My clinical interests include: assessing children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, consultation with school staff, family and parent training, behavioral intervention strategies, and literacy development and improvement.
My clinical interests include: assessing children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, consultation with school staff, family and parent training, behavioral intervention strategies, and literacy development and improvement.
Faculty Appointments
Associate Professor
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Department of Pediatrics, Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics (SMD)
Credentials
Post-doctoral Training & Residency
Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Related Disorders (LEND) Fellow, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 2013 - 2014
Postdoctoral Fellow in School Psychology, Fort Bend Independent School District, Sugar Land, TX 2011 - 2012
Education
PhD | Syracuse University.Psychology.2011
MS | Syracuse University.Psychology.2008
BA | Syracuse University.Psychology.2006
Research
My research interests include investigating the relationship between autism spectrum disorder and other comorbid conditions. Specifically, I am interested in improving treatment and intervention practices for children with autism who also experience such conditions as ADHD, anxiety, and/or learning ...
My research interests include investigating the relationship between autism spectrum disorder and other comorbid conditions. Specifically, I am interested in improving treatment and intervention practices for children with autism who also experience such conditions as ADHD, anxiety, and/or learning disabilities.
Anderson C, Hochheimer S, Warren Z, Butter E, Hyman SL, Wang H, Wallace L, Levato L, Martin R, Stephenson KG, Norris M, Jacqueline W, Smith T, Johnson CR
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research.. 2024 November 17 (11):2430-2446. Epub 10/07/2024.
Mruzek DW, McAleavey S, Loring WA, Butter E, Smith T, McDonnell E, Levato L, Aponte C, Travis RP, Aiello RE, Taylor CM, Wilkins JW, Corbett-Dick P, Finkelstein DM, York AM, Zanibbi K
Autism : the international journal of research and practice.. 2019 February 23 (2):359-370. Epub 12/07/2017.
Scahill L, Bearss K, Lecavalier L, Smith T, Swiezy N, Aman MG, Sukhodolsky DG, McCracken C, Minshawi N, Turner K, Levato L, Saulnier C, Dziura J, Johnson C
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.. 2016 July 55 (7):602-609.e3. Epub 05/07/2016.
Handen BL, Aman MG, Arnold LE, Hyman SL, Tumuluru RV, Lecavalier L, Corbett-Dick P, Pan X, Hollway JA, Buchan-Page KA, Silverman LB, Brown NV, Rice RR, Hellings J, Mruzek DW, McAuliffe-Bellin S, Hurt EA, Ryan MM, Levato L, Smith T
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.. 2015 November 54 (11):905-15. Epub 09/03/2015.
Aman MG, Smith T, Arnold LE, Corbett-Dick P, Tumuluru R, Hollway JA, Hyman SL, Mendoza-Burcham M, Pan X, Mruzek DW, Lecavalier L, Levato L, Silverman LB, Handen B
Research in developmental disabilities.. 2014 June 35 (6):1412-24. Epub 04/16/2014.
Measures of association in contingency space analysis.
Martens, B. K.; Gertz, L. E.; Werder, C.; Rymanowski, J. L.,; Shankar, K. H.
Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 2014; 59: 114-119.
Agreement Between Descriptive and Experimental Analyses of Behavior under Naturalistic Test Conditions
Martens, B. K.; Gertz, L. E.; Werder, C.; Rymanowski, J. L.
Journal of Behavioral Education. 2010; 19: 205-221.
A Design tool for bridging the gap between research and practice.
Martens, B. K.; Gertz, L. E.
Journal of Behavioral Education. 2009; 18: 92-99.
). Effect of Parent Training on Adaptive Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Disruptive Behavior: Results of a randomized trial. (In Submission)
Scahill, L.; Bearss, K.; Lecavalier, L.; Smith, T.; Swiezy, N.; Aman, M. G.; Sukhodolsky, D. G.; McCracken, C.; Minshawi, N.; Turner, K.; Levato, L.; Saulnier, C.; Dziura, J.; Johnson, C.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Use of urine alarms in toilet training children with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A review.(Under Review)
