Caitlin Middleton, PhD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor

Publications

• Moskowitz, L.J., Walsh, C.E., Mulder, E., Magito-McLaughlin, D., Hajcak, G, Carr, E.G., & Zarcone, J. (2017). Intervention for anxiety and problem behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 47, 1-19.
• Walsh, C.E., Moody, E., Blakeley-Smith, Duncan, A., Hepburn, S., Keefer, A., Klinger, L., et al. (2018). The relationship between treatment acceptability and youth outcome in group CBT for youth with ASD and anxiety. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, special issue on treatments in autism spectrum disorder, 1-10.
• Hayutin, L., Walsh, C.E., & Bennett, E. (In press). Assessment of Needs and Intervention Effectiveness. In A. Dempsey (Ed), Pediatric Health Conditions in Schools: A Clinician’s Guide for Working with Children, Families, and Educators. Oxford University Press.
• Hayutin, L., Walsh, C.E., & Bennett, E. (2019). Assessment of Needs and Intervention Effectiveness. In A. Dempsey (Ed), Pediatric Health Conditions in Schools: A Clinician’s Guide for Working with Children, Families, and Educators. Oxford University Press.
• Reyes, N., Hepburn, S., Walsh, C.E., & Soke, N. (2019). Stability of temperament in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, developmental delays, and typical development: A brief longitudinal study. Accepted to the Journal of Intellectual Disability Research.
• Pickard, K., Meyer, A., Walsh, C., & Hayutin, L., Blakeley-Smith, A., Boles, R., Morris, M., et al. (2019, November). The feasibility of a school-based CBT program for youth with ASD and anxiety: Feedback from key stakeholders. Poster presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Atlanta, GA.
• Walsh, C.E. & Hayutin, L. (2019, June). Squashing worries and facing fears: A school-based effort to help children with autism overcome anxiety. Colorado Autism Conference, Fort Collins, CO.
• Middleton, C.E., Hayutin, L., Reaven, J. (2021). Special Populations: Youth with Developmental Disabilities and Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions. In G. Asmundson (Ed), Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, 2nd Edition. Elsevier Publishing.
• Reaven, J. Meyer, A., Pickard, K., Boles, R.E., Hayutin, L., Middleton, C...Blakeley-Smith, A. (2021). Increasing Access and Reach: Implementing School-Based CBT for Anxiety in Students with ASD or Suspected ASD. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 1-20.
• Reaven, J., Pickard, K., Meyer, A. T., Hayutin, L., Middleton, C., Reyes, N. M., ... & Boles, R. E. (2023). Implementing school-based cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety in students with autism or suspected autism via a train-the-trainer approach: Results from a clustered randomized trial. Autism, 13623613231175951.
• Middleton, C., DeVries, L., Dub, C., & Garay, K. (2023, September). Sexual health from a neurodiversity lens: Common challenges and clinical applications. Symposium presented at the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Minneapolis, MN
• Coan, E., Boles R., Hayutin, L., Middleton, C., Mattie, S., Wilson, R., Thomas, J., & Swain, D. (2023, May). The Pediatric Network Autism Program at Children’s Hospital Colorado: Educating and supporting primary care providers to expedite identification and care of autistic youth. Presentation at the International Society for Autism Research, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Cosgrove, K., Middleton, C., Thompson, T., Bernard, B., & DeVries, L. (2023, May). “It’s really complicated”: Engaging key stakeholders to inform a novel parent-led sexual health education program for autistic youth. Presentation at the International Society for Autism Research, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Middleton, C., Cosgrove, K., & DeVries, L. (2023, May). The Birds and Bees: A pilot study of a parent-led sexual health education program for autistic youth. Poster presented at the International Society for Autism Research, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Frost, K., Pickard, K., Meyer, A., Blakeley-Smith, A., Boles, R., Hayutin, L., Middleton, C.,…& Reaven, J. (2023, May). The role of organizational climate and teacher stress in predicting attitudes towards evidence-based practices and implementation outcomes of school-based Facing Your Fears. Poster presented at the International Society for Autism Research, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Meyer, A., Pickard, K., Blakeley-Smith, A., Hayutin, L., Middleton, C., Boles, R., Reyes, N., & Reaven, J. (2023, May). Examining IEP services for autistic and anxious youth from diverse communities: Comparing services based on race, ethnicity, and gender. Poster presented at the International Society for Autism Research, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Blakeley-Smith, A. Meyer, A.T., Olson, L., Abu-Ramadan, T., Hayutin, L., Middleton, C., & Reaven, J. (2023, May). Primary anxiety diagnoses in a clinical sample of autistic teens with intellectual disability. Poster presented at the International Society for Autism Research, Stockholm, Sweden.
• DeVries, L., Cosgrove, K., Dub, C. Postorino, V., Hayutin, I., & Middleton, C. (2024). The Birds and Bees: A pilot study of a parent-led sexual health education program for autistic youth. Sexuality & Disability, 1-23
• Cosgrove, K. T., Middleton, C., Thompson, T., Be, B. & DeVries, L. (in press). It’s really complicated”: Engaging key stakeholders to inform a novel parent-led sexual health education program for autistic youth. Submitted to Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
• Hayutin, L., Middleton, C., Yankowitz, L., Blakeley-Smith, A., Pickard, K., Reyes, N., …& Reaven, J. (in press). All hands on deck: Training mental health and non-mental health school providers to deliver a CBT anxiety intervention for autistic students. Submitted to School Mental Health.
• Hall, A., Furmiss, A., Tartaglia, N., Janusz, J., Wilson, R., Middleton, C., ... & Davis, S. (accepted, 2024). Neurodevelopmental and mental health outcomes in a national clinical sample of youth with sex chromosome trisomies compared with matched controls. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.

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Specialty Information

• Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics