Peer-Reviewed Research Publications - 2016
Ash, J. and Williams, M. E. (2016). Policies and Systems Support for Infant Mental Health in the Care of Fragile Infants and Their Families. Newborn & Infant Nursing Reviews, 16(2016), 316-321.
Earhart, B., Williams. M. E., Zamora, I., Randolph, L., Votava-Smith, J. K., & Marcy, S. (2016). Phenotype of 7q11.23 duplication genetic syndrome: A family case-study. American Journal of Medical Genetics, in press.
Forbes, C., Clark, L. F., & Diep, H. (2016). Positive attributes and risk behaviors in young transgender women. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 3(1), 129-134.
Gardner, O., Haynes, K., Schweitzer, D., Johns, A., Magee, W., Urata, M., & Sanchez-Lara, P. Familial recurrence of 3MC Syndrome in consanguineous families: A clinical and molecular diagnostic approach with review of the literature. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, in press, 2016.
Gart, N., Zamora, I., & Williams, M. E. (2016). Parallel models of assessment: Infant mental health and therapeutic assessment models intersect through early childhood case studies. Infant Mental Health Journal, in press, 2016.
Javier, J. R., Coffey, D. M., Schrager, S. M., Palinkas, L. A., & Miranda, J. M. (In press). Prevention of behavioral problems in elementary school-age Filipino-American children with an evidence-based parenting intervention: A randomized pilot study in churches. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics.
Johns, A., Lewin, S., & Im, D. Teasing in younger and older children with microtia before and after surgery. Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, in press, 2016.
Kaushansky, D., Dodson, C., Cox, J., McNeeley, M., & Iverson, E. Living a secret: Disclosure among adolescents and young adults with chronic illness. Journal of Chronic Illness, in press, 2016.
Miller, H. L., Pavlik, K. M., Kim, M. A. and Rogers, K. C. (2016), An exploratory study of the knowledge of personal safety skills among children with developmental disabilities and their parents. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. doi: 10.1111/jar.12239
Rogers, K. C., Bobich, M., Heppell, P. (2016). The impact of implementing an "Incredible Years" group within a family living unit in a transitional living shelter: The case of "Cathy". Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy, 12(2), 65-112.
Rogers, K. C., Bobich, M., Heppell, P. (2016). Further consideration of systems, stigma, trauma, and access to care. Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy, 12(2), 139-157.
Sayegh, C. S., Hall-Clark, B.N., McDaniel, D. D., Halliday-Boykins, C. A., …Huey, Jr., S. J. (2016). A preliminary investigation of ethnic differences in resistance in Multisystemic Therapy. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Schneiderman, J. U., Smith, C., Arnold-Clark, J. S., Fuentes, J., & Kennedy, A. K. (2016). Pediatric return appointment adherence for child welfare-involved children in Los Angeles California. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 20(2), 477-483.
Schneiderman, J. U., Kennedy, A. K., & Sayegh, C. S. (2016). Qualitative study of foster caregivers' views on adherence to pediatric appointments. Journal of Pediatric Health Care. 20(477). doi:10.1007/s10995-015-1845-4
Williams, M. E. (2016). Integration of early childhood mental health and trauma-informed care for homeless families with young children. Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy, 12(2), 113-123.
Williams, M. E. & Haranin, E. (2016). Preparation of mental health clinicians to work with children with co-occurring autism spectrum disorders and mental health needs. Journal of Mental Health Research in Developmental Disabilities, online first, 14 April 2016.
Wu, Y. P., Aspinwall, L. G., Conn, B. M., Stump, T., Grahmann, B., & Leachman, S. A. (2016). A systematic review of interventions to improve adherence to melanoma preventive behaviors for individuals at elevated risk. Preventive Medicine, 88, 153-167. DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.04.010.
Zamora, I., Harley, E., & Hudson, B. O. (2016). The Incredible Years group intervention. Good Autism Practice, 17(1), 6-14.
Per-Reviewed Research Publications - 2015
Betz, C.L., Cowell, J.M., Faulkner, M.S. Feeg, V.D., Greenberg, C.S., Krajicek, M., Lipman, T., Lobo, M., Nehring, W.,Craft-Rosenberg, M., & Vessey, J. Advancing the Development of the Guidelines for the Nursing of Children, Adolescents and Families: 2014 Revision: Process, Development and Dissemination, Journal of Pediatric Health Care, doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2015.11.003
Betz, C., Nehring, W., & Lobo, M. (2015). Transition Needs of Parents of Adolescents and Emerging Adults With Special Health Care Needs and Disabilities. Journal Of Family Nursing, 21(3), 362-412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1074840715595024
Betz, C.L., Smith, K.N., Macias, K., & Deavenport-Saman, A. (2015). Testing the Transition Preparation Training Program: Well-being of Relationships Outcomes. Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, (8), 235-246. doi:10.3233/PRM-150340
Betz, C.L., Smith, K.A., & Van Speybroeck, A. Hernandez, F.V., & Jacobs, R.A. (2015). Movin' on Up: An Innovative Nurse-Led Interdisciplinary Health Care Transition Program. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, doi: 10.16/j.pedhc.2015.08.005
Cederbaum, J. A., Guerrero, E. G., Barman Adhikari, A., & Vincent, C.A. (2015). High-risk family environment and adolescent girls’ alcohol use. Journal of Nursing in AIDS Care, 26(3), 259-270. doi:10.1016/j.jana.2014.11.005
Cederbaum, J. A., Petering, R., Hutchinson, M.K., *He, A. S., Wilson, J.P., Jemmott, J. B., & Jemmott, L. S. (2015). Alcohol outlet density and related use within an urban population in Philadelphia public housing communities. Health & Place, 31, 31-38. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.10.007
Cermak, S.A., Stein Duker, L.I., Williams, M.E., Dawson, M., Lane, C., Polido, J. (2015). Sensory adapted dental environments to enhance oral care for children with autism spectrum disorders: A randomized controlled pilot study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 45, 2876-2888.
Cermak, S.A., *Stein Duker, L.I., Williams, M.E., Lane, C.J., Dawson, M.E., Borreson, A.E., Polido, J.C. (2015). Feasibility of a sensory-adapted dental environment for children with autism. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 69.
Coffey, D. M., Javier, J. R., & Schrager, S. M. (2015). Preliminary validity of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory with Filipino immigrant parents. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 37(3), 208-223.
Deacy, A. D., & Morrison, C. M. (2015). Understanding and treatment of chronic abdominal pain among school nurses: A national survey. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology. http://dx.doi.org.libproxy1.usc.edu/10.1037/cpp0000107
Dicianno, B., Karmarkar, A., Houtrow, A., Crytzer, T., Cushanick, K., & McCoy, A., Wilson, P., Chinarian, J., Neufeld, J., Smith, K., & Collins, D. (2015). Factors Associated with Mobility Outcomes in a National Spina Bifida Patient Registry. American Journal Of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 94(12), 1015-1025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/phm.0000000000000404.
Fair, C., Cuttance, J., Sharma, N., Maslow, G., Wiener, L., Betz, C., Porter, J., McLaughlin, S., Gilleland-Marchak, J., Renwick, A., Naranjo, D., Jan, S., Javalkar, K., & Ferris, M. (2015). International and Interdisciplinary Identification of Health Care Transition Outcomes, JAMA Pediatrics, Published online November 30, 2015. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.3168.
Flagg, J., Flagg, P., Beeler, L., Sargent, B. (2015). Commentary on “Short-term intensive Neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT) program experiences of parents and their children with disabilities.” Pediatric Physical Therapy. 27(1):71.
Flores, N., Supan, J., Kreutzer, C. B., Samson, A., Coffey, D. M., & Javier, J. R. (2015). Prevention of Filipino youth behavioral health disparities: Identifying barriers and facilitators to participating in “Incredible Years,” an evidence-based parenting intervention. Preventing Chronic Disease, 12.
Lee King, P., Cederbaum, J.A., Kurzban, S., Norton, T., Palmer, S., & Coyne, J. (2015). Role of patient treatment beliefs and provider characteristics in establishing patient–provider relationships. Family Practice, on-line first doi:10.1093/fampra/cmu085.
Nehring, W.N. Betz, C.L., & Lobo, M.L. (2015). Uncharted Territory: Systematic Review of Providers’ Roles, Understanding and Views Pertaining to Health Care Transition. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 30 (5), 732-747, 2015. doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2015.05.030
Ortiz, A., Clinton, A, & Schaefer, B.A. (2015). Construct validity evidence for Bracken School Readiness Assessment, Third Edition, Spanish form scores. Psychology in the Schools, 52, 208-221.
Piridzhanyan, A., Hausler, A., Wills, H., Deavenport, A., Smith, K., & Poulsen, M. et al. (2015). Developing Healthy Habits through Exploration: Preschoolers and a Trip to the Supermarket. Journal Of The Academy Of Nutrition And Dietetics, 115(9), A68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2015.06.246
Putnam-Hornstein, E., Cederbaum, J.A., King, B., & Needell, B. (2015). A population-level and longitudinal study of adolescent mothers and intergenerational maltreatment. American Journal of Epidemiology, 181(7), 496-503. doi:10.1093/aje/kwu321
Sargent, B., Huang, C. (2015). Commentary on “Behavior during tethered kicking in infants with periventricular brain injury.” Pediatric Physical Therapy. 27(4):413.
Sargent, B., Reimann, H., Kubo, M., Fetters, L. (2015). Quantifying learning in young infants: tracking leg actions during a discovery-learning task. JoVE. 100, e52841.
Sargent, B., Scholz, J., Reimann, H., Kubo, M., Fetters, L. (2015). Development of infant leg coordination: exploiting passive torques. Infant Behavior and Development. 40(0):108-121.
Smith, K.A., Macias, K., Bui, K., & Betz, C.L. (2015). Brief Report: Adolescents’ Reasons for Participating in a Health Care Transition Intervention Study, Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 30 (5), e165-e171, doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2015.05.007
Weaver, A., & Ouye, J. (2015). A Practical and Research-Based Guide for Improving IEP Team Meetings. NASP Communique, 44 (3).
Zamora, I., Williams, M.E., Higareda, M., Wheeler, B., Levitt, P. (2015) Brief report: Recruitment and retention of Latino children for autism research. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, first online, 24 September 2015.
Peer-Reviewed Research Publications - 2014
Betz, C., Ferris, M., Woodward, J., Okumura, M., Jan, S., & Wood, D. (2014). The Health Care Transition Research Consortium Health Care Transition Model: A Framework for Research and Practice. Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 7, 3-15.
Betz, C., Smith, K., Macias, K., & Bui, K. (2014). Internet Use by Adolescents with Spina Bifida. Pediatric Nursing, 40, 173-178.
Bone, D., Lee, C., Black, M., Williams, M., Lee, S., Levitt, P., & Narayanan, S. (2014). The Psychologist as an Interlocutor in Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment: Insights From a Study of Spontaneous Prosody. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 57(4), 1162. doi:10.1044/2014_jslhr-s-13-0062
de Figueiredo, S., Yetwin, A., Sherer, S., Radzik, M., & Iverson, E. (2014). A cross-disciplinary comparison of perceptions of compassion fatigue and satisfaction among service providers of highly traumatized children and adolescents. Traumatology, 20(4), 286-295. doi:10.1037/h0099833
Harley, E., Williams, M., Zamora, I., & Lakatos, P. (2014). Trauma treatment in young children with developmental disabilities: Applications of the Child-Parent Psychotherapy model to the cases of James and Juan. Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy, 10, 156-195.
Peterson-Besse, J., Walsh, E., Horner-Johnson, W., Goode, T., & Wheeler, B. (2014). Barriers to Health Care Among People With Disabilities Who are Members of Underserved Racial/Ethnic Groups. Medical Care, 52, S51-S63. doi:10.1097/mlr.0000000000000195
Sargent, B., Schweighofer, N., Kubo, M., & Fetters, L. (2014). Infant Exploratory Learning: Influence on Leg Joint Coordination. Plos ONE, 9(3), e91500. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091500
Stein, L., Lane, C., Williams, M., Dawson, M., Polido, J., & Cermak, S. (2014). Physiological and Behavioral Stress and Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders during Routine Oral Care. Biomed Research International, 2014, 1-10. doi:10.1155/2014/694876
Taft, N., Muñoz, C., Lenihan, A., Gantan, J. (2014). Prevention of Pediatric Obesity: Recommendations, Priorities, and Tools for Change. ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition, 6, 18-23.
Vanderbilt, D., Schrager, S., Hamilton, A., Llanes, A., Seri, I., Chmait, R. (2014) Predictors of Two-Year Cognitive Performance after Laser Therapy for Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 211(4), 388-90.
Walders-Abramson, N., Venditti, E., Ievers-Landis, C., Anderson, B., El ghormli, L., Geffner, M., & Yasuda, P. et al. (2014). Relationships among Stressful Life Events and Physiological Markers, Treatment Adherence, and Psychosocial Functioning among Youth with Type 2 Diabetes. The Journal Of Pediatrics, 165(3), 504-508.e1. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.05.020
Williams, M., Carson, M., Zamora, I., Harley, E., & Lakatos, P. (2014). Child-Parent Psychotherapy in the context of the developmental disability and medical service systems. Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy, 10, 212-226.
Williams, M., Sando, L., & Soles, T. (2014). Cognitive Tests in Early Childhood: Psychometric and Cultural Considerations. Journal Of Psychoeducational Assessment, 32(5), 455-476. doi:10.1177/0734282913517526
Peer-Reviewed Research Publications - 2013
Williams, M., Fink, C., Zamora, I., & Borchert, M. (2013). Autism assessment in children with optic nerve hypoplasia and other vision impairments. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 56(1), 66-72. doi:10.1111/dmcn.12264
