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  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Leonard J Abbeduto is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Neuroscience, Psychology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, their work often focuses on subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Abbeduto's research addresses several main topics, notably Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Family and Disability Support Research, Language Development and Disorders, Down syndrome and intellectual disability research, Child Development and Digital Technology, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Their publications include recent papers such as:

  • Opportunities, barriers, and recommendations in Down syndrome research, 2021, Translational Science of Rare Diseases
  • Pre-symptomatic intervention for autism spectrum disorder (ASD): defining a research agenda, 2021, Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Integrated gene analyses of de novo variants from 46,612 trios with autism and developmental disorders, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Controlled trial of lovastatin combined with an open-label treatment of a parent-implemented language intervention in youth with fragile X syndrome, 2020, Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Evaluation of Upper Airway Stimulation for Adolescents With Down Syndrome and Obstructive Sleep Apnea, 2022, JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Frequent co-authors of Abbeduto include:

  • Angela John Thurman
  • Randi J. Hagerman
  • Jamie O. Edgin
  • Anna J. Esbensen
  • Elizabeth Berry-Kravis

Abbeduto's research has been published often in venues such as the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, Brain Sciences, and Frontiers in Psychiatry.

In 2015, Leonard J Abbeduto was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Psychological well-being and coping in mothers of youths with autism, Down syndrome, or fragile X syndrome

    Leonard J Abbeduto;Marsha Mailick Seltzer;Paul Shattuck;Marty Wyngaarden Krauss

  • Trajectory of development in adolescents and adults with autism

    Marsha Mailick Seltzer;Paul Shattuck;Leonard J Abbeduto;Jan S. Greenberg

  • Language development in Down syndrome: From the prelinguistic period to the acquisition of literacy

    Leonard J Abbeduto;Steven F. Warren;Frances A. Conners

  • SPARK: A US Cohort of 50,000 Families to Accelerate Autism Research

    Pamela Feliciano;Amy M. Daniels;LeeAnne Green Snyder;Amy Beaumont

  • Language development and fragile X syndrome: profiles, syndrome-specificity, and within-syndrome differences.

    Leonard J Abbeduto;Nancy Brady;Sara T. Kover

  • Receptive Language Skills of Adolescents and Young Adults With Down or Fragile X Syndrome

    Leonard J Abbeduto;Melissa M. Murphy;Stephanie W. Cawthon;Erica K. Richmond

  • Cognitive, language and social‐cognitive skills of individuals with fragile X syndrome with and without autism

    P. Lewis;Leonard J Abbeduto;M. Murphy;E. Richmond

  • The linguistic and cognitive profile of Down syndrome: evidence from a comparison with fragile X syndrome.

    Leonard Abbeduto;Melissa Pavetto;Erica Kesin;Michelle Weissman

  • Family experiences associated with a child's diagnosis of fragile X or Down syndrome: evidence for disruption and resilience.

    Julie Poehlmann;Melissa Clements;Leonard J Abbeduto;Venous Farsad

  • Language and communication in fragile X syndrome

    Leonard Abbeduto;Randi Jenssen Hagerman;Randi Jenssen Hagerman

  • Expressive Language Profiles of Verbally Expressive Adolescents and Young Adults With Down Syndrome or Fragile X Syndrome

    Lizbeth H. Finestack;Leonard J Abbeduto

  • Outcome measures for clinical trials in fragile X syndrome.

    Elizabeth Berry-Kravis;David R Hessl;Leonard J Abbeduto;Allan L. Reiss

  • The fragile X syndrome-autism comorbidity: what do we really know?

    Leonard J Abbeduto;Andrea McDuffie;Angela John Thurman

  • Receptive Vocabulary in Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Cross-Sectional Developmental Trajectories

    Sara T. Kover;Andrea S. McDuffie;Randi J Hagerman;Leonard J Abbeduto

  • Language Development in Individuals with Fragile X Syndrome

    Lizbeth H. Finestack;Erica K. Richmond;Leonard J Abbeduto

  • iPSC-derived forebrain neurons from FXS individuals show defects in initial neurite outgrowth.

    Matthew E. Doers;Michael T. Musser;Robert Nichol;Erich R. Berndt

  • Updated report on tools to measure outcomes of clinical trials in fragile X syndrome.

    Dejan B. Budimirovic;Elizabeth Berry-Kravis;Craig A. Erickson;Scott S. Hall

  • Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials in Down Syndrome.

    Anna J Esbensen;Stephen R Hooper;Deborah Fidler;Sigan L Hartley

  • Psychological Well-being in Fathers of Adolescents and Young Adults with Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, and Autism.

    Sigan L. Hartley;Marsha Mailick Seltzer;Lara Head;Leonard J Abbeduto

  • Indicators of Linguistic Competence in the Peer Group Conversational Behavior of Mildly Retarded Adults.

    Sheldon Rosenberg;Leonard J Abbeduto

  • Psychological well-being of mothers of youth with fragile X syndrome: syndrome specificity and within-syndrome variability

    Pamela Lewis;Leonard J Abbeduto;M. Murphy;E. Richmond

Frequent Co-Authors

Randi J Hagerman
Randi J Hagerman University of California, Davis
Jane E. Roberts
Jane E. Roberts University of South Carolina
Marsha Mailick Seltzer
Marsha Mailick Seltzer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Craig A. Erickson
Craig A. Erickson Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Stephanie L. Sherman
Stephanie L. Sherman Emory University
Wendy Machalicek
Wendy Machalicek University of Oregon
Jan S. Greenberg
Jan S. Greenberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
David R Hessl
David R Hessl University of California, Davis
Steven F. Warren
Steven F. Warren University of Kansas
Roger H. Reeves
Roger H. Reeves Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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