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Current
CASRC projects/grants: Autism
Diagnostic and Assessment Services Project (ADAPT)
Research Interests: Diagnostic
and assessment practices for children with autism. Neuropsychological
development of attention and visuospatial processes in normal
and atypical development.
Other
Affiliations:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego;
Rady Children's Hospital and Health Center; San Diego State
University
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Dr. Akshoomoff's Vita
Selected
Publications:
Akshoomoff,
N., Farid, N., Haas, R., & Courchesne, E. (2007). Abnormalities
on the neurological examination and EEG in young children
with pervasive developmental disorders. Journal of Autism
and Developmental Disorders, 37, 887-893.
Wolf,
J.M., Fein, D.A., & Akshoomoff, N. (2007) Autism spectrum
disorders and social disabilities. In: S. Hunter & J.
Donders (Eds.), Pediatric Neuropsychological Intervention:
A Critical Review of Science and Practice (pp. 151-174).
Cambridge University Press.
Akshoomoff, N., Corsello,
C., & Schmidt, H. (2006). The role of the Autism Diagnostic
Observation Schedule in the assessment of autism spectrum
disorders in school and community settings. Special issue:
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Promoting Understanding, Interventions,
and School Success. The California School Psychologist,
11, 7-19.
Akshoomoff,
N. (2006) Use of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning for the
assessment of young children with autism spectrum disorders.
Special issue: Autism Spectrum Disorders. Child Neuropsychology,
12, 269-277.
Akshoomoff, N. (2006). Neuropsychiatric aspects of autistic
spectrum disorders and childhood onset schizophrenia. In:
C. E. Coffey and R. A. Brumback (Eds.), Pediatric Neuropsychiatry
(pp. 195-214). Baltimore: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Akshoomoff, N.A.,
& Stahmer, A. (2006). Early intervention programs and
policies for children with autistic spectrum disorders. In
H. E. Fitzgerald, B. M. Lester & B. Zuckerman (Eds.),
The Crisis in Youth Mental Health: Critical Issues and
Effective Programs. Vol. 1. Childhood Disorders (pp.
109-131). Westport, CT: Praeger.
Akshoomoff,
N., Stiles, J., & Wulfeck, B. (2006). Perceptual organization
and visual memory in children with specific language impairment.
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society,
12, 465-474.
Akshoomoff, N., Lord, C., Lincoln, A. J., Courchesne, R. Y.,
Carper, R. A., Townsend, J., & Courchesne, E. (2004).
Outcome classification of preschoolers with autism spectrum
disorders using MRI brain measures. Journal of the American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 43, 349–357.
Courchesne,
E., Carper, R., & Akshoomoff, N. (2003). Evidence of brain
overgrowth in the first year of life in autism. Journal
of the American Medical Association, 290, 337-344.
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