Research from the COLAB
Check out some of the recent COLAB publications!
Edmunds, S. R., Tagavi, D., Harker, C., DesChamps, T., & Stone, W. L. (2025). Quality of life in caregivers of toddlers with autism features. Research in Developmental Disabilities.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2025.104999.
Wainer, A., L., Edmunds, S. R., Carter, A. S., Stone, W. L., Sheldrick, R. C., Broder-Fingert, S., Stern, Y. S., Harrington, E., & Ingersoll, B. (2025). A hybrid type 1 randomized effectiveness-implementation trial of a naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention in the Part C early intervention system. BMC Pediatrics, 25(263). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-05587-8
Platner, A., Doernberg, E., Edmunds, S. R., & Faja, S. K. (2025). An examination of the relationship between fine motor ability and executive functions in toddlers with and without autism. JADD. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-06733-y
Thomas, E., Rowland, K., Borowy, A., Wedderburn, Q., & Edmunds, S. R. (2025). Examining the influence of COVID-19 on Part C early intervention enrollment by state, year, and racial group. Child and Youth Services Review, 169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.108075
Ingersoll, B., Howard, M., Oosting, D., Carter, A. S., Stone, W. L., Berger, N., Wainer, A. L., Britsch, E. R., & the RISE Research Network (Sheldrick, R.C., Broder-Finger, S., & Edmunds, S. R.) (2024). Adapting measures of motor imitation for use by caregivers in virtual contexts: Reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change. Autism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3267
Edmunds, S. R., & Hock, R. (2024). Supporting Caregivers within Caregiver-Mediated Interventions: A Commentary on Brown et al. (2024). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. [Invited commentary]. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14073.
Pickard, K., Edmunds, S. R., Maye, M., Wedderburn, Q., Wikel, K., & Buster, J. (2024). We must consider infrastructure when attempting to scale up autism EBIs: A case example from Early Intervention systems. Administrative Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 51(6), 1020-1024. https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s10488-024-01399-7
Braverman, Y., Edmunds, S. R., Hastedt, I., & Faja, S. K. (2024). Mind the gap: Executive function predicts the discrepancy between cognitive and adaptive functioning in autistic children without cognitive delay. JADD. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06354-x.
Edmunds, S. R., Yoder, P., Hantman, R., & Stone, W.L. (2024). Parent fidelity mediates the effect of early intervention on vocal complexity in children at risk for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Early Intervention, 46(2), 174-193. https://doi.org/10.1177/10538151241228461
Edmunds, S. R., Jones, A., Braverman, Y., Fogler, J., Rowland, K, & Faja, S. K. (2024). Irritability as a transdiagnostic risk factor for functional impairment in autistic and non-autistic preschoolers. Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 52, 551-565. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-023-01150-0
Goodrum, N. M., Cooper, D. K., Edmunds, S. R., Wippold, G. M., Bradshaw, J., Nguyen, J. K., Milburn, N., & Are, F. (2023). Achieving equity in child and adolescent mental health by addressing racism through prevention science, 1-10. Adversity and Resilience Science. https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s42844-023-00104-1
Dunham-Carr, K., Feldman, J.I., Simon, D.M., Edmunds, S.R., Tu, A., Kuang, W., Conrad, J.G., Santapuram, P., Wallace, M.T., & Woynaroski, T.G. (2023). Processing of audiovisual speech is linked with vocabulary in autistic and non-autistic children: an ERP study. Brain Sciences, 13(7), 1043. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/brainsci13071043
Edmunds, S. R., Fogler, J., Braverman, Y., Gilbert, R., & Faja, S. K. (2023). Resting frontal alpha asymmetry as a predictor of affective and executive functioning in children with neurodevelopmental differences. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1065598
Edmunds, S. R., MacNaughton, G., Rueda, M. R., Combita, L. M., & Faja, S. K. (2022). Beyond group differences: Exploring the preliminary signals of target engagement for an executive functioning training for autistic children. Autism Research, 15, 1261-1273. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2735
Maye, M., Edmunds, S. R., Stone-MacDonald, A., & Carter, A. S. (2022). Preparation for adaptation of intensive early intervention for toddlers with ASD: Child care providers’ perspectives on training approach. Early Childhood Education Journal.
Edmunds, S. R., Frost, K. M., Sheldrick, R. C., Bravo, A., Straiton, D., Pickard, K., Grim, V., Drahota, A., Kuhn, J., Azad, G., Pomales Ramos, A., Ingersoll, B., Wainer, A., Ibańez, L. V., Stone, W. L., Carter, A., & Broder-Fingert., S. (2022). A method for defining the CORE of a psychosocial intervention to guide adaptation in practice: Reciprocal Imitation Teaching as a case example. Autism. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211064431
Edmunds, S. R., *Colman, C., *Vidal, P., & Faja, S. (2021). Brief report: Links between language ability and working memory impairments in toddlers and preschoolers with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05049-x
Yoder, P.., Stone, W.L., & Edmunds, S. R. (2020). Parent utilization of ImPACT intervention strategies is a mediator of proximal then distal social communication outcomes in younger siblings of children with ASD. Autism, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320946883
Yoder, P.., Stone, W.L., & Edmunds, S. R. (2020). For which infant siblings of children with ASD does parent-mediated intervention work? Autism, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320943373
DesChamps, T., Ibanez, L.V., Edmunds, S. R., Dick, C., & Stone, W.L. (2019). Parenting stress in caregivers of young children with ASD concerns prior to a formal diagnosis. Autism Research, 13, 82-92. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2213
Edmunds, S. R., Kover, S.T., & Stone, W.L. (2019). The relation between parent verbal responsiveness and child communication ability in children with or at risk for autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Autism Research 12(5), 715-731. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2100
Edmunds, S. R., Ibañez, L., Warren, Z., Messinger, D. & Stone, W.L. (2017). Longitudinal prediction of language emergence in infants at high and low risk for ASD. Development and Psychopathology, 29(1), 319-329. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579416000146
Edmunds, S. R., Rozga, A., Li, Y., Ibañez, L., Karp, E., Rehg, J., & Stone, W.L. (2017). Using a point-of-view camera to measure eye gaze in young children with autism spectrum disorder during naturalistic social interactions: A pilot study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47, 898-904. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-3002-3
Kover, S. T., Edmunds, S. R., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2016). Brief report: Ages of language milestones as predictors of developmental trajectories in young children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46, 2501-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2756-y
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2025.104999.
Wainer, A., L., Edmunds, S. R., Carter, A. S., Stone, W. L., Sheldrick, R. C., Broder-Fingert, S., Stern, Y. S., Harrington, E., & Ingersoll, B. (2025). A hybrid type 1 randomized effectiveness-implementation trial of a naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention in the Part C early intervention system. BMC Pediatrics, 25(263). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-05587-8
Platner, A., Doernberg, E., Edmunds, S. R., & Faja, S. K. (2025). An examination of the relationship between fine motor ability and executive functions in toddlers with and without autism. JADD. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-06733-y
Thomas, E., Rowland, K., Borowy, A., Wedderburn, Q., & Edmunds, S. R. (2025). Examining the influence of COVID-19 on Part C early intervention enrollment by state, year, and racial group. Child and Youth Services Review, 169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.108075
Ingersoll, B., Howard, M., Oosting, D., Carter, A. S., Stone, W. L., Berger, N., Wainer, A. L., Britsch, E. R., & the RISE Research Network (Sheldrick, R.C., Broder-Finger, S., & Edmunds, S. R.) (2024). Adapting measures of motor imitation for use by caregivers in virtual contexts: Reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change. Autism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3267
Edmunds, S. R., & Hock, R. (2024). Supporting Caregivers within Caregiver-Mediated Interventions: A Commentary on Brown et al. (2024). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. [Invited commentary]. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14073.
Pickard, K., Edmunds, S. R., Maye, M., Wedderburn, Q., Wikel, K., & Buster, J. (2024). We must consider infrastructure when attempting to scale up autism EBIs: A case example from Early Intervention systems. Administrative Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 51(6), 1020-1024. https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s10488-024-01399-7
Braverman, Y., Edmunds, S. R., Hastedt, I., & Faja, S. K. (2024). Mind the gap: Executive function predicts the discrepancy between cognitive and adaptive functioning in autistic children without cognitive delay. JADD. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06354-x.
Edmunds, S. R., Yoder, P., Hantman, R., & Stone, W.L. (2024). Parent fidelity mediates the effect of early intervention on vocal complexity in children at risk for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Early Intervention, 46(2), 174-193. https://doi.org/10.1177/10538151241228461
Edmunds, S. R., Jones, A., Braverman, Y., Fogler, J., Rowland, K, & Faja, S. K. (2024). Irritability as a transdiagnostic risk factor for functional impairment in autistic and non-autistic preschoolers. Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 52, 551-565. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-023-01150-0
Goodrum, N. M., Cooper, D. K., Edmunds, S. R., Wippold, G. M., Bradshaw, J., Nguyen, J. K., Milburn, N., & Are, F. (2023). Achieving equity in child and adolescent mental health by addressing racism through prevention science, 1-10. Adversity and Resilience Science. https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s42844-023-00104-1
Dunham-Carr, K., Feldman, J.I., Simon, D.M., Edmunds, S.R., Tu, A., Kuang, W., Conrad, J.G., Santapuram, P., Wallace, M.T., & Woynaroski, T.G. (2023). Processing of audiovisual speech is linked with vocabulary in autistic and non-autistic children: an ERP study. Brain Sciences, 13(7), 1043. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/brainsci13071043
Edmunds, S. R., Fogler, J., Braverman, Y., Gilbert, R., & Faja, S. K. (2023). Resting frontal alpha asymmetry as a predictor of affective and executive functioning in children with neurodevelopmental differences. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1065598
Edmunds, S. R., MacNaughton, G., Rueda, M. R., Combita, L. M., & Faja, S. K. (2022). Beyond group differences: Exploring the preliminary signals of target engagement for an executive functioning training for autistic children. Autism Research, 15, 1261-1273. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2735
Maye, M., Edmunds, S. R., Stone-MacDonald, A., & Carter, A. S. (2022). Preparation for adaptation of intensive early intervention for toddlers with ASD: Child care providers’ perspectives on training approach. Early Childhood Education Journal.
Edmunds, S. R., Frost, K. M., Sheldrick, R. C., Bravo, A., Straiton, D., Pickard, K., Grim, V., Drahota, A., Kuhn, J., Azad, G., Pomales Ramos, A., Ingersoll, B., Wainer, A., Ibańez, L. V., Stone, W. L., Carter, A., & Broder-Fingert., S. (2022). A method for defining the CORE of a psychosocial intervention to guide adaptation in practice: Reciprocal Imitation Teaching as a case example. Autism. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211064431
Edmunds, S. R., *Colman, C., *Vidal, P., & Faja, S. (2021). Brief report: Links between language ability and working memory impairments in toddlers and preschoolers with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05049-x
Yoder, P.., Stone, W.L., & Edmunds, S. R. (2020). Parent utilization of ImPACT intervention strategies is a mediator of proximal then distal social communication outcomes in younger siblings of children with ASD. Autism, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320946883
Yoder, P.., Stone, W.L., & Edmunds, S. R. (2020). For which infant siblings of children with ASD does parent-mediated intervention work? Autism, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320943373
DesChamps, T., Ibanez, L.V., Edmunds, S. R., Dick, C., & Stone, W.L. (2019). Parenting stress in caregivers of young children with ASD concerns prior to a formal diagnosis. Autism Research, 13, 82-92. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2213
Edmunds, S. R., Kover, S.T., & Stone, W.L. (2019). The relation between parent verbal responsiveness and child communication ability in children with or at risk for autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Autism Research 12(5), 715-731. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2100
Edmunds, S. R., Ibañez, L., Warren, Z., Messinger, D. & Stone, W.L. (2017). Longitudinal prediction of language emergence in infants at high and low risk for ASD. Development and Psychopathology, 29(1), 319-329. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579416000146
Edmunds, S. R., Rozga, A., Li, Y., Ibañez, L., Karp, E., Rehg, J., & Stone, W.L. (2017). Using a point-of-view camera to measure eye gaze in young children with autism spectrum disorder during naturalistic social interactions: A pilot study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47, 898-904. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-3002-3
Kover, S. T., Edmunds, S. R., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2016). Brief report: Ages of language milestones as predictors of developmental trajectories in young children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46, 2501-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2756-y