Past Projects

 
 

  • The goal of this study is to spread Unstuck & On Target resources across the United States through free online parent resources and curriculum in elementary schools.

  • Principle Investigators: Lauren Kenworthy- Children’s National Hospital; Madison Berl- Children’s National Hospital; Chandan Vaidya- Georgetown University

    Grant Title: Characterization of executive function dimensions across pediatric psychiatric disorders

    Project Description: This neuroimaging study examined executive functioning skills like attention, memory, and learning in children 8-13 years old with executive functioning difficulties to identify behavioral, biological, and cognitive processes related to executive function and mental health that provide new insights to diagnosing and treating pediatric psychiatric disorders.

  • PUSHED-AT was an online research study to better understand how autistic youth and their families can learn together about pubertal development and sexual health.

  • ACE GENDER explored what traits make it more or less likely that an autistic person receives an on-time autism diagnosis (before age 12) and was also making a screening tool that could identify late-diagnosed autistic people.

  • Principle Investigators: Laura Anthony- University of Colorado Denver, Lauren Kenworthy- Children's National Hospital

    Grant Title: Expanding the Use of a School-Based Program to Improve Executive Functioning among Students with Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Project Description: This Patient Center Outcomes Research Institute Clinical Effectiveness Research (PCORI- CER) implementation project expanded the use of a school-based program shown to improve executive functioning and classroom behaviors for autistic students or students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

  • Principle Investigators: Lauren Kenworthy- Children’s National Hospital

    Grant Title: Measurement and Mechanisms of Cognitive Flexibility and Other Executive Functions in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Project Description: This study looked at the connection between executive function and academic achievement in autistic children. Executive function is predictive of academic achievement in the general student population. This study suggested that during the school years, executive function, specifically working memory, is associated with academic performance in autism.

  • Principle Investigator: Lauren Kenworthy- Children’s National Hospital

    Grant Title: e-Unstuck: Interactive e-learning Software for Parents to Support Executive Functioning and Behavior Regulation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Project Description: The goal of this project was to test eUnstuck, an e-learning training that (1) provides advanced training to parents of autistic children without intellectual disability (ID) on how to implement the evidence-based UOT curriculum at home and (2) is built on 3C’s Dynamic e-Learning Platform. eUnstuck will make UOT more accessible to parents with geographical, scheduling, and/or financial constraints and will provide parents with key tools to increase efficacious adoption of UOT principles. eUnstuck will be the first dynamically adaptive, personalized, interactive software product which delivers an evidence-based executive function training to parents.