Book Chapters

Levy, J. & van Stone, M. (2010). Ethical Foundations and Legal Issues. In S.L. Friedman & D.T. Helms (Eds.), End-of-Life Care for Children and Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Washington DC: American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Levy, J. & van Stone, M. (2010). Ethical and Legal Issues. In R.C. Dryden-Edwards & L. Combrick-Graham (Eds.), Developmental Disabilities from Childhood through Adulthood. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Research Articles

Ofonedu, M. E., Turner, E.., Franklin, A.J., & Breland-Nobel, A., (2023). Promoting positive health outcomes for black youth of African descent: Applying the family as host model for culturally responsive practice. Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2023.2169969     

Northrup R. A., Jones E., Singh V., Holingue C., Meck M., Gurnett C. A., van Stone M., Kalb L. G. (2023). Caregiver perspectives on the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 11, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1196275

Ehmann, M., Zink, E., Levin, A., Suarez, J., Belcher, H., Daugherty Biddison, E., . . . Kachalia, A. (in press). Operational recommendations for scarce allocation in a public health crisis. CHEST. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.246

Reynolds, M. C., Ofonedu, M. E. & Alpert, A. (2023). A conceptual view of expanding person-centered thinking approaches for developing personalized integrated supports for people with disabilities and their families. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-023-09941-5

Nwafor, C. E., Ofonedu, M., Nwankwo, N. I., Obuna, A., & Ugwu, P. C. (2022). Perceived stress moderates the relationship between family support and family quality of life among parents of children living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 19(4), 370–378. https://doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12425 

Anderson, C. & Iampieri, A., Franklin, L., Daniels, A., Diehl, K., & Law, J. K. (2022). Re-consenting pediatric research participants as legal adulthood approaches: Lessons from the SPARK Autism Study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-15. 10.1007/s10803-022-05774-x. PMID: 36323994.

Bal, V., Wilkinson, E., Lehman, C., Law, J. K., Feliciano, P., & Chung, W. (2021). Early pandemic experiences of autistic adults: Predictors of psychological distress. Autism research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 14(6): 1209-1219. 10.1002/aur.2480. 

Lehman, C., Law, J. K., & Daniels, A., Toroney, J., Vernoia, B., Xiao, S., Feliciano, P., & Chung, W. (2021). Brief report: Impact of COVID-19 on individuals with ASD and their caregivers: A perspective from the SPARK cohort. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(10): 3766-3773. 10.1007/s10803-020-04816-6. 

Carey, L. B., Schmidt, J., Dommestrup, A. K., Pritchard, A. E., van Stone, M., Grasmick, N., ... & Jacobson, L. A. (2020). Beyond Learning About the Brain: A Situated Approach to Training Teachers in Mind, Brain, and Education. Mind, Brain, and Education.

Anixt, J., Murray, D., Coury, D., Kuhlthau, K., Eskra, D., Seide, J., Kelly, A., Hess, A., Lipkin, P., Law, J. K., Fedele, A., & Lannon, C. (2020). Improving behavior challenges and quality of life in the autism learning health network. Pediatrics, 145(Suppl. 1): S20-S29. 10.1542/peds.2019-1895E. 

Gross, D., Belcher, H. M. E., Budhathoki, C., Ofonedu, M. E., Dutrow, D., Uveges, M. K., & Slade, E. (2019). Reducing preschool behavior problems in an urban mental health clinic: A pragmatic, non-inferiority trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(6), 572-581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2018.08.013  

Gross, D. A., Belcher, H. M. E., Budhathoki, C., Ofonedu, M. E., & Kurtz M. (2017). Does parent training format affect treatment engagement? A randomized study of families at social risk. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0984-1 

Ofonedu, M. E., Belcher, H. M. E., Budhathoki, C. & Gross, D. A., (2016). Understanding barriers to initial treatment engagement among underserved families seeking mental health services.  Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26(3), 863-876 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-016-0603-6 

Beltran, M., Brown-Elhillali, A. N., Held, A. R., Ryce, P. C., Ofonedu, M. E., Hoover, D. W., & ... Belcher, H. E. (2016). Yoga-based psychotherapy groups for boys exposed to trauma in urban settings. Alternative Therapies In Health And Medicine, 22(1), 39-46. 

Maepa, M.P., Idemudia, E.S. & Ofonedu, M. E. (2015). The relationship between Parenting styles and childhood trauma: A study of street children in Limpopo Province, South Africa. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 21(2), 552-565.

Zisser, A. & van Stone, M. (2015). Health, Education, Advocacy, and Law: An Innovative Approach to Improving Outcomes for Low-Income Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities.12, 132-137.

Gross, D. A., Belcher, H. M. E., Ofonedu, M. E., Breitenstein, S., Frick, K. D., & Budhathoki, C. (2014). Study protocol for a comparative effectiveness trial of two parent training programs in a fee-for-service mental health clinic: can we improve mental health services to low-income families? Trials, 15:70  https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-70    

Boswell, K., Zablotsky, B., & Smith, C. (2014). Predictors of Autism Enrollment in Public School Systems. Exceptional Children, October 2014 (81): 96-106. Sage Publications.

Ofonedu, M. E., Percy, W. H., Harris-Britt, A., & Belcher, M. E. (2013). Depression in Inner City African American Youth: A Phenomenological Study. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 22(1), 96-106 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-012-9583-3  

Greenwood, C. R., Buzhardt, J., Walker, D., McCune, L., & Howard, W. J. (2013). Advancing the construct validity of the Early Communication Indicator (ECI) for infants and toddlers: Equivalence of growth trajectories across two early head start samples. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 28(4), 743-758. [Impact Factor 2.275]

Chan, C. S., Rhodes, J. E., Howard, W. J., Lowe, S. R., Schwartz, S. E. O., & Herrera, C. (2013). Pathways of influence in school-based mentoring: The mediating role of parent and teacher relationships. Journal of School Psychology, doi: 10.1016/j.jsp.2012.10.001

Okech, D., Howard, W. J., & Kim, J. (2012). Efficacy and agency among poor families with and without children. Child & Family Social Work, 17(2) 1-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00861.

Howard, W. J. (2012). Applied structural equation modeling in social work research. In Okech, D. Evaluating the effects of child savings accounts program participation on parental well-being. Research on Social Work Practice, 22(4), 357-366. doi: 10.1177/1049731512440185

Okech, D., Howard, W. J., Mauldin, T., Mimura, Y., & Kim, J. (2012). The Effects of Economic Pressure on the Resilience and Strengths of Individuals Living in Extreme Poverty. Journal of Poverty, 16(4), 429-446. doi: 10.1080/10875549.2012.720659.

Zablotsky, B., Boswell, K, & Smith, C. (2012). An evaluation of school involvement and satisfaction of parents of children with autism spectrum disorders. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 117 (4), 316-330.

Howard, W. J. (2012). Using principal component Analysis (PCA) to obtain auxiliary variables for missing data in large data sets (Dissertation) University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

Stone, J. (2010) Leadership behaviors of health professionals and the associations with knowledge, attitudes and practices related to health promotion for individuals with developmental disabilities. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Hagopian, L.P., van Stone, M., & Crockett, J.L. (2003). Establishing Schedule Control over Dropping to the Floor. Behavioral Interventions, 18, 291-297.

Hagopian, L.P., Crockett, J.L., van Stone, M., DeLeon, I.G., & Bowman, L.G. (2000). Effects of noncontingent reinforcement on problem behavior and stimulus engagement: The role of satiation, extinction, and alternative reinforcement. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 33, 433 – 449.

Reports

Ramos, P., Ayers, K., Brosco, J., Griffen, A., Hewitt, A., Riddle, I., Rodgers, R, Rudolph, D., and van Stone, M. (2021). The COVID-19 Pandemic and People with Disabilities: Primary Concerns, the AUCD Network Response, and Needs for the Future. Association of University Centers on Disabilities.
https://www.aucd.org/docs/publications/20201703_COVID19_Pandeminc_PWD.pdf

Van Stone, M. (2006). Child Victims of Sexual Abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. A Report from Whittier Law School’s Center for Children’s Rights.

Van Stone, M. (2005). Los Padrinos Juvenile Advocacy Clinic. A Report from Whittier Law School’s Center for Children’s Rights, 11.

Blog Posts

Sarris, M. (2024, March 22). The Challenge of Physical Fitness for Autistic People. SPARK for Autism.

Sarris, M. (2023, September 18). What to Know About Toilet Training Your Child with Autism. SPARK for Autism.

Waller, T. (2021, February 19). Stop Discrimination in Organ Transplantation Against People with Disabilities. AUCD Policy Talk. 

Rice, M. (2020, October 2). Nothing about us without us: Maryland phases out subminimum wages. AUCD Policy Talk. 

Rothman, M. (2020, August 28). A Fighting Chance in Due Process Hearings. AUCD Policy Talk.