Sabrina Grondhuis, M.A.

Trainee Type:

LEND

Email:

sabrina.grondhuis@osumc.edu

Year:

2011-2014



Biography:

Education

Doctoral Candidate in Psychology; Emphasis in Developmental Psychology; Department of Psychology, Intellectual and Developmental Disability Program; The Ohio State University. Dissertation: Prevalence and Associated Predictor Variables of Overweight and Obesity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

M.A., Psychology; Department of Psychology, Intellectual and Developmental Disability Program; The Ohio State University, 2010.

B.A (Honors) Psychology and Social Behavior; Minor: Anthropology; University of California, Irvine, 2008.

Research Interests

Research interests include assessment and health issues for children with autism spectrum disorders. Current activities include being Graduate Teaching Associate for Psychology 100 and working on candidacy papers about anxiety in youngsters with autism spectrum disorders and obesity in children with developmental disabilities.

Grant & Fellowship Awards

Nisonger Center Trainee Grant, May 2010.

University Fellowship, The Ohio State University, guaranteed funding for five years of graduate work, September 2008.

Publications

Grondhuis, S.N. & Mulick, J.A. (Under review) Comparison of the Leiter International Performance Scale, Revised and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, 5th Edition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Posters/Presentations

Grondhuis, S.N. (May 2011) The Parent Teacher Preference Questionnaire (PTPQ): Evaluation of a New Tool to Assess Attitudes Towards Interventions, International Meeting for Autism Research, San Diego, Calif.

Grondhuis, S.N. (February 2011) Comparison of the Leiter International Performance Scale, Revised and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, 5th Edition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Forum, The Ohio State University.

Grondhuis, S.N. (May 2010). Comparison of the Leiter International Performance Scale, Revised and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, 5th Edition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Hayes Graduate Research Forum, The Ohio State University.

Grondhuis, S.N., Mulick, J.A, & Aman, M.G., (May 2010). Comparison of the Leiter International Performance Scale, Revised and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, 5th Edition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. International Meeting for Autism Research, Philadelphia, Pa.

Ly, A.R., Abdullah, M.M., Thorsen, K.L., Grondhuis, S.N., & Goldberg, W.A. (May 2009). Father Involvement in Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. International Meeting for Autism Research, Chicago, Ill.

Abdullah, M.M., Ly, A.R., Thorsen, K.L., Grondhuis, S.N., & Goldberg, W.A. (May 2009). Parenting Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Unique Challenges for Individuals and Family Functioning?. International Meeting for Autism Research, Chicago, Ill.

Honors

Psychology 100 Award for Meritorious Service, The Ohio State University, 2009-2010