Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 2: Autism 2: Assessment Innovation

Saturday, April 26, 2025

10:00am – 11:30am HST

Location: Convention Center: 319

CE: 1.5

Moderator(s)

Jennifer Walton, MD, MPH, FAAP (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Section Chief, Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida, United States
Tahira Adelekan, Doctor of Medicine (she/her/hers)

Division Director Developmental Pediatrics
Dayton Children’s Hospital
Centerville, Ohio, United States

Disclosure(s):

Jennifer Walton, MD, MPH, FAAP: AAP Section on Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Executive Committee (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Board Member or Executive Role); Pri-Med (Terminated, February 28, 2024) (Products/Services: Speaker Honorarium including speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness); RTI International (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Advisory Committee)

Tahira Adelekan, Doctor of Medicine: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Holly Harris, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentations:

10:00am – 10:15am HST

Looking Behavior and Neural Responses to Audiovisual Speech Contribute to Language Development Differently in Male and Female Infants at Increased Likelihood for Autism
Presenting Author: Kacie Dunham-Carr, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children's Hospital
10:15am – 10:30am HST

Evaluating the association between early changes in EEG aperiodic components and language outcomes in infants with and without autism
Presenting Author: Carol Wilkinson, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children's Hospital
10:30am – 10:45am HST

Is Camouflaging Associated with Anxiety Among Ethnically Diverse Adolescents with Autism?
Presenting Author: Rebecca Polchinski, DO (she/her/hers) – The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
10:45am – 11:00am HST

Sex -Related Measurement Bias in Autism Symptoms: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium (BSRC) Study
Presenting Author: Catherine A. Burrows, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota Medical School
11:00am – 11:15am HST

Early Autism Diagnosis in Primary Care: Empowering PCPs to Assess Autism in Toddlers
Presenting Author: Sarah Wozniak-Kelly (she/her/hers) – Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
11:15am – 11:30am HST

Sustainment of an Autism and Developmental Screening and Referral Intervention in US Primary Care Practices Serving Latinos: A Real-START Follow-up Study
Presenting Author: Katharine E. Zuckerman, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine