Effie Pearson

University of Georgia — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

7h-index244citations20works0.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research(14), Family and Disability Support Research(12), Down syndrome and intellectual disability research(6), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting(5), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders(3)

Publications20 total

LADDERS: A Proof-of-Concept Study of a Parent-Led Intervention for Anxiety in Autistic Children with Severe to Profound Intellectual Disability
2025Open Access
LADDERS: A Proof-of-Concept Study of a Parent-Led Intervention for Anxiety in Autistic Children with Severe to Profound Intellectual Disability
2025Open Access
Interrater variability in manual palpation of the medial femorotibial joint of Warmbloods and American Quarter Horses based on experience level
Equine Veterinary Education·2025Open Access
Development and psychometric properties of the Clinical Anxiety Scale for People with Intellectual Disabilities (ClASP-ID)
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Measurement tools for behaviours that challenge and behavioural function in people with intellectual disability: A systematic review and meta-analysis of internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, and test-retest reliability
Clinical Psychology Review·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Clinical Anxiety Scale for People with Intellectual Disabilities
PsycTESTS Dataset·2024
‘It wasn’t the strategies on their own’: Exploring caregivers’ experiences of accessing services in the development of interventions for autistic people with intellectual disability
Autism·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
The importance of refined assessment of communication and social functioning in people with intellectual disabilities: Insights from neurogenetic syndrome research
International review of research in developmental disabilities·2023· 2 cited
A parent-led intervention to reduce anxiety in autistic children with a severe to profound intellectual disability: protocol for the LADDERS pilot feasibility trial
2022· 1 citedOpen Access
The behavioral phenotype of Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome: A scoping review of the literature
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
Prevalence of anxiety symptomatology and diagnosis in syndromic intellectual disability: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews·2022· 34 citedOpen Access
A parent-led intervention to reduce anxiety in autistic children with a severe to profound intellectual disability: protocol for the LADDERS pilot feasibility trial
Research Square (Research Square)·2022Open Access
Distress and challenging behavior in people with profound or severe intellectual disability and complex needs: Assessment of causes and evaluation of intervention outcomes
International review of research in developmental disabilities·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
The adaptive functioning profile of Pitt-Hopkins syndrome
European Journal of Medical Genetics·2021· 4 cited
Low speech rate but high gesture rate during conversational interaction in people with Cornelia de Lange syndrome
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research·2021· 7 cited
A systematic review of the behaviours associated with depression in people with severe–profound intellectual disability
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research·2021· 51 cited
Anxiety in autistic individuals who speak few or no words: A qualitative study of parental experience and anxiety management
Autism·2020· 39 citedOpen Access
The development of gesture and prelinguistic communication in Angelman syndrome
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research·2019
Communication in Angelman syndrome: a scoping review
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology·2019· 60 citedOpen Access
Differences in the Information Needs of Parents With a Child With a Genetic Syndrome: A Cross‐Syndrome Comparison
Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities·2018· 11 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Jane Waite(14), Joanne Tarver(12), Chris Oliver(10), Georgina Edwards(10), Lauren Shelley(8), Courtney Greenhill(6), Megan Bird(5), Hayley Crawford(5), Jessica Hughes(5), Joanna Moss(3), A.D. Woodhead(3), Lucy Wilde(2), Mary Heald(2), Rachel Royston(2), Aryana Shirazi(2), Chris Jones(2), Katherine Ellis(2), Stacey Bissell(2), Lauren C. Jenner(2), Kayla Smith(2)