holmboe, K., Gliga, T., Mercure, E., Hudry, K., Charman, T., Baron-Cohen, S., Bolton, P., Johnson, M., & the BASIS Team (2011). Social and attention factors during infancy and the later emergence of autism characteristics. In O. Braddick, J. Atkinson, & G. Innocenti (Eds.), Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 189 (pp. 195-208). Burlington: Academic Press.

• Goldman, S. E., , McGrew S., Johnson, K. P.,  Richdale A. L., Clemons T., & Malow B. A. (2011). Sleep is associated with problem behaviors in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (PDF 69KB) . Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5, 1223-1229.
• Schreck, K. A., & Richdale, A. L. (In press). Knowledge of childhood sleep: A possible variable in under or misdiagnosis of childhood sleep problems. Journal of Sleep Research (Accepted 25/3/2011)
• Kelly, R., Dissanayake, C., Hammond, S., & Ihsen, E. (in press). An Investigation of the Relationship between Symbolic Play and Executive Function in Young Children. Australian Journal of Early Childhood.(Accepted 23/12/10)
• Leekam, S., Prior, M., & Ularivic, M. (2011) Restricted and repetitive behaviors in autism spectrum disorders: A review of research in the last decade. Psychological Bulletin (in press)
• Veness, C., Prior, M., Bavin, E., Eadie, P., Cini, E. & Reilly, S. (2011) Early indicators of autism spectrum disorders at 12 and 24 months of age: A prospective, longitudinal comparative study. Autism. In press.
• Barbaro, J, Ridgway, L & Dissanayake, C (2010 in Press) Developmental surveillance of infants and toddlers by Maternal and Child Health nurses in an Australian community-based setting: Promoting the early identification of Autism Spectrum Disorders.  (PDF 138 KB) Journal of Pediatric Nursing, (Accepted Feb. 2010).
• Barbaro, J., & Dissanayake, C. (in press, 2010) Prospective identification of Autism Spectrum Disorders in infancy and toddlerhood using developmental surveillance: The Social Attention and Communication Study. (PDF 236 KB)  Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Paediatrics

• Dissanayake, C, Shembrey, J. & T. Suddendorf, T. (2010 in Press) Delayed Self-Recognition in Children with high functioning autism and Asperger’s Disorder. (PDF 254 KB) Autism, (Accepted Feb. 2010).
• Nuske H J & Bavin E L (in Press 2010)  Narrative Comprehension in Four to Seven-Year-Old Children with Autism:  Testing the Weak Central Coherence Account (PDF 189 KB), International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders
• Vivanti, G., McCormick, C., Young, G., Abucayan, F., Hatt, N., Nadig, A., Ozonoff, S., & Rogers, S.J. (under review) Mechanisms of action understanding in autism. Developmental Psychology

• Clifford, S., Hudry, K., Brown, L., Pasco, G., Charman, T., & the PACT Consortium (2010). The Modified - Classroom Observation Schedule to Measure Intentional Communication (M-COSMIC): Evaluation of reliability and validity. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 4, 509-525.

• Green, J., Charman, T., McConachie, H., Aldred, C., Slonims, V., Howlin, P., LeCouteur, A., Leadbitter, K., Hudry, K., Byford, S., Barrett, B., Temple, K., MacDonald, W., Pickles, A., & the PACT Consortium (2010). Parent-mediated communication-focused treatment in children with autism (PACT): A randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 375, 2152-2160.

• Hudry, K., Leadbitter, K., Temple, K., Slonims, V., McConachie, H., Aldred, C., Howlin, P., Charman, T., & the PACT Consortium (2010). Preschoolers with autism show greater impairment in receptive compared to expressive language abilities. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 45, 681-690.

• Nielsen, M. & Hudry, K. (2010). Over-imitation in children with autism and Down syndrome. Australian Journal of Psychology, 62, 67-74.

• Dissanayake, C., Shembrey, J., & T. Suddendorf, T. (2010). Delayed Self-Recognition in Children with High Functioning Autism and Asperger’s Disorder. Autism, 14, 495-508.

• Barbaro, J., & Dissanayake, C. (2010) Prospective identification of Autism Spectrum Disorders in infancy and toddlerhood using developmental surveillance: The Social Attention and Communication Study.  Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Paediatrics, 31, 376-385.

• Trembath, D., Roberts, J., & Sutherland, R. (2010). Evidence based speech pathology practice for children with autism. Proceedings of the Speech Pathology Australia national conference. May 17-19, Melbourne, 29.

• Trembath, D., Balandin, S., Togher, L., & Stancliffe, R.(2010). Volunteering and participation amongst adults with complex communication needs. Proceedings of the Speech Pathology Australia national conference. May 17-19, Melbourne, 79. 

• Trembath, D., Balandin, S., Stancliffe, R. J., & Togher, L. (2010). The experiences of adults with complex communication needs who volunteer. (PDF 132 KB) Disability & Rehabilitation, 32(11), 875-884.
• Trembath , D., Balandin, S., Togher, L., & Stancliffe, R. J. (2010). Volunteering and paid work for adults who use AAC (PDF 136 KB). Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 22(3), 201-218.
• Trembath, D., Balandin, S., Togher, L., & Stancliffe, R. (2010). “Communication is everything”: The Experiences of Volunteers who use AAC. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (PDF 136 KB), 26(2), 75-86.
• Cotton, S M. & Richdale , A L (2010) Sleep patterns and behaviour in typically developing children and children with autism, Down syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome and intellectual disability. (PDF 89 KB) Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 4, 490-500.

• Dissanayake, C., Bui, Q., Bulhak-Paterson, D., Huggins, R., & Loesch, D. (2009) Behavioural and cognitive phenotypes in idiopathic autism versus autism associated with fragile X syndrome. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50, 290-299.

• Clifford, S.M., & Dissanayake, C. (2009). Dyadic and triadic behaviours in infancy as precursors to social understanding and social responsiveness in young children with Autistic Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39, 1369 – 1380.

• Barbaro, J., & Dissanayake, C. (2009). Autism Spectrum Disorders in infancy and toddlerhood: A review of the evidence on early signs, early identification, and early diagnosis. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Paediatrics, 30, 447-459

• Loesch, D., Godler, D., Khaniani, M., Gould, E., Freya, G., Dissanayake, C., Burgess, T., Tassone, F., Huggins, R., Slater, H., & Choo, A. (2009). Linking the FMR1 alleles with small CGG expansions with neurodevelopmental disorders: Preliminary data suggest an involvement of epigenetic mechanisms.  American Journal of Medical Genetics, 149A (10), 2306-2310.

• Richdale, A., & Schreck, K. (2009). Sleep problems in autism spectrum disorders: Prevalence, nature & possible biopsychosocial aetiologies (PDF 226 KB). Sleep Medicine Reviews, 13, 403-411.

• Hudry, K. & Slaughter, V. (2009). Agent familiarity and emotional context influence the everyday empathic responding of young children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 3, 74-85.

• Chu, J. & Richdale, A. L. (2009). Sleep quality and psychological well-being in mothers of children with a developmental disability (PDF 230 KB). Research in Developmental Disabilities, 30, 1512-1522.
• Loesch, D., Godler, D., Khaniani, M., Gould, E., Freya, G., Dissanayake, C., Burgess, T., Tassone, F., Huggins, R., Slater, H., & Choo, A. (2009, in press) Linking the FMR1 alleles with small CGG expansions with neurodevelopmental disorders: Preliminary data suggest an involvement of epigenetic mechanisms. (PDF 75 KB) American Journal of Medical Genetics, 149A (10), 2306-2310.
• Barbaro, J., & Dissanayake, C. (2009, in press). Autism Spectrum Disorders in infancy and toddlerhood: A review of the evidence on early signs, early identification, and early diagnosis (PDF 235 KB). Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Paediatrics, 30, 447-459.
• Clifford, S.M., & Dissanayake, C. (2009, in press) Dyadic and triadic behaviours in infancy as precursors to social understanding and social responsiveness in young children with Autistic Disorder. (PDF 175 KB). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39, 1369 – 1380.
• Dissanayake, C., Bui, Q., Bulhak-Paterson, D., Huggins, R., & Loesch, D. (2009) Behavioural and cognitive phenotypes in idiopathic autism versus autism associated with fragile X syndrome. (PDF 92 KB). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50, 290-299.
• Clifford, S.M., & Dissanayake, C. (2008). The early development of joint attention in infants with Autistic Disorder using home video observations and parental interview (PDF 128 KB). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38, 791-805.

• Heaton, P., Hudry, K., Ludlow, A., & Hill, E. (2008). Superior discrimination of speech pitch and its relationship to verbal ability in autism spectrum disorders. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 25, 771-782.

• Vivanti, G., Nadig, A., Ozonoff, S., & Rogers, S.J. (2008). What do children with autism attend to during imitation tasks? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 101, 186 – 205.
• Zandt, F., Prior, M., & Kyrios, M. (2009) Similarities and differences between children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders and those with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Executive functioning and repetitive behaviour (PDF 229 KB). Autism. 12, 619-633.
• Barbaro, J. & Dissanayake, C. (2007). A comparative study of the use and understanding of self-presentational display rules in children with high functioning autism and Asperger's Disorder. (PDF 70 KB) Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 1235-1246.

• Charman, T. & Hudry, K. (2007). Commentary on Kasari, C., Freeman, S., & Paparella, T. Interventions targeting joint attention and symbolic play can improve aspects of these skills in young children with autism. Evidence Based Mental Health, 10, 21.

• Loesch, D.Z., Bui, Q.M., Dissanayake, C., Clifford, S., Gould, E., Bulhak-Paterson, D., Tassone, F., Taylor, A.K., Hessl, D., Hagerman, R., Hagerman, P., & Huggins, R.M. (2007). Molecular and cognitive predictors of the continuum of autistic behaviours in fragile X. (PDF 73 KB) Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 31, 315-326.
• Clifford, S., Dissanayake, C., Bui, Q.M., Huggins, R., Taylor, A.K., & Loesch, D.Z. (2007). Autism spectrum phenotype in males and females with Fragile X full mutation and premutation. (PDF 71 KB) Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 738-747.
• Prior, M. & Ozonoff S. (2007).  Psychological factors in autism.  In F. Volkmar (Ed). Childhood Autism (Second Edition). Cambridge University Press. pp 64-108.
• Zandt, F, Prior, M. & Kyrios, M, (2007) Repetitive behaviours in children and adolescents with high functioning autism and obsessive compulsive disorder (PDF 130 KB). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, (currently published online). (in press)
• Nielsen, M., Suddendorf, T., & Dissanayake, C. (2006). Imitation and self-recognition in autism: In search of an explanation. (PDF 73 KB) In S. J. Rogers & J. Williams (Eds.), Imitation and the social mind: Autism and typical development. New York NY: Guilford Publications.
• Macintosh. K., & Dissanayake, C. (2006). Social skills and problem behaviours in school aged children with high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder. (PDF 78 KB) Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36, 1065-1076.
• Macintosh. K., & Dissanayake, C. (2006). A comparative study of the spontaneous social interactions and social skills of children with high-functioning autism and children with Asperger's disorder. Autism, 10, 199-220.
• Dissanayake, C., Bui, Q.M., Huggins, R., & Loesch, D.Z. (2006). Growth in stature and head circumference in high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder during the first three years of life. (PDF 80 KB) Development and Psychopathology. 18(2), 381-393.
• Gernsbacher, M. A., Dissanayake, C., Goldsmith, H.H., Mundy, P., Rogers, S., & Sigman, M. (2005). Autism and deficits in attachment behaviour. Science, 307, 1201-1203.