The Childhood Autism and Parenting Team | La Trobe UniversityPublications

Publications

Our published research spans several areas related to child development and autism.

Recent publications are shown below, organised by main theme. Many of these are available online for free. If you have any trouble accessing something, please contact Alex, our Senior Project Coordinator: a.aulich@latrobe.edu.au

 

 

Chetcuti, L., Varcin, K.J., Boutrus, M., Smith, J., Bent, C.A., Whitehouse, A.J.O., & Hudry, K. (2024). Feasibility of a 2-minute eye-tracking protocol to support the early identification of autism. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 5117. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55643-z

Berends, D., Bent, C.A., Vivanti, G., Dissanayake, C., & Hudry, K. (2023). Developmental skills moderate the association between core autism features and adaptive behaviour in early childhood. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 54, 2419–2429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-05932-9

Chetcuti, L., Uljarević, M., Varcin, K.J., Boutrus, M., Dimov, S., Pillar, S., Barbaro, J., Dissanayake, C., Green, J., Whitehouse, A.J.O., & Hudry, K. (2022). Continuity of temperament subgroup classifications from infancy to toddlerhood in the context of early autism traits. Autism Research, 16, 591–604. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2874

Loncarevic, A., Maybery, M.T., Barbaro, J., Dissanayake, C., Green, J., Hudry, K., Iacono, T., Slonims, V., Varcin, K.J., Wan, M.W., Wray, J., & Whitehouse, A.J.O. (2023). Parent-child interactions may help to explain relations between parent characteristics and clinically observed child autistic behaviours. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 54, 2742–2756. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-05914-x

Natoli, K., Brown, A., Bent, C.A., Luu, J., & Hudry, K. (2023). No sex differences in core autism features, social functioning, cognition, or co-occurring conditions in young autistic children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 107, 102207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2023.102207

Peng, E., Desai, T., Green, C.C., Trevis, K. J., Brown, N.J., Delatycki, M. B., Scheffer, I. E., & Wilson, S.J. (2023). Endophenotyping social cognition in the broader autism phenotype. Autism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3057

Bent, C.A., Aulich, A., Constantine, C., Fidock, E., Dwyer, P., Green, C.C., Smith, J., Gurba, A.N., Harrington, L.T., Gore, K.E., Rabba, A.S., Ayton, L.N., Fordyce, K., Green, J., Jellett, R., Kennedy, L.J., MacDuffie, K.E., Meera, S.S., Watson, L.R., Whitehouse, A.J.O., & Hudry, K. (2024). Autistic and autism community perspectives on infant and family support in the first two years of life: Findings from a community consultation survey. Autism. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241262077.

Bent, C.A., Pellicano, E., Iacono, T., & Hudry, K. (2022). Perspectives from parents of autistic children on participating in early intervention and associated research. Autism, 27(5), e136236132211415. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221141540.

Green, C.C., Bent, C.A., Smith, J., Chetcuti, L., Uljarević, M., Pye, K., Toscano, G., & Hudry, K. (2024). An evaluation of child and parent outcomes following community-based early intervention with randomized parent-mediated intervention for autistic preschoolers. Child & Youth Care Forum. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-024-09792-x.

Pye, K., Jackson, H., Iacono, T., & Shiell, A. (2024). Economic evaluation of early interventions for autistic children: A scoping review. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 54, 1691-1711. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-05938-3.

Pye, K., Le, H.N.D., Iacono, T., & Gold, L. (2024). Utilization of early therapeutic supports by autistic preschoolers in Australia: A cross-sectional study following implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Autism Research, 17(12), 2689-2701. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3255.

Segal, L., Green, J., Twizeyemariya, A., Hudry, K., Wan, M.W., Barbaro, J., Iacono, T., Varcin, K.J., Pillar, S., Cooper, M.N., Billingham, W., Upson, G., & Whitehouse, A.J.O. (2023). Estimated therapy costs and downstream cost consequences of iBASIS–Video Interaction to Promote Positive Parenting Intervention vs usual care among children displaying early behavioral signs of autism in Australia. JAMA Network Open, 6(4), e235847. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.5847.

Smith, J., Aulich, A., Bent, C.A., Constantine, C., Franks, K., Goonetilleke, N., Green, C., Lee, P., Ma, E., Said, H., Wang, R., Wood, S., & Hudry, K. (2023). “What is early intervention? I had no idea”: Chinese parents’ experiences of early supports for their autistic children in Australia. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 108, 102227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2023.102227.

Trembath, D., Varcin, K., Waddington, H., Sulek, R., Bent, C.A., Ashburner, J., Eapen, V., Goodall, E., Hudry, K., Roberts, J., Silove, N., & Whitehouse, A.J.O. (2022). Non-pharmacological interventions for autistic children: An umbrella review. Autism, 27(2), e136236132211193. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221119368.

Hudry, K., Smith, J., Pillar, S., Varcin, K.J., Bent, C.A., Boutrus, M., Chetcuti, L., Clark, A., Dissanayake, C., Iacono, T., Kennedy, L., Lant, A., Robinson Lake, J., Segal, L., Slonims, V., Taylor, C., Wan, M.W., Green, J., & Whitehouse, A.J.O. (2023). The utility of natural language samples for assessing communication and language in infants referred with early signs of autism. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51(4), 529–539. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-01010-3

Smith, J., Chetcuti, L., Kennedy, L., Varcin, K.J., Slonims, V., Bent, C.A., Green, J., Iacono, T., Pillar, S., Taylor, C., Wan, M.W., Whitehouse, A.J.O., & Hudry, K. (2022). Caregiver sensitivity predicts infant language use, and infant language complexity predicts caregiver language complexity, in the context of possible emerging autism. Autism Research, 15(8), 1801-1813. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2879

Smith, J., Sulek, R., Van Der Wert, K., Cincotta-Lee, O., Green, C.C., Bent, C.A., Chetcuti, L., & Hudry, K. (2022). Parental imitations and expansions of child language predict later language outcomes of autistic preschoolers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(9), 3542-3555. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05706-9

Trembath, D., Stainer, M., Caithness, T., Dissanayake, C., Eapen, V., Fordyce, K., Frewer, V., Frost, G., Hudry, K., Iacono, T., Mahler, N., Masi, A., Paynter, J., Pye, K., Quan, S., Shellshear, L., Sutherland, R., Sievers, S., Thirumanickam, A., & Westerveld, M.F. (2022). Spoken language change in children on the autism spectrum receiving community-based interventions. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(11), 4870-4884. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05511-4

Smith, J., Aulich, A., Bent, C.A., Constantine, C., Franks, K., Goonetilleke, N., Green, C.C., Lee, P., Ma, E., Said, H., Wang, R., Wood, S., & Hudry, K. (2023). “What is early intervention? I had no idea”: Chinese parents’ experiences of early supports for their autistic children in Australia. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 108, 102227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2023.102227

Smith, J., Rabba, A.S., Dang, N., Datta, P., Dresens, E., Nguyen, H.T.T., Nguyen, K.-V., Nguyen, P., Hall, G., Heyworth, M., Lawson, W., Lilley, R., Syeda, N., & Pellicano, E. (2023). “We don’t make trouble”: Vietnamese parents’ experiences of parent-teacher partnerships for their autistic children. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 103, 102142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2023.102142

Smith, J., Rabba, A.S., Ali, A., Datta, P., Dresens, E., Faragaab, N., Hall, G., Heyworth, M., Ige, K., Lawson, W., Lilley, R., Syeda, N., & Pellicano, E. (2023). “Somali parents feel like they’re on the outer”: Somali mothers’ experiences of parent–teacher relationships for their autistic children. Autism. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221146077

Smith, J., Rabba, A.S., Datta, P., Dresens, E., Wang, R., Cong, L., Dang, N., Hall, G., Heyworth, M., Lawson, W., Lee, P., Lilley, R., Ma, E., Nguyen, H.T.T., Nguyen, K.-V., Nguyen, P., Yeow, C.T., & Pellicano, E. (2023). “It’s really important to be collaborating”: Experiences of participatory research for Chinese and Vietnamese parents of autistic children. Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 8. https://doi.org/10.1177/23969415231210482

Green, C.C., Smith, J., Bent, C.A., Chetcuti, L., Uljarević, M., Benson, P.R., & Hudry, K. (2024). Predictors of change in wellbeing and mental health of parents of autistic preschoolers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06471-7

O’Connor, E., Grant, M., Green, C.C., Treyvaud, K., & Hudry, K. (2023). Prospective association of parenting stress with later child behavior problems in early childhood autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-06177-2