"Grant Type","Year","Title","Description","Investigator/Fellow","Institution","Award Type","Location","Findings","Publications"
"","2008","Scales, procedures, and intervention programs for estimating the prevalence of childhood disability and autism in Bangladesh","The diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) has increased six-fold over the past decade in Bangladesh. However, this resource-poor country has no comprehensive...","Khan, Naila","Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation","Pilot","Dhaka, Bangladesh","",""
"","2007","Enhancing Inter-subjectivity in Infants at High-Risk for Autism","Recently a great deal of progress has been made in identifying the earliest signs of autism and related autistic spectrum disorders (ASD). This has been made possible...","Bryson, Susan","IWK Health Centre","Early Intervention & Treatment","Halifax, Canada","",""
"","2006","Brief Training in Pivotal Response Treatment for Parents of Children Newly Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder","Early diagnosis and early treatment for autism spectrum disorders is critical to ensuring the best outcome for children with this potentially devastating disorder. A...","Coolican, Jamesie","IWK Health Centre","Predoctoral Fellowships","Halifax, Canada","",""
"","2011","Estimating the Economic Costs of Autism","The purpose of this study is to provide an up-to-date estimate of the economic costs associated with autism spectrum disorders. There have been several comprehensive...","Knapp, Martin","London School of Economics","Other","London, United Kingdom","",""
"","2010","Biomarkers and Diagnostics for ASD","The diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is subjective because of the complex spectrum of symptoms and the lack of empirical markers. This is due to the fact...","Bahn, Sabine","University of Cambridge","Basic & Clinical","Cambridge, United Kingdom","",""
"","2011","PASS: Parent-mediated intervention for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in South Asia","The majority of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) live in low and middle-income countries and have little access to effective interventions or services....","Rahman, Atif","University of Liverpool","Global Autism Public Health","Liverpool, United Kingdom","",""
"","2012","Emergent Communication Skills of Nonverbal Children with Autism Facilitated by Relational Responding","Computer-based alternative communication devices are widely used by nonverbal children with autism to make requests and independently communicate with caregivers....","Dymond, Simon","Swansea University","Treatment","Swansea, United Kingdom","",""
"","2011","Estimating the Economic Costs of Autism","The purpose of this study is to provide an up-to-date estimate of the economic costs associated with autism spectrum disorders. There have been several comprehensive...","Mandell, David","University of Pennsylvania","Other","Philadelphia, PA","",""
"","2010","Meta Analysis - TTN","In 2006, Autism Speaks funded a group of projects to test the efficacy of various instantiations of parent-implemented treatments to toddlers under the age of 25...","Rogers, Sally","University of California, Davis","Other","Davis, CA","",""
"","2011","Dissemination of multi-stage screening to underserved culturally-diverse families","Although there have been many efforts to identify children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in the first years of life, children from ethnic minority groups are...","Martinez-Pedraza, Frances","University of Massachusetts, Boston","Predoctoral Fellowships","Boston, MA","",""
"","2010","Neuronal Epigenome Mapping in Autism","For the majority of patients diagnosed with autism, no straightforward genetic cause has been identified. One of the important theories about autism implies that in...","Akbarian, Schahram","University of Massachusetts Medical School","Pilot","Worcester, MA","",""
"","2010","Using Parent Report to Identify Infants Who Are at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)","The goal of this research is to create a screening tool that will have strong sensitivity and specificity in identifying infants in their 8th through 15th month who...","Reznick, James","University of North Carolina","Basic & Clinical","Chapel Hill, NC","",""
"","2010","Pivotal Response Group Treatment for Parents of Young Children with Autism","Rates of autism have increased in the last ten years in the United States with children being diagnosed as young as 18 months of age and an increasing need for...","Hardan, Antonio","Stanford University","Treatment","Stanford, CA","",""
"","2010","Early Intervention in an Underserved Population","The prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has increased dramatically in recent years, with recent data reporting one out of every 150 children being affected (...","Lord, Catherine","Weill Medical College of Cornell University","Treatment","New York, NY","",""
"","2007","A Play and Joint Attention Intervention for Preschool Teachers and Young Children with Autism","Research has shown both symbolic play and joint attention are delayed and deficient in young children with autism, and predictive of their later language and social...","Wong, Connie","Cleveland State University","Basic & Clinical","Cleveland, OH","",""
"","2007","A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Treatments for Verbal Communication","This study will examine the relative effectiveness of two communication interventions on the production of speech in 40 preschool children with ASD (3 to 6 years) who...","Paul, Rhea","Yale University","Basic & Clinical","New Haven, CT","",""
"","2007","Intervention for Infants at Risk for Autism","The purpose of the proposed study is to demonstrate, for the first time, that interventions begun during the infant period can reduce, and perhaps prevent, autism...","Rogers, Sally","University of California, Davis","Early Intervention & Treatment","Davis, CA","",""
"","2007","Effects of Parent-Implemented Intervention for Toddlers with Autism Spectrum","This project will directly compare two different interventions in families with a child at risk for developing autism at 18 months of age. The first is a parent-...","Wetherby, Amy","Florida State University","Early Intervention & Treatment","Tallahassee, FL","",""
"","2007","Promoting Early Social-communicative Competency in Toddlers with Autism","Children with autism show a characteristic deficit in the ability to coordinate interest in external objects or events with other people. This is referred to as joint...","Schertz, Hannah","Indiana University","Early Intervention & Treatment","Indianapolis, IN","",""
"","2007","Intervention for Infants at Risk for Autism","Two additional members of the High Risk Baby Siblings Research Consortium, Drs. Dawson and Rogers, have collaborated to develop a manualized intervention strategy...","Estes, Annette","University of Washington","Early Intervention & Treatment","Seattle, WA","",""
"","2007","Promoting Communication Skills in Toddlers At Risk for Autism","This research aims to identify causal factors that determine the developmental course of toddlers who have a “high risk” for autism (ASD). For this purpose we will...","Kasari, Connie","University of California, Los Angeles","Early Intervention & Treatment","Los Angeles, CA","",""
"","2007","A Multi-Site Clinical Randomized Trial of the Hanen More than Words Intervention","This study will also use a parent-based intervention, but is unique in that it brings together three members of the Autism-Speaks High Risk Baby Siblings Research...","Carter, Alice","University of Massachusetts, Boston","Early Intervention & Treatment","Boston, MA","",""
"","2007","Early intervention for children screened positive for autism by the First Year Inventory","The University of North Carolina will use an assessment tool called the “First Year Inventory” to identify infants from a population-based sampling method at 12...","Baranek, Grace","University of North Carolina","Early Intervention & Treatment","Chapel Hill, NC","",""
"","2006","Development of Face Processing in Toddlers with Autism: Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Attention","This project will examine face scanning patterns, sensitivity to direct gaze, and the development of other visual processes in toddlers with ASD, toddlers with...","Chawarska, Katarzyna","Yale University","Pilot","New Haven, CT","",""
"","2006","Identifying Neurobehavioral Markers of ASD in High Risk Infants","This pilot project is designed to identify novel neurobehavioral risk markers for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) that may be present during the first 12 months of...","Tager-Flusberg, Helen","Boston University","Basic & Clinical","Boston, MA","",""
"","2011","Early Intervention Professional Development: Evidenced-based practices and Program Quality","Promoting the Use of Evidence-based Practices for Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their Families will expand on the work conducted by the National...","Odom, Samuel","University of North Carolina","Other","Chapel Hill, NC","",""
"","2011","Prevalence and patterns of medical co-morbidity and healthcare use before ASD diagnoses in children","Comprehensive electronic medical record data for a large, racially and ethnically diverse population of children born within the Kaiser Permanente (KP) Medical Care...","Croen, Lisa","Kaiser Permanente","Other","Oakland, CA","",""
"","2011","Comprehensive Parent-Mediated Intervention for Children with Autism in Southern Taiwan","Research evidence shows that timely access to early intervention is associated with positive cognitive, adaptive behavior, and language outcomes for children with...","Lee, Li-Ching","Johns Hopkins University","Global Autism Public Health","Baltimore, MD","",""
"","2011","Screening, Diagnosis and Parent Training for Young Children with ASD in Albania","Families with autism are underserved in Albania, a country of 3,000,000 in southeast Europe. In 2009-2011, partnership between Autism Speaks and the Albanian Children...","Fein, Deborah","University of Connecticut","Global Autism Public Health","Storrs, CT","",""
"","2011","Effects of Self-Generated Experiences on Social Cognitive Development in Young Children with Autism","This randomized clinical trial is designed to address Autism Speaks’ priority of developing and evaluating novel interventions for core autism symptoms. The study...","Landa, Rebecca","Hugo W. Moser Research at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.","Basic & Clinical","Baltimore, MD","",""
"","2011","Behavioral and neural underpinnings of learning in autism predict response to intervention","Early intervention is considered critical for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Yet, recent reports suggest that there is significant variability in...","Jones, Rebecca","Weill Medical College of Cornell University","Postdoctoral Fellowships","New York, NY","",""
"","2008","Behavioral Trainings for Families and Educators in Southeastern Mississippi","The state of Mississippi currently has limited behavioral services (e.g., applied behavior analysis) which are offered to families and educators. Through the support...","Buttross-Brinegar, Margaret","The University of Southern Mississippi","Community Grants","Hattiesburg, MI","",""
"","2008","Parent P.R.E.P (Pre-School Readiness and Education Program)","The Parent P.R.E.P pilot will create a formalized, hands-on training model that aims to educate parents with children (ages 1-3) in a school-based and home setting....","Kinne, Elizabeth","Hurst Wood Education Foundation & Clear Horizons Academy","Community Grants","Provo, UT","",""
"","2011","Strengthening the effects of parent-implemented early intervention to improve symptoms of ASD","Recent randomized studies have failed to demonstrate that parent-implemented play and communication-based interventions delivered in typical home routines...","Estes, Annette","University of Washington","Other","Seattle, WA","",""
"","2011","Strengthening the effects of parent-implemented early intervention to improve symptoms of ASD","Recent randomized studies have failed to demonstrate that parent-implemented play and communication-based interventions delivered in typical home routines...","Rogers, Sally","University of California, Davis","Other","Davis, CA","",""
"","2012","Increasing ASD screening and referral among NYC's Korean Americans","The purpose of this project is to develop and test the effectiveness of materials designed to increase the identification and referral to early intervention of Korean...","Mandell, David","University of Pennsylvania","Other","Philadelphia, PA","",""
"","2012","Validation of web-based administration of the M-CHAT-R with Follow-up (M-CHAT-R/F)","Toddler screening for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has a tremendous impact on reducing the age of diagnosis, thereby increasing the time children with ASD can...","Robins, Diana","Georgia State University","Other","Atlanta, GA","",""
"","2012","Training Community Providers to Implement an Evidence-Based Early Intervention Program","The BRIDGE Collaborative consists of community providers, parents, funding agencies and researchers working together to develop a community plan to assist children...","Stahmer, Aubyn","University of California, San Diego","Treatment","San Diego, CA","",""
"","2012","The Earlier, the Better: Ensuring Access to Early Intervention and Preschool Services for Children with Autism"," 
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) mandates that children with disabilities ages birth to 3 receive early intervention...","Olga Pribyl","Equip for Equality","Other","","",""
"","2012","School-Based Social Skills Groups by Belle Children's Services of St. Louis Arc"," 
St. Louis Arc was founded in 1950. Today, more than sixty years later, it has grown into a multiservice agency that helps more than 3,000 people each...","","St. Louis Arc","Other","","",""
"","2013","Using Growth Trajectories To Predict Distal Outcomes in Parent-Implemented Intervention for Toddlers","Early intervention for toddlers with ASD is critical, given the potential for altering brain development and the increasing focus on early screening and diagnosis....","Guthrie, Whitney","Florida State University","Predoctoral Fellowships","Tallahassee, FL","",""