• Koegel Home
• Pivotal Response Treatment
• Assessment Clinic
• How to Get Help


• PRT Certifications, Conferences, & Workshops
  • PRT Certifications
  • PRT Conferences
  • PRT Intensive Workshops
  • PRT Lectures and Presentations
• Training Manuals
• Recent Books

Our Research Grants
• Dept of Rehabilitation
• NIH
• Autism Science Foundation
• First S.T.E.P.
• PDF
• Previous NIMH
• Broad Asperger's Center
  • Relevant Research from Major Universities
  • Research in Progress
  • Presentations
• Grad Student Research
• Undergraduate Research
• Recent Publications


• Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions


• Donations
• Awards
• Special Events
• Directions
• Contact

UCSB Koegel Autism Center

jessica bradshaw Third Year Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology     Research Interests: Early identification and intervention in infants and toddlers at risk for autism spectrum disorder.

Publications

Bradshaw, J., Shic, F., & Chawarska, K. (2010). Brief Report: Face-Specific Recognition Deficits in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities.

Shic, F., Bradshaw, J., Scassellati, B., Chawarska, K. (2011). Limited Activity Monitoring in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Brain Research, 1380, 246-254.

 

Current Studies

Child-Initiated Interactions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (NIH)

Prelinguistic Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Infants (ASF)

Grants

Autism Science Foundation Pre-Doctoral Training Award

 

Conference Presentations

Shic, F., Chawarska, K., Bradshaw, J., & Scassellati, B. (2008). Autism, Eye-Tracking, Entropy. In 7th Annual IEEE Conference on Development and Learning. Monterey, CA.

Bradshaw, J., Shic, F., Chawarska, K. (2010). Visual Recognition of Social and Nonsocial Stimuli in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. International Meeting for Autism Research 2010. Philadelphia, PA.

Shic, F., Bradshaw, J., Klin, A., Scasselati, B., Chawarska, K. (2010) Exploration of the Activities of Others Predicts Social and Cognitive Deficits in Toddlers with ASD. International Meeting for Autism Research 2010. Philadelphia, PA.

Bradshaw, J., Shic, F., Chawarska, K. (2010).  Dynamic Patterns of Face-Scanning in Infants From 6 to 18 Months of Age: A Longitudinal and Time-Course Analysis.  XVIIth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies. Baltimore, MD.

Bradshaw, J., Shic, F., Chawarska, K. (2009).  Impaired Face but Not Object Recognition in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.  International Meeting for Autism Research 2009. Chicago, IL.

Shic, F., Bradshaw, J., Scassellati, B., Klin, A., Chawarska., K. (2009).  Aytpical Activity Monitoring in 20-Month Old Toddlers with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. International Meeting for Autism Research 2009. Chicago, IL.

Chawarska, K., Shic F., Bradshaw J., Macari, S., Klin, A. (2009). Atypical Face Scanning in Unaffected High Risk Infant Siblings. International Meeting for Autism Research 2009. Chicago, IL.

Bradshaw, J., Shic, F., Butler, B., Chawarska, K. (2009).  Face and Object Processing in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder:  The Role of Key-Features and Functioning in Recognition.  2009 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Denver, CO.

Shic, F., Chawarska, K., Bradshaw, J., Scassellati, B. (2009).  A Progressive Dynamic Analysis of Face Scanning in 2- and 4-year Old Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typically-Developing Controls.  2009 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Denver, CO.

Bulter, B., Macari, S., Bradshaw, J., Chawarska, K. (2009). Temperament in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Delays, and Typical Development. 2009 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting.  Denver, CO.

Chawarska, K., Shic, F., Macari, S., Bradshaw, J., Klin, A., & Volkmar, F. R. (2008). Action and Speech Monitoring Delays in 3-month-old Infants at Risk for ASD. In International Meeting for Autism Research 2008. London, UK.

What you like most about the program:

The CCSP program provides an excellent venue for gaining clinical experience in both behavioral therapy with children with autism and psychotherapy with an array of populations.  Research within those areas then often arises from firsthand clinical work.