Research

Ha, J., Christensen, H., Bera, J., Golson, M. E., Covington, B., & McClain, M. B. (2026). Effectiveness of different modalities of autism knowledge interventions on autism knowledge and stigma. Research in Autism, 130, 202773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202773

McClain, M. B., Golson, M. E., Haverkamp, C. R., Harris, B., Ficklin, E., Schwartz, S. E., & Wynn, C. J. (2025). Caregiver Perceptions of Social Communication and Interaction: Development and Validation of the SCIPS. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 55(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05840-4

Wynn, C. J., McClain, M., Roanhorse, T. T., Golson, M. E., Harris, B., Bera, J., & Shahid, R. (2025). Sociodemographic differences impact the perceived importance of social communication and interaction behaviors. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06711-w

McMahon, C. M., McClain, M. B., Haverkamp, C. R., & Harris, B. (2024). Re-evaluating the appropriateness of the “don’t know” response option: Guessing rate as a source of systematic error on autism knowledge assessments. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 4045–4056. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06452-w

Golson, M. E., McClain, M. B., Roanhorse, T. T., Rodríguez, M. M. D., & Galliher, R. V. (2023). The Experience of ADHD as Reported by Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Adolescents: a Survey-Based Phenomenological Investigation. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 10(5), 2565–2576. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01436-x

Golson, M. E., Benallie, K. J., Benney, C. M., Schwartz, S. E., McClain, M. B., & Harris, B. (2022). Current state of autism knowledge in the general population of the United States. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 90, Article 101886. https://doi-org.proxyiub.uits.iu.edu/10.1016/j.rasd.2021.101886

Golson, M. E., Ficklin, E., Haverkamp, C. R., McClain, M. B., & Harris, B. (2022). Cultural differences in social communication and interaction: A gap in autism research. Autism, 15(2), 208–214. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2657

McClain, M. B., Harris, B., Haverkamp, C. R., Golson, M. E., & Schwartz, S. E. (2020). The ASKSP Revised (ASKSP-R) as a Measure of ASD Knowledge for Professional Populations. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 50(3), 998–1006. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04321-5

McClain, M. B., Shahidullah, J. D., Mezher, K. R., Haverkamp, C. R., Benallie, K. J., & Schwartz, S. E. (2020). School-Clinic Care Coordination for Youth with ASD: A National Survey of School Psychologists. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 50(9), 3081–3091. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-03985-3

Bera, J., Brunson McClain, M., Harris, B., & Pinkelman, S. E. (2026). Predictors of Special Education Inequity in Rural Rocky Mountain West Schools. Rural Special Education Quarterly, 45(1), 4-15.

Beckman, P. S., Brunson McClain, M., Harris, B., Brownell, A., Beauchesne, B. M., Davis, G., Bera, J., & Shahid, R. (2025). Autism disproportionality in racially and ethnically minoritized and girl students in schools. Autism, 29(4), 907–919. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241293046

Shahid, R., Botter, P., Huang, S., McClain, M. (2025). Differential Item Functioning Analysis of ASKSP-R with School Psychologists and Speech-Language Pathologists. Journal of autism and developmental disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-06985-8

Golson, M. E., McClain, M. B., Ha, J., Stigler, R., Bera, J., Kieffer, K. E. B., & Gibson, A. (2023). A Systematic Review of ADHD Knowledge Measures and Their Psychometric Support. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 48(4), 356-374. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsac095

Haverkamp, C. R. (2023). App-Based Academic Interventions for Children With Autism. Digital Commons. https://doi.org/10.26076/e471-c8e2

Golson, M. E., Roanhorse, T. T., McClain, M. B., Galliher, R. V., & Rodríguez, M. D. (2022). School-based ADHD services: Perspectives from Racially/Ethnically Minoritized Students. Psychology in the Schools, 59(4), 726-743. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22640

Golson, M. E., McClain, M. B., Roanhorse, T. T., Domenech Rodríguez, M., Galliher, R. (2022). The experience of ADHD as reported by racially and ethnically minoritized adolescents: A survey-based phenomenological investigation. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01436-x

Roanhorse, T. (2022). Developing Cultural Competence Among Sixth-Grade Students Through Indigenous Knowledge and Place-Based Education. Digital Commons. https://doi.org/10.26076/5d14-3036

Benney, C. M., Cavender, S. C., McClain, M. B., Callan, G. L., & Pinkelman, S. E. (2021). Adding mindfulness to an evidence-based reading intervention for a student with SLD: A pilot study. Contemporary School Psychology, 26(3), 410–421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40688-021-00361-w

Benallie, K. J., Brunson McClain, M., Bakner, K. E., Roanhorse, T., & Ha, J. (2021). Executive functioning in children with ASD + ADHD and ASD + ID: A systematic review. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 83, 101807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2021.101807