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 our Project Manager, Alex: 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

Hudry, K., Chetcuti, L., Tan, D.W., Clark, A., Aulich, A., Bent, C.A., Green, C.C., Smith, J., Fordyce, K., Ninomiya, M., Saito, A., Hakoshima, S., & Whitehouse, A.J.O. (2025). Accuracy of a 2-minute eye-tracking assessment to differentiate young children with and without autism. Molecular Autism, 16, 36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-025-00670-4

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

Ke, C., Carter, L.-A., Green, J., Whitehouse, A., Hudry, K., Barbaro, J., Dissanayake, C., Maybery, M., Slonims, V., Segal, L., Varcin, K., & Wan, M.W. (2025). Which emerging autism features at 12 months of age are associated with later parent-child interaction? Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 119, 102525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2024.102525

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

O’Connor, E., Treyvaud, K., Green, C.C., Green, J., Iacono, T., Maybery, M., Segal, L., Slonims, V., Varcin, K., Wan, M.W., Whitehouse, A.J.O., & Hudry, K. (2025). Caregiver broader autism phenotype does not moderate the effect of early caregiver-mediated support on infant language outcomes. Infant Behavior and Development, 80, 102093. https://doi/org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102093

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. (2025). Autistic and autism community perspectives on infant and family support in the first two years of life: Findings from a community consultation survey. Autism, 29, 2282-2296. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241262077.

Bent, C.A., Dwyer, P., & Hudry, K. (2025). Optimal amount of support for young Autistic children depends on their individual and family needs.  Evidence-Based Nursing, 28, 66. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104226

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.

Mudholkar, A., Korostenski, L., Hudry, K., & Lane, A. (2025). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of professionals working with young children with feeding difficulties. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 50, 319-333. https://doi.org/10.1177/18369391251337790

Mudholkar, A., St John, B., Korostenski, L., Hudry, K., & Lane, A. (2025). Engaged Eaters Program-Early Development (EEP-ED) delivered via telehealth for young Autistic children: A clinical case study. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 45, 848-864. https://doi.org/10.1080/01942638.2025.2522759

Pellicano, E., Bent, C.A., Iacono, T., Capes, K., Upson, S., & Hudry, K. (2025). “You feel part of something bigger”: Stakeholders’ experiences of a long-term community-academic participatory research partnership. Autism, 29, 2818-2831. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613251348485

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

Newton, C., Hudry, K., Aulich, A., Bent, C.A., Constantine, C., Franks, K., Goonetilleke, N., Green, C.C., Ijaz, R., Ma, E., Patel, K., Said, H., Wang, R., Wood, S., & Smith, J. (2025). “Individualisation is key”: Autism intervention professionals’ experiences of working with minority ethnic families in Australia. Research in Autism, 126, 202655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202655

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., Coverdale, G., Datta, P., Hall, G., Heyworth, M., Hudry, K., Lawson, W., Lilley, R., & Pellicano, E. (2025). “I just feel like the teacher understood me and she knew what I needed”: School experiences of Autistic students from diverse backgrounds. Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/23969415251377973

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. (2025). Predictors of change in wellbeing and mental health of parents of autistic preschoolers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 55, 3798-3810. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06471-7

O’Connor, E., Grant, M., Green, C.C., Treyvaud, K., & Hudry, K. (2025). Prospective association of parenting stress with later child behavior problems in early childhood autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 55, 2021-2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-06177-2

Whittingham, K., Kirby, G., Boyd, R.N., Novak, I., Mitchell, A.E., Reid, N., Keramat, S.A., Hudry, K., Barbaro, J., Barfoot, J., Ware, R.S., Russo, F., Heussler, H., McGlade, A., Bullot, A., MacDonald, M., Tran, T., Harrington, S., Sheffield, J., Olson, R., & Costa, N. (2025). Parenting Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Online (PACT Online) for parents of children diagnosed with or with increased likelihood of neurodevelopmental disability: Study protocol of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 15, e088981. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088981