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Overview

Rebecca Landa is affiliated with the Kennedy Krieger Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related developmental issues within the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a notable emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and clinical psychology.

Their scholarly work covers several subfields, including education, developmental and educational psychology, and psychiatry and mental health. These areas contribute to a broader understanding of autism and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Among the main topics in Rebecca Landa's research are:

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

Rebecca Landa has contributed to a diverse range of publication venues. Frequent places of publication include:

  • Autism Research
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • UNC Libraries
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Autism

Recent published papers authored or co-authored by Rebecca Landa and colleagues include:

  • "Pre-symptomatic intervention for autism spectrum disorder (ASD): defining a research agenda" (2021, Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders)
  • "Analysis of Race and Sex Bias in the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2)" (2022, JAMA Network Open)
  • "The Association Between Parental Age and Autism-Related Outcomes in Children at High Familial Risk for Autism" (2020, Autism Research)
  • "Familial Recurrence of Autism: Updates From the Baby Siblings Research Consortium" (2024, PEDIATRICS)
  • "Sex Differences in Autism: Examining Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors in Children and Adolescents Enrolled in a National ASD Cohort" (2021, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)

Rebecca Landa regularly collaborates with a set of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Calliope Holingue
  • Danika L. Pfeiffer
  • Rachel Reetzke
  • Sally Ozonoff
  • Lisa Croen

This scientific profile reflects Rebecca Landa's sustained involvement in advancing research related to autism and developmental disorders through interdisciplinary approaches combining psychology, neuroscience, and clinical methodologies.

Best Publications

  • Recurrence risk for autism spectrum disorders: a Baby Siblings Research Consortium study.

    Sally J Ozonoff;Gregory S. Young;Alice Carter;Daniel Messinger

  • Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions: Empirically Validated Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Laura Schreibman;Geraldine Dawson;Aubyn C. Stahmer;Rebecca Landa

  • Development in infants with autism spectrum disorders: a prospective study

    Rebecca Landa;Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer

  • Current Perspectives on Motor Functioning in Infants, Children, and Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Anjana N Bhat;Rebecca J Landa;James Cole Galloway

  • Social and Communication Development in Toddlers With Early and Later Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Rebecca J. Landa;Katherine C. Holman;Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer

  • Clinical Assessment and Management of Toddlers With Suspected Autism Spectrum Disorder: Insights From Studies of High-Risk Infants

    Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Susan Bryson;Catherine Lord;Sally J Rogers

  • Motor Signs Distinguish Children with High Functioning Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome from Controls

    Eva M. Jansiewicz;Melissa C. Goldberg;Craig J. Newschaffer;Martha B. Denckla

  • Macrocephaly in Children and Adults With Autism

    Janet E. Lainhart;Joseph Piven;Maryann Wzorek;Rebecca Landa

  • Subtle executive impairment in children with autism and children with ADHD

    M. C. Goldberg;M. C. Goldberg;S. H. Mostofsky;S. H. Mostofsky;L. E. Cutting;L. E. Cutting;E. M. Mahone;E. M. Mahone

  • Communication interventions for minimally verbal children with autism: a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial.

    Connie Kasari;Ann Kaiser;Kelly Goods;Jennifer Nietfeld

  • 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

  • Early Communication Development and Intervention for Children With Autism

    Rebecca Landa

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

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

  • Social language use in parents of autistic individuals.

    Rebecca Landa;J. Piven;M. M. Wzorek;J. O. Gayle

  • Intervention Targeting Development of Socially Synchronous Engagement in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Rebecca J. Landa;Katherine C. Holman;Allison H. O’Neill;Elizabeth A. Stuart

  • Language, Social, and Executive Functions in High Functioning Autism: A Continuum of Performance.

    Rebecca J. Landa;Rebecca J. Landa;Melissa C. Goldberg

  • Developmental trajectories in children with and without autism spectrum disorders: the first 3 years.

    Rebecca J. Landa;Rebecca J. Landa;Alden L. Gross;Alden L. Gross;Elizabeth A. Stuart;Ashley Faherty

  • Diagnostic stability in young children at risk for autism spectrum disorder: a baby siblings research consortium study.

    Sally J Ozonoff;Gregory S. Young;Rebecca J. Landa;Jessica Brian

  • Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders in the first 3 years of life.

    Rebecca J Landa

  • Personality and language characteristics in parents from multiple‐incidence autism families

    Joseph Piven;Pat Palmer;Rebecca Landa;Susan Santangelo

  • An autosomal genomic screen for autism. Collaborative linkage study of autism.

    Barrett S;Beck Jc;Bernier R;Bisson E

  • A Replication of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) Revised Algorithms

    Katherine Gotham;Susan Risi;Geraldine Dawson;Helen Tager-Flusberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel S. Messinger
Daniel S. Messinger University of Miami
Sally J Ozonoff
Sally J Ozonoff University of California, Davis
Wendy L. Stone
Wendy L. Stone University of Washington
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum University of Alberta
Susan E. Bryson
Susan E. Bryson Dalhousie University
Joseph Piven
Joseph Piven University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Catherine Lord
Catherine Lord University of California, Los Angeles
Susan E. Folstein
Susan E. Folstein University of Miami
Helen Tager-Flusberg
Helen Tager-Flusberg Boston University
Sally J. Rogers
Sally J. Rogers University of California, Davis

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