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Robert M. Hodapp is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and has a research focus spanning social sciences, psychology, and medicine. Their scholarly output prominently addresses topics related to family and disability support, intellectual disabilities, and education for individuals with developmental challenges.

Their work includes contributions across several key topics:

  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
  • Disability Education and Employment
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Parental Involvement in Education

Hodapp's research also covers critical subfields, such as:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Safety Research
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Education

Their recent publications reflect continued engagement with intellectual and developmental disabilities, special education advocacy, and transition services for students with disabilities. Notable papers include:

  • "Training Healthcare Professionals to Work With People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities" (2021, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities)
  • "Getting from here to there: future planning as reported by adult siblings of individuals with disabilities" (2021, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research)
  • "Families Requesting Advocates for Children With Disabilities: The Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of Special Education Advocacy" (2020, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities)
  • "Revisiting the social validity of services rendered through a university-based practicum addressing challenging behavior" (2022, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis)
  • "Characteristics of Students With Disabilities Who Do and Do Not Receive Transition Services" (2020, The Journal of Special Education)

Hodapp frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Prominent coauthors include:

  • Meghan M. Burke
  • Richard C. Urbano
  • Samantha E. Goldman
  • Brittney L. Goscicki
  • Deborah J. Fidler

The most common venues for Hodapp's publications are:

  • Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
  • Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
  • Development and Psychopathology
  • The Journal of Special Education

Best Publications

  • Genetics and Mental Retardation Syndromes: A New Look at Behavior and Interventions

    Elisabeth M. Dykens;Robert M. Hodapp;Brenda M. Finucane

  • Understanding Mental Retardation

    Edward Zigler;Robert M. Hodapp

  • Profiles and development of adaptive behavior in children with Down syndrome

    Elisabeth M Dykens;Robert M Hodapp;David W Evans

  • Chronic stress and health among parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities

    Nancy Miodrag;Robert M Hodapp

  • Adult siblings of individuals with Down syndrome versus with autism: findings from a large-scale US survey

    R. M. Hodapp;R. C. Urbano

  • On the definition and classification of mental retardation.

    Edward Zigler;David Balla;Robert Hodapp

  • Fathers of children with Down's syndrome versus other types of intellectual disability: perceptions, stress and involvement

    L. A. Ricci;Robert M. Hodapp

  • Stress in Families of Young Children with Down Syndrome, Williams Syndrome, and Smith-Magenis Syndrome.

    Deborah J. Fidler;Robert M. Hodapp;Elisabeth M. Dykens

  • Less Stress, More Rewarding: Parenting Children With Down Syndrome

    Robert M. Hodapp;Tran M. Ly;Deborah J. Fidler;Leila A. Ricci

  • Families of children with Prader-Willi syndrome : Stress-support and relations to child characteristics

    Robert M. Hodapp;Elisabeth M. Dykens;Linda L. Masino

  • Families of persons with Down syndrome: new perspectives, findings, and research and service needs.

    Robert M. Hodapp

  • Relating Stress of Mothers of Children With Developmental Disabilities to Family–School Partnerships

    Meghan M. Burke;Robert M. Hodapp

  • Research in Mental Retardation: Toward an Etiologic Approach

    Elisabeth M. Dykens;Robert M. Hodapp

  • Profiles, correlates, and trajectories of intelligence in Prader-Willi syndrome.

    Elisabeth M. Dykens;Robert M. Hodapp;Kevin Walsh;Laura J. Nash

  • Handbook of Mental Retardation and Development

    Jacob A. Burack;Robert M. Hodapp;Edward Zigler

  • Predictors of future caregiving by adult siblings of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

    Meghan M Burke;Julie Lounds Taylor;Richard Urbano;Robert M Hodapp

  • Adaptive and maladaptive behavior in Prader-Willi syndrome.

    Elisabeth M. Dykens;Robert M. Hodapp;Kevin Walsh;Laura J. Nash

  • Siblings of Persons With Disabilities: Toward a Research Agenda

    Robert M. Hodapp;Laraine Masters Glidden;Ann P. Kaiser

  • Direct and Indirect Behavioral Effects of Different Genetic Disorders of Mental Retardation

    Robert M. Hodapp

  • The effects of the child with Down syndrome on maternal stress

    Robert M. Hodapp;Leila A. Ricci;Tran M. Ly;Deborah J. Fidler

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisabeth M. Dykens
Elisabeth M. Dykens Vanderbilt University
Edward Zigler
Edward Zigler Yale University
Deborah J. Fidler
Deborah J. Fidler Colorado State University
Jacob A. Burack
Jacob A. Burack McGill University
Christopher C. Henrich
Christopher C. Henrich University of Alabama at Birmingham
Erik W. Carter
Erik W. Carter Baylor University
Grace Iarocci
Grace Iarocci Simon Fraser University
Connie Kasari
Connie Kasari University of California, Los Angeles

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