San Diego State University

The purpose of this study is to integrate digital health (dHealth) technology into the Collaborative Life Skills Program (CLS), an established, school-based behavioral intervention for students with ADHD, to make the program accessible to schools that serve students from low-socioeconomic (SES) backgrounds. Existing evidence-based interventions for students with ADHD are often inaccessible in schools with limited resources to support implementation. By adapting CLS to include a dHealth tool-...

The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research focused on improving outcomes for Latine transborder caregivers and their young children with or at risk for autism. The PI will also participate in mentoring and training to build skills related to community-engaged cultural adaptation, mixed methods, and single-case design research. Early intervention for Latine children on the autism spectrum is challenging as there are systemic barriers that prevent families from receivin...

The purpose of this project is to develop an empirical method for adapting an evidence-based practice (EBP) for individual students and settings and to develop and innovative distance training and coaching model focused on key ingredients of an EBP for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). There are multiple evidence-based practices (EBPs) available for students with ASD that teachers can select from; however, teachers report insufficient access to effective training and data-based ...

The goal of this project is to examine the efficacy of Project ImPACT for Toddlers (PIT), a naturalistic intervention that focuses on building parents' capacity to support the social communication development of their children with or at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in community-based early intervention settings. Focusing on toddlers is important because ASD diagnoses are occurring earlier and there is evidence that intervening at the first signs of ASD risk, even before diagnosis...

The purpose of this project is to develop and evaluate the potential efficacy of a focused vocabulary and oral language intervention for improving the academic readiness (VOLAR) of preschool Spanish-speaking children with language disorders within the preschool curriculum. The VOLAR program was designed to evaluate whether a focused and direct vocabulary and oral language instruction facilitates academic readiness (i.e., vocabulary, oral language, phonological awareness, cognitive, and socio...