cpsylist: "Promoting Positive Outcomes in Children and Youth with Autism by Tackling Heterogeneity" | Ballmer Colloquium by Dr. Shuting Zheng

[Atika Khurana]

The Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health and College of 
Education invite you to attend the colloquium by open-rank tenure track 
faculty candidate, Dr. Shuting Zheng

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Date & time: *Tues. 11/21 @ 10am-11:30am (PST)*

Zoom link: 
https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97947834609?pwd=c0J6cVQzU28zd21NUDN4ak1RbG9oZz09

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*Colloquium title: *Promoting Positive Outcomes in Children and Youth 
with Autism by Tackling Heterogeneity

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*Colloquium Abstract: *Heterogeneity is a hallmark of autism spectrum 
disorder in that children and youth with autism present with a wide 
range of abilities and challenges. Such variability poses clear 
challenges to measuring symptoms and strengths precisely and to 
tailoring supports and services effectively for those impacted by 
autism. Co-occurring mental health problems are an important aspect that 
contributes to the heterogeneous symptom profiles, and understanding 
risk and resilience factors related to psychological well-being is 
essential for providing appropriate support to individuals with autism. 
Moreover, this type of mechanism research cannot be done without 
thoughtfully designed measures applied appropriately to capture the 
nuanced behavioral and developmental profiles in autism for phenotyping, 
screening, diagnosis, and evaluation of treatment responses.

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*Candidate bio: *Dr. Shuting Zheng is a developmental scientist and 
board-certified behavior analyst with expertise in assessment and 
behavioral treatment for children and youth with autism spectrum 
disorder. Her research interest has developed around the overarching 
theme of understanding developmental heterogeneity in autism and 
treatment individualization for individuals with autism. Specifically, 
her current research program focuses on (1) improving the application 
and the design of behavioral measures by understanding the influence of 
individual characteristics (e.g., biological sex, cognitive and language 
abilities, race/ethnicity, and socio-economic status) on the measurement 
of autism symptoms and associated challenges; and (2) identifying risk 
and resilience factors (both at the individual and contextual levels) of 
psychological well-being and functional outcomes in autistic individuals 
through qualitative and quantitative investigations of their everyday 
experience. Dr. Zheng plans to bring the two aspects of her research 
together to inform treatment design and adaptation to improve the 
well-being of autistic individuals with all levels of abilities and from 
all backgrounds. Her work has been supported by federal and private 
funders, including the National Institute of Mental Health and Autism 
Science Foundation.
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