Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research Group
Longitudinal Study of The Developing Phenotype of Autism
Project Abstract
This study has been in progress since 1994. Our research team is looking at social, communicative, cognitive, motor, and behavioral development in children with various developmental disabilities, including, but not limited to, Autism or other PDD's, Fragile X, and Downs Syndrome. We are also studying typically-developing children.
We have currently seen more than 200 children between the ages of 2 and 6 and we are now interested in seeing more 6-year old typically developing children as well as children with Autism/Fragile X/Down syndrome between the ages of 8 and 11. Children and their families participate in an in-depth assessment of social, communicative, imitation and play behaviors, in addition to completing cognitive testing and a battery of neuropsychological measures (e.g., executive function, emotional responsivity, motor planning). Participants are compensated for their time.
Major Goals
- Examine development from early to middle childhood in children with various disabilities
- Identify core deficits in specific disabilities
- Improve intervention approaches and theories of development
Funding Source
This project is funded by the National Institute of Child and Human Development, Grant No. IP01HD35468-01, and is part of a nationwide network of state-of-the-art autism research, “Collaborative Programs of Excellence in Autism”.
Contact Person
Galit Mankin, M.S.W.
Galit.Mankin@ucdenver.edu
(303) 315-1253 (phone)
(303) 315-2956 (fax)
4200 E. Ninth Ave. C268-30
Denver, CO 80262
Project Staff
Susan Hepburn, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
Sally Rogers, Ph.D., Co-Investigator, The M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California at Davis
Bruce Pennington, Ph.D., Co-Investigator, University of Denver
Galit Mankin, M.S.W., Senior Preofessional Research Assistant
Amy Philofsky, M.A., CCC-SLP, Instructor
Shana Nichols, Ph.D., Psychology Fellow
Benjamin Yerys, M.S., Ph.D. Candidate, University of Denver
Alison Herndon, B.A., Professional Research Assistant
Erin Flanigan, B.A., Professional Research Assistant
Kym Fulton, B.S., Professional Research Assistant
Collaborators
Sally Ozonoff, Ph.D., The M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California at Davis
Deborah Fidler, Ph.D., Colorado State University
Doug Scambler, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University
Melissa Rutherford, Ph.D.
Kathy Culhane-Shelburne, Ph.D., The Children's Hospital - Denver
Gregory Young, Ph.D., The M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California at Davis
