Connie Kasari

Education

Ph.D., Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985

Research Interests

Research focuses on social-emotional and cognitive development in atypical children. Current research interests include randomized control treatment studies of social and communication behavior in children with autism.

Current Research Projects

Recent Publications

Kasari, C. (2002). Assessing change in early intervention programs for children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 32, 447-461.

Kasari, C., Freeman, S., & Bass, W. (2003). Empathy and response to distress in children with Down syndrome. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 44, 424-431.

Robertson, K, & Kasari, C. (2003). Teacher-child relationships of children with autism in inclusive settings. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 33, 123-130.

Paparella, T., & Kasari, C. (2004). Joint attention skills and language development in special needs populations: Tranlating research to practice. Infants & Young Children,17, 269-280.

Kasari, C. & Rotheram-Fuller, E. (2005). Current trends in psychological research on children with high-functioning autism and Asperger disorder. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 18, 497-501.

Kasari, C., Freeman, S., & Paparella, T. (2006). Joint attention and symbolic play in young children with autism: A randomized controlled intervention study. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 47, 611-620.

Chamberlain, B., Kasari, C. & Rotheram, E. (in press). Isolation or involvement? The social networks of children with autism in regular classes. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Kasari, C., Gulsrud, A., Johnson, S., & Jahromi, L (in press). Emotion Regulation in Fragile-X Syndrome, In D. Bailey & S. Warren (Eds).,Fragile X syndrome and early intervention.

Kasari, C., & Rotheram-Fuller, E. (in press). Peer Relationships of Children with Autism: Challenges and Interventions . To appear in E. Hollander & E. Anagnostou (Eds.) Clinical Manual for the Treatment of Autism. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

Kasari, C., Freeman, S., Paparella, T., Wong, C., Kwon, S., & Gulsrud, A. (in press). Early Intervention in Autism: Focus on Core Deficits. International Journal Clinical Neuropsychiatry

Links

CART: Center for Autism Research and Treatment

MRRC: Mental Retardation Research Center