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Dr. Lerner's Current Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
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Published Works
  1. McKenney, E. E., Richards, J. K.,* Day, T. C.,* Brunwasser, S. M., Cucchiara, C.L., Kofner, B.,
    McDonald, R. G., Gillespie-Lynch, K., Lamm, J., Kang, E., Lerner, M.D., & Gotham, K. O. (in press). Satisfaction with social connectedness is associated with depression and anxiety symptoms in neurodiverse first-semester college students. Autism.
  2. Gerber, A.H.*, Keluskar, J. & Lerner, M.D. (in press). Longitudinal Impact of the COVID-19
    Pandemic on Social Disruption and Loneliness in Autistic and Non-Autistic Youth. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
  3. Kang E., Cargill, M. I.,* Khawar, S,* Jeyanayagam, B.,* McDonald, R.G.,* & Lerner, M. D. (in
    press). Social Skills Training. In P. Sturmey, R. Lang, & J. K. Luiselli (Eds.). Lifespan Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Evidence-Based Guide for Professionals and Families. New York: Oxford University Press. 
  4. Drahota, A., Sridhar, A., Moskowitz, L., Kerns, C., Soorya, L., Wainer, A., Cohn, E., & Lerner, M. D. (in press). Usual care for autistic youth: Community-based providers’ reported use of treatment practices in the United States. Frontiers in Psychiatry.
  5. Gates, J.A.,* McNair, M.L.,* Richards, J.K.,* & Lerner, M.D. (in press). Social knowledge & performance in autism: a critical review & recommendations. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review.  doi.org/10.1007/s10567-023-00449-0
  6. Lerner, M.D., Gurba, A.N.,* Gassner, D.L. (in press). A framework for neurodiversity-affirming interventions for autistic individuals. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.  https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000839
  7. McNair, M.L.,* Keenan, E.G.,* Houck, A.,* Lerner, M.D. (in press). Seeking Contexts that Promote Neurodiverse Social Success: Patterns of behavior during minimally-structured interaction settings in autistic and non-autistic youth. Development & Psychopathology.
  8. Day, T.C.,* Gerber, A.,* McNair, M.L.,* Reicher, D., & Lerner, M.D. (in press). Trajectories of
    internalizing symptoms among autistic and nonautistic youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Autism Research.
  9. Brown, C.E.,* Lerner, M.D., Stadheim, J.L.,* Kerns, C., Moskowitz, L., Cohn, E., Drahota, A.,
    Soorya, L., & Wainer, A. (in press). Provider self-reported use and usefulness of intervention strategies for externalizing behaviors in youths with ASD. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
  10. Keenan, E. G.,* Gurba, A. N.,* Mahaffey, B., Kappenberg, C. F., & Lerner, M. D. (in press). Leveling up dialectical behavior therapy for autistic individuals with emotion dysregulation: Clinical and personal insights. Autism in Adulthood.
  11. Mayor-Torres, J. G. M.,* Medina-DeVillers, S., Clarkson, T.,* Lerner, M. D., & Riccardi, G. (in press) Evaluation of interpretability for deep learning algorithms in EEG emotion recognition: A case study in autism. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.
  12. Corbett, B. A., White, S. W., Lerner, M. D., Preacher, K. J., Klemencic, M. E., Simmons, G. L., Pilkington, J., Gable, P., Gioia, A.,* & Key, A. P. (in press). Peers, play, and performance to build social salience in autistic youth: A multisite randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
  13. Fjermestad, K. W., McLeod, B. D., Silverman, W. K., Bjaastad, J. F, Lerner, M. D., & Wergeland, G. J. H. (in press). The Therapy Process Observational Coding System: Group Cohesion Scale in youth anxiety treatment: Psychometric properties. Journal of Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23496
  14. Day, T. C.,* Malik, I.,* Boateng, S.,* Hauschild, K. M.,* & Lerner, M. D. (in press). Vocal emotion recognition in autism: Behavioral performance and event-related potential (ERP) response. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-05898-8
  15. Kang, E.,* Lerner, M. D., & Gadow, K. D. (in press). The importance of parent-teacher informant discrepancy in characterizing autistic youth: A replication latent profile analysis. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2022.2154217
  16. Gates, J. A.,* Gerber, A.,* Miller, C. M.,* & Lerner, M. D. (203). Quantifying social skill deficits and strengths profiles in autistic youth. Child Development, 94(3), 659-673. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13889
  17. Lerner, M. D., & Day, T. C. (2023). Beyond the landmarks: Where to next with biomarkers of autism? American Journal of Psychiatry, 180(1), 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220905
  18. McKenney, E. E.,* Brunwasser, S., Richards, J.,* Day, T.,* Kofner, B., McDonald, R.,* Williams, Z. J., Gillespie-Lynch, K., Kang, E., Lerner, M. D., & Gotham, K. O. (2023). Repetitive negative thinking as a transdiagnostic prospective predictor of depression and anxiety symptoms in neurodiverse first-semester college students. Autism in Adulthood. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2022.0078
  19. De Los Reyes, A., Epkins, C. C., Asmundson, G. J. G., Augenstein, T. M., Becker, K. D., Becker, S. P., Bonadio, F. T., Borelli, J. L., Boyd, R. C., Bradshaw, C. P., Burns, G. L., Casale, G., Causadias, J. M., Cha, C. B., Chorpita, B. F., Cohen, J. R., Comer, J. S., Crowell, S. E., Dirks, M. A., Drabick, D. A. G., DuPaul, G. J., Ehrlich, K. B., Evans, S. C., Evans, S. W., Felton, J. W., Fite, P. J., Gadow, K. D., Galán, C. A., Garbacz, S. A., Gaylord-Harden, N., Humphreys, K. L., Gerber, A. H., Hogue, A., Ivanova, M. Y., Jarrett, M. A., Jensen-Doss, A., Kang, E., Kendall, P. C., Laird, R. D., Langberg, J. M., Langer, D. A., Lee, S. S., Lerner, M. D., Lippold, M. A., Luebbe, A. M., Makol, B. A., McLeod, B. D., McMahon, R. J., Miller, M., Ohannessian, C. M., Ollendick, T. H., Piña, A., Prinstein, M. J., Rabinowitz, J., Reynolds, E. K., Salekin, R. T., Schleider, J. L., Scott, J. C., Talbott, E., Silverman, W. K., Spears, A. P., von der Embse, N., Wakschlag, L. S., Wang, M., Watts, A. L., Weisz, J. R., White, B. A., White, S. W., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2023). Editorial statement about JCCAP’s 2023 special issue on informant discrepancies in youth mental health assessments: Observations, guidelines, and future directions grounded in 60 years of research. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 52(1), 147-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2022.2158842
  20. De Los Reyes, A., Wang, M., Lerner, M. D., Makol, B. A., Fitzpatrick, O. M., & Weisz, J. R. (2022). The Operations Triad Model and youth mental health assessments: Catalyzing a paradigm shift in measurement validation. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 52(5), 19-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2022.2111684 
  21. Lerner, M. D., Brown, C. E.,* Sridhar, A.,* Tschida, J. E.,* Felsman, P. G.,* Libsack, E. J.,* Kerns, C. M., Moskowitz, L., Soorya, L., Wainer, A., Cohn, E., & Drahota, A. (2022). Usual care for youth with autism spectrum disorder: Community-based providers’ reported familiarity with treatment practices. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.923025
  22. McDonald, R. G.,* Khawar, S.,* Yacoub, N., Cargill, M. I., Lerner, M. D., & Kang, E. (2022). Performance- and theater-based social skills interventions for supporting social cognition and social communication in autistic youth: A review and theoretical synthesis. Seminars in Speech and Language, 43(4), 255-276. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1750763 
  23. Gerber, A. H.,* Kang, E.,* Nahmias, A. S., Libsack, E. J.,* Simson, C. E.* & Lerner, M. D. (2022). Predictors of treatment response to a community-delivered group social skills intervention for youth with ASD. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05559-2 
  24. Cooper, C. M.,* Rosen, T.,* Kim, H.,* Eaton, N., Cohn, E., Drahota, A., Moskowitz, L., UCAS Consortium, Lerner, M. D., & Kerns, C. M. (2022). Predictors of expert providers’ familiarity with intervention practices for school- and transition-age youth with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 27(2), 331-343. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221100787 
  25. Mayor Torres, J. M. ¥*, Clarkson, T. ¥*, Hauschild, K. M.*, Luhmann, C. C., Lerner, M. D., & Riccardi, G. (2022). Facial emotions are accurately encoded in the neural signal of those with autism spectrum disorder: A deep learning approach. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 7(7), 688-695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.03.015
  26. Libsack, E. J.,* McNair, M. L.,* Giacomantonio, J.,* Felsman, P.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2022). Low intensity interventions for autistic children and young people. In Bennett, S., Myles-Hooton, P., & Schleider, J. (Eds). Oxford Guide to Low-Intensity Evidence-Based Interventions for Children and Young People. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  27. Lawlor, J., Thomas, C., Guhin, A. T., Kenyon, K., Lerner, M. D., UCAS Consortium, & Drahota, A. (2021). Suspicious and fraudulent online survey participation: Introducing the REAL framework. Methodological Innovations, 14(3), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/20597991211050467
  28. Libsack, E. J.,* Keenan, E. G.,* Freden, C. E.,* Mirmina, J.,* Iskhakov, N.,* Krishnathasan, D.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2021). A systematic review of passing as non-autistic in autism spectrum disorder. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 24(4), 783-812. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-021-00365-1 
  29. McPartland, J. C., Lerner, M. D., Bhat, A., Clarkson, T.,* Jack, A., Koohsari, S., Matuskey, D., McQuaid, G. A., Su, W.-C., & Trevisan, D. A. (2021). Looking back at the next 40 years of ASD neuroscience research. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(12), 4333-4353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05095-5 
  30. Libsack, E. J.,* Trimber, E.,* Hauschild, K. M.,* Hajcak, G., McPartland, J. C., & Lerner, M. D. (2021). An electrocortical measure associated with metarepresentation mediates the relationship between autism symptoms and theory of mind. Clinical Psychological Science, 10(2), 324-339. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026211021975
  31. Keifer, C. M.,* Day, T. C.,* Hauschild, K. M.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2021). Social and non-social reward anticipation in typical development and autism spectrum disorders: Current status & future directions. Current Psychiatry Reports, 23(6), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-021-01247-7
  32. Kang, E.,* Gioia, A.,* Pugliese, C. E., Islam, N. Y.,* Martinez-Pedraza, F. D. L., Girard, R. M., McLeod, B. D., Carter, A. S., & Lerner, M. D. (2021). Alliance-outcome associations in a community-based social skills intervention for youth with autism spectrum disorder. Behavior Therapy, 52(2), 324-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2020.04.006
  33. Mayor-Torres, J. M., Ravanelli, M., Medina-DeVilliers, S. E.,* Lerner, M. D., & Riccardi, G. (2021). Interpretable SincNet-based deep learning for emotion recognition from EEG brain activity. In Proceedings of the 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. October 31 - November 4, 2021 (Virtual).
  34. Corbett, B. A., Schwartzman, J. M., Libsack, E. J.,* Muscatello, R. A., Lerner, M. D., Simmons, G. L., & White, S. W. (2020). Camouflaging in autism: Examining sex-based and compensatory models in social cognition and communication. Autism Research, 14(1), 127-142. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2440
  35. Simmons, G. L., Ioannou, S., Smith, J. V., Corbett, B. A., Lerner, M. D., & White, S. W. (2020). Utility of an observational social skill assessment as a measure of social cognition in autism. Autism Research, 14(4), 709-719. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2404
  36. Hauschild, K. M.,* Felsman, P.,* Keifer, C. M.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2020). Evidence of an own-age bias in facial emotion recognition for adolescents with and without autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 428. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00428
  37. Kang, E.,* Lerner, M. D., & Gadow, K. D. (2020). Atypical communication characteristics among clinic-referred youth with and without autism spectrum disorder: Stability and associations with clinical correlates. Development & Psychopathology, 32(4), 1240-1253. https://doi.org/10.1017/s095457942000070x
  38. Granieri, J. E.,* McNair, M. L.,* Gerber, A. H.,* Reifler, R.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2020). Atypical social communication is associated with positive initial impressions among peers with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 24(7), 1841-1848. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320924906
  39. Keifer, C. M.,* Mikami, A. Y., Morris, J. P., Libsack, E. J.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2020). Prediction of social behavior in autism spectrum disorders: Explicit versus implicit social cognition. Autism, 24(7), 1758-1772. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320922058
  40. Kang, E., ¥* Santore, L. A., ¥* Rankin, J. A.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2020). Self-reported social skills importance ratings, not social skills themselves, predict sociometric status in youth with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 74, 101552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101552 
  41. Black, M. H., Mahdi, S., Milbourn, B., Scott, M., Gerber, A.,* Esposito, C.M.,* Falkmer, M., Lerner, M. D., Halladay, A., Ström, E., D’Angelo, A., Falkmer, T., Bölte, S., & Girdler, S. (2020). Multi-informant international perspectives on the facilitators and barriers to employment for autistic adults. Autism Research, 13(7), 1195-1214. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2288
  42. Lerner, M. D., Gerber, A. H., Keluskar, J. L., & Girard, R. M. (2020). COVID-19 and autism research: Revealing gaps and convergences. Autism Research, 13(6), 858-859. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2329
  43. ​​​Santore, L. A.,* Gerber, A.,* Gioia, A. N.,* Bianchi, R.,* Talledo, F.,* Peris, T. S., & Lerner, M. D. (2020). Felt but not seen: Observed restricted repetitive behaviors are associated with self-report—but not parent-report—obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms in youth with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 24(4), 983-994. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320909177 
  44. Rodriguez-Seijas, C.,* Gadow, K. D., Rosen, T. E.,* Kim, H.,* Lerner, M. D., & Eaton, N. R. (2020). A transdiagnostic model of psychiatric symptom co-occurrence and autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 13(4), 579-590. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2228 
  45. Clarkson, T.,* Kang, E.,* Capriola-Hall, N.,* Lerner, M. D., Jarcho, J., & Prinstein, M. J. (2019). A meta-analysis of the RDoC social processing domain across units of analysis in children and adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 49(3), 297-321. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2019.1678167 
  46. Gerber, A. H.,* Girard, J. M., Scott, S. B., & Lerner, M. D. (2019). Alexithymia—not autism—is associated with frequency of social interactions in adults. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 123, 103477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2019.103477 
  47. Keifer, C. M.,* Hauschild, K. M.,* Nelson, B. D., Hajcak, G., & Lerner, M. D. (2019). Differences in the late positive potential and P300 to emotional faces in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 49(12), 5009-5022.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04207-6 
  48. Goldstein, T. R. Lerner, M. D., Paterson, S., Jaeggi, L.,* Toub, T. S., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R. (2019). Stakeholder perceptions of the effects of a public school-based theatre program for children with ASD. Journal for Learning through the Arts, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.21977/d915136948
  49. Black, M. H., Mahdi, S., Milbourn, B., Thompson, C., D’Angelo, A., Ström, E., Falkmer, M., Falkmer, T., Lerner, M. D., Halladay, A., Gerber, A.,* Esposito, C.,* Girdler, S., & Bölte, S. (2019). Perspectives of key stakeholders on employment of autistic adults across the United States, Australia, and Sweden. Autism Research, 12(11), 1648-1662. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2167
  50. De Los Reyes, A., Lerner, M. D., Keeley, L. M., Weber, R. J., Drabick, D. A. G., Rabinowitz, J., & Goodman, K. L. (2019). Improving interpretability of subjective assessments about psychological phenomena: A review and cross-cultural meta-analysis. Review of General Psychology, 23(3), 293-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/1089268019837645
  51. Kang, E., ¥^* Clarkson, T., ¥^* Keifer, C. M.,* Rosen, T. E.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2019). Discrete electrocortical predictors of anxiety and anxiety-related treatment response in youth with autism spectrum disorder. Biological Psychology, 146, 107710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2019.05.010
  52. Kim, H., ¥*  Greene, A., ¥*  Eaton, N. R., Lerner, M. D., & Gadow, K. (2019). Is there a general factor of the autism symptom phenotype? Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(10), 1021-1025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2019.04.024
  53. Russo-Ponsaran, N. M., Lerner, M. D., McKown, C., Weber, R .J.,* Karls, A., Kang, E.,* & Sommer, S. L.* (2019). Web-based assessment of social-emotional skills in school-aged youth with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 12(8), 1260-1271. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2123
  54. Kerns, C. M., Berkowitz, S. J., Moskowitz, L. J., Drahota, A., Lerner, M. D., UCAS Consortium, & Newschaffer, C. J. (2019). Screening and treatment of trauma-related symptoms in youth with autism spectrum disorder amongst community providers in the United States. Autism, 24(2), 515-525. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361319847908
  55. De Los Reyes, A., Lerner, M. D., Keeley, L. M., Weber, R. J., Drabick, D. A. G., Rabinowitz, J., & Goodman, K. L. (2019). Improving interpretability of subjective assessments about psychological phenomena: A review and cross-cultural meta-analysis. Review of General Psychology, 23(3), 293-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/1089268019837645
  56. Marro, B. M., ¥* Kang, E., ¥* Hauschild, K. M.,* Normansell, K. M.,* Abu-Ramadan, T. M.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2019). Social performance-based interventions promote gains in social knowledge in the absence of explicit training for youth with autism spectrum disorder. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 83(3), 301-325. https://doi.org/10.1521/bumc.2019.83.3.301
  57. Mikami, A. Y., Miller, M., & Lerner, M. D. (2019). Social functioning in youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: Transdiagnostic commonalities and differences. Clinical Psychology Review, 68, 54-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2018.12.005
  58. Kang, E,* Gadow, K. D., & Lerner, M. D. (2019). Atypical communication characteristics, differential diagnosis, and the autism spectrum disorder phenotype in youth. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 49(2), 251-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2018.1539912
  59. Rosen, T. E.,* Spaulding, C. J.,* Gates, J. A.,* & Lerner, M.D. (2019). Autism severity, co-occurring psychopathology, and intellectual functioning predict supportive school services for youth with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 23(7), 1805-1816. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361318809690
  60. Kim, H.,* Keifer, C.,* Rodriguez-Seijas, C.,* Eaton, N., Lerner, M. D., & Gadow, K. (2019). Quantifying the optimal structure of the autism phenotype: A comprehensive comparison of dimensional, categorical, and hybrid models. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(9), 876-886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2018.09.431
  61. Keifer, C. M.,* Dichter, G. S., McPartland, J. C., & Lerner, M. D. (2019). Social motivation in autism: Gaps and directions for measurement of a putative core construct [Commentary on Jaswal & Akhtar]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42, E95. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x18002418
  62. Kang, E.,* McPartland, J. C., Keifer, C. M.,* Foss-Feig, J. H., Levy, E. J.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2019). Reply to: Can the N170 be used as an electrophysiological biomarker indexing face processing difficulties in autism spectrum disorder? Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4(3), 324-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.09.004
  63. ​​De Los Reyes, A., Makol, B. A., Racz, S. J., Youngstrom, E. A., Lerner, M. D., & Keely, L. M. (2018). The Work and Social Adjustment Scale for Youth: A measure for assessing youth psychosocial impairment regardless of mental health status. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1238-6
  64. Scott, M., Milbourn, B., Falkmer, M., Black, M., Bӧlte, S., Halladay, A., Lerner. M. D., Taylor, J. L., & Girdler, S. (2018). Factors impacting employment for people with autism spectrum disorder: A scoping review. Autism, 23(4), 869-901. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361318787789 
  65. Rosen, T. E.,* Mazefsky, C. A., Vasa, R. A., & Lerner, M. D. (2018). Co-occurring psychiatric conditions in autism spectrum disorder. International Review of Psychiatry, 30(1), 40-61, https://doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2018.1450229
  66. Kang, E.,* Keifer, C. M.,* Levy, E. J.,* Foss-Feig, J. H., McPartland, J. C., & Lerner, M. D. (2018). Atypicality of the N170 event-related potential in autism spectrum disorder: A meta-analysis. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 3(8), 657-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.11.003 
  67. Rosen, T. E.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2018). Error-related brain activity and anxiety symptoms in youth with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 11(2), 342-354. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1898 
  68. Black, S. R.,* Lerner, M. D., Shirtcliff, E. A., & Klein, D. N. (2018). Patterns of neuroendocrine coupling in 9-year-old children: Effects of sex, body-mass index, and life stress. Biological Psychology, 132, 252-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.11.004 
  69. Goldstein, T. R., & Lerner, M. D. (2018). Dramatic pretend play games uniquely improve emotional control in young children. Developmental Science, 21(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12603 
  70. Libsack, E.,* Clarkson, T.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2018). Unique perspectives: Harnessing multimodal assessment to understand how children with autism decode the social world. Behavioral Health News, 6(1), 35-36. https://www.bbrfoundation.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/bhn-summer2018_0.pdf
  71. Mayor-Torres, J. M., Clarkson, T., Stepanov, E. A., Luhmann, C. C., Lerner, M. D., & Riccardi, G. (2018). Enhanced error decoding from error-related potentials using convolutional neural networks. In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE (pp. TBD). Honolulu, HI, July 17-21. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512183
  72. Lerner, M. D., Mazefsky, C. A., White, S. W., & McPartland, J. C. (2018). Autism spectrum disorder. American Psychological Association Handbook of Psychopathology, 447-471. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000065-000
  73. Lerner, M. D., Rosen, T. E.,* Kang, E.,* Keifer, C. M., & Gerber, A.* (2018). Autism spectrum disorder. Oxford Handbook of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190634841.013.15
  74. Lerner, M. D., & Girard, R. M. (2018). Appreciating and promoting social creativity in youth with Asperger’s Syndrome. In Kaufman, S.B. (Ed.), Supporting and Educating Twice-Exceptional Children, 203-214. New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190645472.001.0001
  75. ​Gates, J. A.,* Kang, E.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2017). Efficacy of group social skills interventions for youth with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 52, 164-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.01.006 
  76. Kerns, C. M., Moskowitz, L., Rosen, T.*, Drahota, A., Wainer, A., Josephson, A.,* Soorya, L., Cohn, E., Chacko, A., & Lerner, M. D. (2019). A multi-site, multidisciplinary delphi consensus study describing "usual care" intervention practices for school- to transition-age youth with autism. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 48, S247-S268. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2017.1410826
  77. Lerner, M. D., ¥ Mazefsky, C. A., ¥ Weber, R. J.,* Transue, E., Siegel, M. S., Gadow, K. D., & the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Inpatient Research Collaborative (2018). Verbal ability and psychiatric symptoms in clinically-referred inpatient and outpatient youth with ASD. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 48(11), 3689-3701. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3344-5
  78. Tudor, M. E.,* Rankin, J. A., & Lerner, M. D. (2018). A model of family and child functioning in siblings of youth with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders. 48(4), 1210-1227. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3352-5
  79. Lerner, M. D., De Los Reyes, A., Drabick, D. A. G., Gerber, A. H.,* & Gadow, K. D. (2017). Informant discrepancy defines discrete, clinically useful autism spectrum disorder subgroups. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58(7), 829-839. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12730
  80. Fjermestad, K. W., Lerner, M.D., McLeod, B. D., Wergeland, G. J. H., Haugland, B. S., Havik, O. E., Öst, L.-G., & Silverman, W. K. (2017). Motivation and treatment credibility predict alliance in cognitive behavioral treatment for youth with anxiety disorders in community clinics. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74(6), 793-805. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22551
  81. Keenan, E. G.,* Gotham, K., & Lerner, M. D. (2017). Hooked on a feeling: Repetitive cognition and internalizing symptomatology in relation to autism spectrum symptomatology. Autism, 22(7), 814-824. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361317709603 
  82. Kim, H.,* Keifer, C. M.,* Rodriguez-Seijas, C.,* Eaton, N. R., Lerner, M. D., & Gadow, K. D. (2017). Structural hierarchy of autism spectrum disorder symptoms: An integrative framework. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59(1), 30-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.1269
  83. Wainer, A., Drahota, A., Cohn, E., Kerns, C., Lerner, M. D., Marro, B.,* Moskowitz, L., & Soorya, L. (2017). Understanding the landscape of psychosocial intervention practices for social, emotional, and behavioral challenges in youth with ASD: A study protocol. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 10(3), 178-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/19315864.2017.1284289
  84. Goldstein, T. R., Lerner, M. D., & Winner, E. (2017). The arts as a venue for developmental science: Realizing a latent opportunity. Child Development, 88(5), 1505-1512. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12884
  85. Goldstein, T. R., Lerner, M. D., & Winner, E. (2017). The arts as a venue for developmental science: Realizing a latent opportunity. Child Development, 88(5), 1505-1512. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12884 
  86. De Los Reyes, A., Aldao, A., Qasmieh, N., Dunn, E. J., Lipton, M. F., Hartman, C., Youngstrom, E. A., Dougherty, L. R., & Lerner, M. D. (2017). Graphical representations of adolescents’ psychophysiological reactivity to social stressor tasks: Reliability and validity of the Chernoff Face approach and person-centered profiles for clinical use. Psychological Assessment, 29(4), 422-434. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000354
  87. Hauser, M. J., Kohn, R., Lerner, M. D., Stein, M., Lory, B., & Bursztajn, H. J. (2017). Intellectual disabilities, autism, and aging. Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199374656.003.0031
  88. Moskowitz, L. J., Rosen, T.,* Lerner, M. D., & Levine, K. (2017). Assessment of anxiety in youth with autism spectrum disorder. In C. Kerns, E. Storch, P. Kendall, J. J. Wood, & P. Renno (Eds.), Evidence Based Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (pp. 79-104). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-805122-1.00005-3.
  89. Kang, E.,* Klein, E. F.,* Lillard, A. S. & Lerner, M. D. (2016). Predictors and moderators of spontaneous pretend play in children with and without autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1577. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01577
  90. Rosen, T. E.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2016). Externalizing and internalizing symptoms moderate longitudinal patterns of facial emotion recognition in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(8), 2621-2634. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2800-y
  91. Mendelson, J. L.*, Gates, J. A.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2016). Friendship in school-age boys with autism spectrum disorders: A meta-analytic summary and developmental, process-based model. Psychological Bulletin, 142(6), 601-622. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000041
  92. Spaulding, C. J.,* Lerner, M. D., & Gadow, K. D. (2016). Trajectories and correlates of special education supports for youth with autism spectrum disorder and psychiatric comparisons. Autism, 21(4), 423-435. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361316645428
  93. Meyer, A.,* Lerner, M. D., De Los Reyes, A., Laird, R. D., & Hajcak, G. (2016). Considering ERP difference scores as individual difference measures: Issues with subtraction and alternative approaches. Psychophysiology, 54(1), 114-122. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.1266
  94. Garman, H. D.,* Spaulding, C. J.,* Webb, S. J., Mikami, A. Y., Morris, J. P., & Lerner, M. D. (2016). Wanting it too much: An inverse relation between social motivation and facial emotion recognition in autism spectrum disorder. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 47(6), 890-902. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-015-0620-5
  95. Fjermestad, K. W., Lerner, M. D., McLeod, B. D., Wergeland, G. J. H., Heiervang, E. R., Silverman, W. K., Öst, L.-G., De Los Reyes, A., Havik, O. E., Haugland, B. S. M. (2016). Therapist-youth agreement on alliance change predicts outcome in CBT for anxiety disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 57(5), 625-632. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12485
  96. Gabriel, J.,* Angevin, E.,* Rosen, T.,* Lerner, M. D. (2016). Use of theatrical techniques and elements as interventions for autism spectrum disorders. In Sofia, G. (Ed.), Theater and Cognitive Neuroscience (pp. 163-176). London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472584816.ch-010
  97. Rankin, J. A.,* Weber, R. J.,* Kang, E.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2015). Parent- and self-reported social skills importance in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(1), 273-286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2574-7
  98. Lerner, M. D., Potthoff, L. M.,* & Hunter, S. J. (2015). Optimizing cross-sectional prediction of social functioning in youth referred for neuropsychological testing. PLOS ONE, 10(5),1-16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128303
  99. White, S. W. ¥, Lerner, M. D. ¥, McLeod, B. D., Wood, J. J., Ginsburg, G. S., Kerns, C., Ollendick, T., Kendall, P. C., Piacentini, J., Walkup, J., & Compton, S. (2015). Anxiety in youth with and without autism spectrum disorder: Examination of factorial equivalence. Behavior Therapy, 46(1), 40-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2014.05.005
  100. Lerner, M. D. & White, S. W. (2015). Moderators and mediators of treatments for youth with autism spectrum disorders. Moderators and Mediators of Youth Treatment Outcomes, 146-173. https://doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780199360345.003.0007
  101. Tudor, M. E.,* Walsh, C. E., Mulder, E. C., & Lerner, M. D. (2014). Pain as a predictor of sleep problems in youth with autism spectrum disorders. Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice, 19(3), 292-300. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361313518994
  102. Tudor, M. E.* & Lerner, M. D. (2014). Intervention and support for siblings of youth with developmental disabilities: A systematic review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 18(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-014-0175-1
  103. Lerner, M. D., & Lillard, A. S. (2014). From false belief to friendship: Commentary on Fink, Begeer, Peterson, Slaughter, and de Rosnay. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 33(1), 18-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12070
  104. Mendelson, J. L.* & Lerner, M. D. (2014). Friendship among school aged boys with ASD. Autism Spectrum News, 7(2), 17, 27, 33. https://autismspectrumnews.org/friendship-among-school-aged-boys-with-asd/
  105. Riskind, R. G., Palmquist, C. M., Kondrad, R. L., & Lerner, M. D. (September 2, 2014). Once in a lifetime: Navigating the first year in your first tenure-track job. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 
  106. White, S. W., Kreiser, N. L., & Lerner, M. D. (2014). Autism spectrum disorders. In C.A. Alfano and D. Beidel (Eds.), Comprehensive Evidence-Based Interventions for School-Age Children and Adolescents 213-230. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 
  107. Lerner, M. D., McMahon, C. M., Britton, N.* (2014). Autism spectrum disorder in adolescents: promoting social and emotional development. In T.P. Gullotta & M. Bloom (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion: Adolescence, 3(2), 1023-1033. New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5999-6_192
  108. Webb, S. J., Bernier, R., Henderson, H. A., Johnson, M. H., Jones, E. J. H., Lerner, M. D., McPartland, J. C., Nelson, C. A., Rojas, D. C., Townsend, J., & Westerfield, M. (2013). Guidelines and best practices for electrophysiological data collection, analysis and reporting in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(2), 425-443. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1916-6
  109. De Los Reyes, A., Lerner, M. D., Thomas, S. A., Daruwala, S., & Goepel, K. (2013). Discrepancies between parent and adolescent beliefs about daily life topics and performance on an emotion recognition task. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 41(6), 971-982. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-013-9733-0
  110. Mikami, A. Y., Griggs, M. S., Lerner, M. D., Emeh, C. C., Reuland, M. M., Jack, A., & Anthony, M. R. (2013). A randomized trial of a classroom intervention to increase peers’ social inclusion of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81(1), 100-112. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029654
  111. McMahon, C. M., Lerner, M. D., & Britton, N.* (2013). Group-based social skills interventions for adolescents with higher-functioning autism spectrum disorder: A review and looking to the future. Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics, 4, 23-38.  https://doi.org/10.2147/ahmt.s25402
  112. Lillard, A. S., Lerner, M. D., Hopkins, E. J., Dore, R. A., Smith, E. D., & Palmquist, C. M. (2013). The impact of pretend play on children’s development: A review of the evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 139(1), 1-34. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029321
  113. Lerner, M. D. & Mikami, A. Y. (2013). Correct effect size estimates for strength of association statistics: Comment on Odgaard and Fowler (2010). Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81(1), 190-191. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030785
  114. Lerner, M. D., McPartland, J. C., & Morris, J. P. (2013). Multimodal emotion processing in autism spectrum disorders: An event-related potential study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 3, 11-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2012.08.005
    • International Society for Autism Research Award: Best Clinical Empirical Paper of 2013.
  115. Lillard, A. S., Hopkins, E. J., Dore, R. A., Palmquist, C. M., Lerner, M. D., & Smith, E. D. (2013). Concepts and theories, methods and reasons: Why do the children (pretend) play? Reply to Weisberg, Hirsh-Pasek, and Golinkoff (2013); Bergen (2013); and Walker and Gopnik (2013). Psychological Bulletin, 139(1), 49-52. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030521
  116. ​​Lerner, M. D., McLeod, B. D., & Mikami, A.Y. (2012). Preliminary evaluation of an observational measure of group cohesion for group psychotherapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69(3), 191-208. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.21933
  117. Guli, L. A., Semrud-Clikeman, M., Lerner, M. D., & Britton, N.* (2013). Social Competence Intervention Program (SCIP): A pilot study of a creative drama program for youth with social difficulties. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 40(1), 37-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2012.09.00
  118. Linkenauger, S. A., Lerner, M. D., Ramenzoni, V. C., & Proffitt, D. R. (2012). A perceptual-motor deficit predicts social and communicative impairments in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Autism Research, 5(5), 352-362. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1248
  119. Lerner, M. D., White, S. W., & McPartland, J. C. (2012). Mechanisms of change in psychosocial interventions for autism spectrum disorders. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 14(3), 307-318. https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2012.14.3/mlerner
  120. Lerner, M. D. & Mikami, A. Y. (2012). A preliminary randomized controlled trial of two social skills interventions for youth with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 27(3), 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1177/108835761245061
    • Among 10 most-read papers in this Journal as of December 2012.
  121. Lerner, M. D., Haque, O. S., Northrup, E. C., Lawer, L., & Bursztajn H. J. (2012) Emerging perspectives on adolescents and young adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders, violence, and criminal law. The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 40(2), 177-190. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22635288/
  122. Lerner, M. D., Calhoun, C. D., Mikami, A. Y., De Los Reyes, A. (2012). Understanding parent-child social informant discrepancy in youth with high functioning autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42(12), 2680 - 2692. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1525-9
  123. Lerner, M. D., Morris, J. P., & McPartland, J. C. (2012). Processing of Emotional Faces and Voices in Autism Spectrum Disorders: ERP Correlates and Interaction with Social Knowledge. Friedman, B. (Chair). New Developments in the Psychophysiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 49, S7-S7. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01420.x
  124. ​Lerner, M. D., Mikami, A. Y., & McLeod, B. D. (2011). The alliance in a friendship coaching intervention for parents of children with ADHD. Behavior Therapy, 42(3), 449-461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2010.11.006
    • Among 25 most-read papers in this Journal as of December 2011.
  125. Lerner, M. D., Hutchins, T. L., & Prelock, P. A. (2011). Brief report: Preliminary evaluation of the theory of mind inventory and its relationship to measures of social skills. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41(4), 512-517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1066-z
  126. Lerner, M. D., Mikami, A. Y., Levine, K. (2011). Socio-Dramatic Affective-Relational Intervention for adolescents with Asperger syndrome & high-functioning autism: Pilot study. Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice, 15(1), 21-42. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361309353613
    • Among 25 most-read papers in this Journal as of December 2011.
    • Translated & reprinted (2012) in Autismo, 10, 151-175.
  127. Lerner, M.D. (2011). Editorial: Icons and iconoclasm. Jefferson Journal of Science and Culture, 1(1), v-vii. http://journals.sfu.ca/jjsc/index.php/journal/article/view/1/1
  128. Mikami, A. Y., Lerner, M. D., Griggs, M. S., McGrath, A., & Calhoun, C. D. (2010). Parental influence on children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: II. Results of a pilot intervention training parents as friendship coaches for children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38(6), 737-749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-010-9403-4
  129. Mikami, A. Y., Lerner, M. D., & Lun, J. (2010). Social context influences on children’s rejection by their peers. Child Development Perspectives, 4(2), 123-130. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00130.x
  130. Mikami, A. Y., Jack, A., Lerner, M. D. (2010). Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In: Matson, J. (eds) Social Behavior and Skills in Children, 159-185. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0234-4_9
  131. Lerner M.D. & Levine K. (2007). The Spotlight Program: An integrative approach to teaching social pragmatics using dramatic principles. Journal of Developmental Processes, 2(2), 91-102. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/downloaddoi=10.1.1.511.8436&rep=rep1&type=pdf