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59
Citations
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3690
National Ranking
2070

Overview

Paul J. Yoder is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a significant focus on autism spectrum disorder and related developmental concerns.

Their scholarly output includes work in several subfields, especially cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, developmental and educational psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and education. This multidisciplinary approach supports investigations into complex developmental and behavioral conditions.

Yoder's main research topics include:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

The scientist has published frequently in journals such as:

  • Autism
  • Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention
  • Brain Topography
  • Autism Research
  • UNC Libraries

Recent notable papers include:

  • A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effects of Intervention Intensity and Intervention Style on Outcomes for Young Children With Autism, 2020, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Parent utilization of ImPACT intervention strategies is a mediator of proximal then distal social communication outcomes in younger siblings of children with ASD, 2020, Autism
  • The role of early social motivation in explaining variability in functional language in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder, 2020, Autism
  • Kinematic and Somatosensory Gains in Infants with Cerebral Palsy After a Multi-Component Upper-Extremity Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial, 2020, Brain Topography
  • Neonatal Multisensory Processing in Preterm and Term Infants Predicts Sensory Reactivity and Internalizing Tendencies in Early Childhood, 2020, Brain Topography

Yoder has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, including:

  • Sally J. Rogers
  • Annette Estes
  • Wendy L. Stone
  • John McEachin
  • Gerhard Hellemann

Best Publications

  • Differential treatment intensity research: a missing link to creating optimally effective communication interventions.

    Steven F. Warren;Marc E. Fey;Paul J. Yoder

  • Challenges in Evaluating Psychosocial Interventions for Autistic Spectrum Disorders

    Catherine Lord;Ann Wagner;Sally J Rogers;Peter Szatmari

  • Nonverbal communication in two-and three-year-old children with autism

    Wendy L. Stone;Opal Y. Ousley;Paul J. Yoder;Kerry L. Hogan

  • A randomized controlled trial of Hanen’s ‘More Than Words’ in toddlers with early autism symptoms

    Alice S. Carter;Daniel S. Messinger;Wendy L. Stone;Seniz Celimli

  • Predicting Spoken Language Level in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Wendy L. Stone;Paul J. Yoder

  • Defining spoken language benchmarks and selecting measures of expressive language development for young children with autism spectrum disorders.

    Helen Tager-Flusberg;Sally Rogers;Judith Cooper;Rebecca Landa

  • Randomized comparison of two communication interventions for preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders.

    Paul Yoder;Wendy L. Stone

  • Effects of Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching and Parent Responsivity Education on Dyads Involving Children With Intellectual Disabilities

    Paul J. Yoder;Steven F. Warren

  • A Randomized Comparison of the Effect of Two Prelinguistic Communication Interventions on the Acquisition of Spoken Communication in Preschoolers With ASD

    Paul Yoder;Wendy L. Stone

  • Observational measurement of behavior

    Paul Jordan Yoder;Frank Symons

  • Evaluating milieu teaching.

    Ann P. Kaiser;Paul J. Yoder;Anne Keetz

  • Examination of the Relationship Between Teacher Praise and Opportunities for Students with EBD to Respond to Academic Requests

    Kevin S. Sutherland;Joseph H. Wehby;Paul J. Yoder

  • Maternal Responsivity Predicts the Prelinguistic Communication Intervention That Facilitates Generalized Intentional Communication

    Paul J. Yoder;Steven F. Warren

  • Types of parent verbal responsiveness that predict language in young children with autism spectrum disorder

    Andrea McDuffie;Paul Yoder

  • Value-Added Predictors of Expressive and Receptive Language Growth in Initially Nonverbal Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

    Paul Yoder;Linda R. Watson;Warren Lambert

  • Early Effects of Responsivity Education/Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching for Children With Developmental Delays and Their Parents

    Marc E. Fey;Steven F. Warren;Nancy Brady;Lizbeth H. Finestack

  • Predicting social impairment and ASD diagnosis in younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder

    Paul Yoder;Wendy L. Stone;Tedra Walden;Elizabeth Malesa

  • Musical rhythm discrimination explains individual differences in grammar skills in children.

    Reyna L. Gordon;Carolyn M. Shivers;Elizabeth A. Wieland;Sonja A. Kotz;Sonja A. Kotz

  • Facilitating prelinguistic communication skills in young children with developmental delay.

    Steven F. Warren;Paul J. Yoder;Gail E. Gazdag;Kyoungran Kim

  • Speech following sign language training in autistic children with minimal verbal language

    Paul J. Yoder;Thomas L. Layton

  • Prelinguistic predictors of vocabulary in young children with autism spectrum disorders.

    Andrea McDuffie;Paul Yoder;Wendy Stone

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven F. Warren
Steven F. Warren University of Kansas
Wendy L. Stone
Wendy L. Stone University of Washington
Linda R. Watson
Linda R. Watson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sally J. Rogers
Sally J. Rogers University of California, Davis
Annette Estes
Annette Estes University of Washington
Marc E. Fey
Marc E. Fey University of Kansas
Ann P. Kaiser
Ann P. Kaiser Vanderbilt University
Stephen Camarata
Stephen Camarata Vanderbilt University
Daniel S. Messinger
Daniel S. Messinger University of Miami
Alice S. Carter
Alice S. Carter University of Massachusetts Boston

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