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<p>Hello everyone, <br>
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A friendly reminder of colloquium today at 10 am by Dr. Shuting
Zheng. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/17/23 10:26 AM, Atika Khurana
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Date & time: <b>Tues. 11/21 @
10am-11:30am (PST)</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Zoom link: <a href="https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97947834609?pwd=c0J6cVQzU28zd21NUDN4ak1RbG9oZz09" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97947834609?pwd=c0J6cVQzU28zd21NUDN4ak1RbG9oZz09</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Colloquium title: </b>Promoting Positive
Outcomes in Children and Youth with Autism by Tackling
Heterogeneity</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Colloquium Abstract: </b>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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Candidate bio: </b>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. </p>
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