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Sharon A. Cermak is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including psychology, medicine, and neuroscience, with a significant focus on cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, developmental and educational psychology, periodontics, and clinical psychology.

The scientist has a notable body of work related to autism spectrum disorder and related developmental conditions. Their main topics of research include:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Dental Health and Care Utilization
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Pediatric Health and Respiratory Diseases
  • Dental Research and COVID-19

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Sharon A. Cermak include:

  • "Oral Health and Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Unique Collaboration between Dentistry and Occupational Therapy" (2020), published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Motor performance, praxis, and social skills in autism spectrum disorder and developmental coordination disorder" (2022), published in Autism Research
  • "Motor problems in autism: Co-occurrence or feature?" (2023), published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • "Impact of Sensory Processing on School Performance Outcomes in High Functioning Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder" (2020), published in Mind Brain and Education
  • "Unique deficit in embodied simulation in autism: An fMRI study comparing autism and developmental coordination disorder" (2020), published in Human Brain Mapping

Frequent collaborators in their work include Leah I. Stein Duker, José C. Polido, Dominique H. Como, Lisa Aziz-Zadeh, and Emily Kilroy.

Sharon A. Cermak's work is frequently published in several key venues, notably:

  • American Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Brain Sciences
  • Autism Research
  • Research in Developmental Disabilities

Best Publications

  • A meta-analysis of sensory modulation symptoms in individuals with autism spectrum disorders.

    Ayelet Ben-Sasson;Liat Hen;Ronen Fluss;Sharon A. Cermak

  • Concept Evolution in Sensory Integration: A Proposed Nosology for Diagnosis

    Lucy Jane Miller;Marie E. Anzalone;Shelly J. Lane;Sharon A. Cermak

  • Food Selectivity and Sensory Sensitivity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Sharon A. Cermak;Carol Curtin;Linda G. Bandini

  • Food selectivity in children with autism spectrum disorders and typically developing children.

    Linda G. Bandini;Linda G. Bandini;Sarah E. Anderson;Carol Curtin;Sharon Cermak

  • Fine motor activities in elementary school: preliminary findings and provisional implications for children with fine motor problems.

    Kathleen McHale;Sharon A. Cermak

  • Developmental Coordination Disorder

    Sharon A. Cermak;Dawne Larkin

  • Extreme sensory modulation behaviors in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders.

    Ayelet Ben-Sasson;Sharon A Cermak;Gael I Orsmond;Helen Tager-Flusberg

  • The Influence of Ergonomic Factors and Perceptual-Motor Abilities on Handwriting Performance

    Mei Hui Tseng;Sharon A. Cermak

  • Sensory clusters of toddlers with autism spectrum disorders: differences in affective symptoms

    A. Ben-Sasson;S.A. Cermak;G.I. Orsmond;H. Tager-Flusberg

  • Definition and classification of negative motor signs in childhood

    Terence D. Sanger;Daofen Chen;Mauricio R. Delgado;Deborah Gaebler-Spira

  • Sensory Sensitivity and Food Selectivity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

    Liem T. Chistol;Linda G. Bandini;Aviva Must;Sarah Phillips

  • Comparison of physical activity between children with autism spectrum disorders and typically developing children

    Linda G Bandini;James Gleason;Carol Curtin;Keith Lividini

  • Fine motor activities in Head Start and kindergarten classrooms.

    Deborah Marr;Sharon Cermak;Ellen S. Cohn;Anne Henderson

  • Update of a Meta-analysis of Sensory Symptoms in ASD: A New Decade of Research

    Ayelet Ben-Sasson;Eynat Gal;Ronen Fluss;Neta Katz-Zetler

  • Oral care and sensory sensitivities in children with autism spectrum disorders.

    Leah I. Stein;José C. Polido;Zoe Mailloux;Gina G. Coleman

  • Sensory Adapted Dental Environments to Enhance Oral Care for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.

    Sharon A. Cermak;Leah I. Stein Duker;Marian E. Williams;Michael E. Dawson

  • Handwriting Readiness: Locatives and Visuomotor Skills in the Kindergarten Year.

    Deborah Marr;Mary-Margaret Windsor;Sharon Cermak

  • Sensory Processing in the Postinstitutionalized Child

    Sharon A. Cermak;Lisa A. Daunhauer

  • Verification and clarification of patterns of sensory integrative dysfunction.

    Zoe Mailloux;Shelley Mulligan;Susanne Smith Roley;Erna Imperatore Blanche

  • Sensory integration and praxis patterns in children with autism.

    Susanne Smith Roley;Zoe Mailloux;L. Diane Parham;Roseann C. Schaaf

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Dawson
Michael E. Dawson University of Southern California
Alice S. Carter
Alice S. Carter University of Massachusetts Boston
Sylvia Rodger
Sylvia Rodger University of Queensland
Laird S. Cermak
Laird S. Cermak Boston University
Gael I. Orsmond
Gael I. Orsmond Boston University
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati University of Southern California
Batya Engel-Yeger
Batya Engel-Yeger University of Haifa
Helen Tager-Flusberg
Helen Tager-Flusberg Boston University
Ernest R. Katz
Ernest R. Katz Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
John Sideris
John Sideris University of Southern California

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