Laura Anthony, PhD

Professional Titles

• Director of Research, Division of Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Research Interests

I have special interests in executive functioning treatments, Community-Based Participatory Research/Co-Creation, Comparative Effectiveness Research, community based interventions and implementation, and community acceptance for neurodivergent individuals.

Publications

• Wallace GL, Dudley K, Anthony L, Pugliese CE, Orionzi B, Clasen L, Lee NR, Giedd JN, Martin A, Raznahan A, Kenworthy L. Divergence of Age-Related Differences in Social-Communication: Improvements for Typically Developing Youth but Declines for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Feb;47(2):472-479. PubMed PMID: 27878739
• Strang JF, Anthony LG, Yerys BE, Hardy KK, Wallace GL, Armour AC, Dudley K, Kenworthy L. The Flexibility Scale: Development and Preliminary Validation of a Cognitive Flexibility Measure in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Aug;47(8):2502-2518. PubMed PMID: 28527097
• Kuschner ES, Morton HE, Maddox BB, de Marchena A, Anthony LG, Reaven J. The BUFFET Program: Development of a Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Selective Eating in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2017 Dec;20(4):403-421. PubMed PMID: 28534237
• Strang JF, Jarin J, Call D, Clark B, Wallace GL, Anthony LG, Kenworthy L, Gomez-Lobo V. Transgender Youth Fertility Attitudes Questionnaire: Measure Development in Nonautistic and Autistic Transgender Youth and Their Parents. J Adolesc Health. 2017 Oct 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29033160
• LaKind JS, Anthony LG, Goodman M. Review of reviews on exposures to synthetic organic chemicals and children's neurodevelopment: Methodological and interpretation challenges. J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev. 2017;20(8):390-422. PubMed PMID: 28952888
• Ratto AB, Kenworthy L, Yerys BE, Bascom J, Wieckowski AT, White SW, Wallace GL, Pugliese C, Schultz RT, Ollendick TH, Scarpa A, Seese S, Register-Brown K, Martin A, Anthony LG. What About the Girls? Sex-Based Differences in Autistic Traits and Adaptive Skills. J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Dec 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29204929
• Strang JF, Janssen A, Tishelman A, Leibowitz SF, Kenworthy L, McGuire JK, Edwards-Leeper L, Mazefsky CA, Rofey D, Bascom J, Caplan R, Gomez-Lobo V, Berg D, Zaks Z, Wallace GL, Wimms H, Pine-Twaddell E, Shumer D, Register-Brown K, Sadikova E, Anthony LG. Revisiting the Link: Evidence of the Rates of Autism in Studies of Gender Diverse Individuals. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2018 Nov;57(11):885-887. PubMed PMID: 30392631
• Strang JF, Powers MD, Knauss M, Sibarium E, Leibowitz SF, Kenworthy L, Sadikova E, Wyss S, Willing L, Caplan R, Pervez N, Nowak J, Gohari D, Gomez-Lobo V, Call D, Anthony LG. "They Thought It Was an Obsession": Trajectories and Perspectives of Autistic Transgender and Gender-Diverse Adolescents. J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 Dec;48(12):4039-4055. PubMed PMID: 30140984
• Ratto AB, Kenworthy L, Yerys BE, Bascom J, Wieckowski AT, White SW, Wallace GL, Pugliese C, Schultz RT, Ollendick TH, Scarpa A, Seese S, Register-Brown K, Martin A, Anthony LG. What About the Girls? Sex-Based Differences in Autistic Traits and Adaptive Skills. J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 May;48(5):1698-1711. PubMed PMID: 29204929
• Strang JF, Jarin J, Call D, Clark B, Wallace GL, Anthony LG, Kenworthy L, Gomez-Lobo V. Transgender Youth Fertility Attitudes Questionnaire: Measure Development in Nonautistic and Autistic Transgender Youth and Their Parents. J Adolesc Health. 2018 Feb;62(2):128-135. PubMed PMID: 29033160
• Strang JF, Meagher H, Kenworthy L, de Vries ALC, Menvielle E, Leibowitz S, Janssen A, Cohen-Kettenis P, Shumer DE, Edwards-Leeper L, Pleak RR, Spack N, Karasic DH, Schreier H, Balleur A, Tishelman A, Ehrensaft D, Rodnan L, Kuschner ES, Mandel F, Caretto A, Lewis HC, Anthony LG. Initial Clinical Guidelines for Co-Occurring Autism Spectrum Disorder and Gender Dysphoria or Incongruence in Adolescents. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2018 Jan-Feb;47(1):105-115. PubMed PMID: 27775428
• Cannon, L., Kenworthy, L., Alexander, K., Werner, M., & Anthony, L.G. (2018). Unstuck and On Target!: A School-Based Curriculum to Support Executive Functioning Skills, Second Edition. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
• Kenworthy, L., Childress, D., Verbalis, A., Armour, A., Werner, M., Troxel, M., Anthony, L. (2018) Randomized Controlled Trial of e-Unstuck On-Line Parent Training Modules Versus In-Person Training. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 33, 6, 692 702, https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acy060.17
• Authors in alphabetical order: Alexander, K., Anthony, L., Cannon, L., Childress, D., Kenworthy, L., Messina, S., Werner, M. (2018). E-Unstuck: An Online Course for Parents. Available at unstuckontarget.com
• Pugliese CE, Ratto AB, Granader Y, Dudley KM, Bowen A, Baker C, Anthony LG. Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a parent-mediated sexual education curriculum for youth with autism spectrum disorders. Autism. 2020 Jan;24(1):64-79. PubMed PMID: 31096780
• Anthony BJ, Robertson HA, Verbalis A, Myrick Y, Troxel M, Seese S, Anthony LG. Increasing autism acceptance: The impact of the Sesame Street "See Amazing in All Children" initiative. Autism. 2020 Jan;24(1):95-108. PubMed PMID: 31113212
• Bertollo JR, Strang JF, Anthony LG, Kenworthy L, Wallace GL, Yerys BE. Adaptive Behavior in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role of Flexibility. J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 Jan;50(1):42-50. PubMed PMID: 31520244
• Kenworthy L, Freeman A, Ratto A, Dudley K, Powell KK, Pugliese CE, Strang JF, Verbalis A, Anthony LG. Preliminary Psychometrics for the Executive Function Challenge Task: A Novel, "Hot" Flexibility, and Planning Task for Youth. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2020 Aug;26(7):725-732. PubMed PMID: 32178755
• Strang JF, Knauss M, van der Miesen A, McGuire JK, Kenworthy L, Caplan R, Freeman A, Sadikova E, Zaks Z, Pervez N, Balleur A, Rowlands DW, Sibarium E, Willing L, McCool MA, Ehrbar RD, Wyss SE, Wimms H, Tobing J, Thomas J, Austen J, Pine E, Griffin AD, Janssen A, Gomez-Lobo V, Brandt A, Morgan C, Meagher H, Gohari D, Kirby L, Russell L, Powers MD, Anthony LG. A Clinical Program for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Neurodiverse/Autistic Adolescents Developed through Community-Based Participatory Design. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2020 May 6;:1-16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32375521
• Dickson KS, Aarons GA, Anthony LG, Kenworthy L, Crandal BR, Williams K, Brookman-Frazee L. Adaption and pilot implementation of an autism executive functioning intervention in children's mental health services: a mixed-methods study protocol. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2020;6:55. PubMed PMID: 32699642
• Wilson CS, Anthony L, Kenworthy L, Fleischman R, Demro C, Andorko N, Chelsea Armour A, Schiffman J. Feasibility of psychosis risk assessment for adolescents diagnosed with autism. Autism. 2020 May;24(4):834-850. PubMed PMID: 32429816
• Hill TL, White TC, Anthony BJ, Reaven J, Harris B, Reyes N, Anthony LG. Disparities in autism spectrum disorder diagnoses among 8-year-old children in Colorado: Who are we missing?. Autism. 2021 Jan;25(1):102-113. PubMed PMID: 32859134
• Dickter CL, Burk JA, Anthony LG, Robertson HA, Verbalis A, Seese S, Myrick Y, Anthony BJ. Assessment of Sesame Street online autism resources: Impacts on parental implicit and explicit attitudes toward children with autism. Autism. 2021 Jan;25(1):114-124. PubMed PMID: 32842768
• Pugliese CE, Wallace GL, Anthony LG, Kenworthy L (2020). Understanding Executive Function Challenges in Autism Spectrum Disorders. In S.W. White, B.B. Maddox, and C. A. Mazefsky (Eds). The Oxford Handbook of Autism and Co-Occurring Psychiatric Conditions. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190910761.013.16
• Dieckhaus, M.F.S., Hardy, K.K., Anthony, L.G., Verbalis, A., Kenworthy, L., *Pugliese, C. E. (2021). Anxiety relates to classroom executive function problems in students with ASD, but not ADHD. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 82(1):101739. DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2021.101739
• Strang JF, Anthony LG, Song A, Lai MC, Knauss M, Sadikova E, Graham E, Zaks Z, Wimms H, Willing L, Call D, Mancilla M, Shakin S, Vilain E, Kim DY, Maisashvili T, Khawaja A, Kenworthy L. In Addition to Stigma: Cognitive and Autism-Related Predictors of Mental Health in Transgender Adolescents. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2021 Jun 14;:1-18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34121545
• Swain, D., Troxel, M., Anthony, L.G., Kenworthy, L., Verbalis, A., Hardy, K.K., Ratto, A., Myrick, Y., & Anthony, B. (2021). School-based executive function interventions reduce caregiver strain. International Review of Research in Developmental Disorders, 60:187-211. DOI:10.1016/bs.irrdd.2021.08.001
• Dickson, K.S., Kenworthy, L., Anthony, L.G., & Brookman-Frazee, L. (In Press) Mental health therapist perspectives on the role of executive functioning in children’s mental health services. Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2021.2013142
• Troxel, M., Anthony, L.G., Robertson, H.A., Anthony, B.J. (In press). Mental Health First Aid USA Implementation: Trainee Reported Quality and Impact of Training. Journal of Community Psychology. DOI:10.1002/jcop.22750
• Cannon, L., Kenworthy, L., Alexander, K., Werner, M., & Anthony, L.G. (2021). Unstuck and On Target! An Executive Function Curriculum to Improve Flexibility, Planning, and Organization, Second Edition, Optimized for Virtual Learning. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc.
• Troxel, M., Anthony, L.G., Robertson, H.A., Anthony, B.J. (In press). Mental Health First Aid USA Implementation: Trainee Reported Quality and Impact of Training. Journal of Community Psychology. DOI:10.1002/jcop.22750
• Rothschild, L.B., Ratto, A.B., Kenworthy, L., Hardy, K.K., Verbalis, A., Pugliese, C., Strang, J.F., Safer-Lichtenstein, J., Anthony, B.J., Anthony, L.G., Guter, M.M. and Haaga, D.F. (In press, 12/21/21). Parents Matter: Parent Acceptance of School-based Executive Functions Interventions Relates to Improved Child Outcomes. Journal of Clinical Psychology. DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23309
• Strang, J.F., Klomp, S.E., Caplan, R., Griffin, A.D., Anthony, L.G., Harris, M.C., Graham, E.K., Knauss, M., & van der Miesen, A.I.R. (2019). Community-based participatory design for research that impacts the lives of transgender and/or gender-diverse autistic and/or neurodiverse people. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 7(4), 396–404. DOI: 10.1037/cpp0000310
• Kenworthy, L., & Anthony, L.G. (2019). Understanding and Using Neuropsychological Assessment. In M L Batshaw, N Roizen, L Pelligrino (Eds). Children with Disabilities, 8th Edition. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing.
• Alexander, K., Kenworthy, L., Anthony, L., Childress, D., Verbalis, A., Armour, A., Kocher, K., Troxel, M., Cannon, L., Werner, M. (2019). Leveraging Technology To Develop a Feasible, Acceptable, and Effective Alternative to In-Person Parent Education Sessions. Am J Occupational Therapy, 73 (4_Supplement_1):7311520397. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2019.73S1-PO2038
• Kenworthy L, Childress D, Armour AC, Verbalis A, Zhang A, Troxel M, Handsman R, Kocher K, Myrick Y, Werner M, Alexander KC, Cannon L, Anthony LG. Leveraging technology to make parent training more accessible: Randomized trial of in-person versus online executive function training for parents of autistic children. Autism. 2022 Aug 2;:13623613221111212. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35916246
• Holzman JBW, Hawks JL, Kennedy SM, Anthony BJ, Anthony LG. Parenting in a Pandemic: Preliminary Support for Delivering Brief Behavioral Parent Training Through Telehealth. Behav Modif. 2023 Jan;47(1):128-153. PubMed PMID: 35707864
• Metcalf CA, Johnson RL, Novick AM, Freeman EW, Sammel MD, Anthony LG, Epperson CN. Adverse childhood experiences interact with inflammation and menopause transition stage to predict verbal memory in women. Brain Behav Immun Health. 2022 Mar;20:100411. PubMed PMID: 35079709
• Rothschild LB, Ratto AB, Kenworthy L, Hardy KK, Verbalis A, Pugliese C, Strang JF, Safer-Lichtenstein J, Anthony BJ, Anthony LG, Guter MM, Haaga DAF. Parents matter: Parent acceptance of school-based executive functions interventions relates to improved child outcomes. J Clin Psychol. 2022 Jul;78(7):1388-1406. PubMed PMID: 34997971
• Troxel M, Anthony LG, Robertson HA, Anthony BJ. Mental health first aid USA implementation: Trainee reported quality and impact of training. J Community Psychol. 2022 Apr;50(3):1717-1735. PubMed PMID: 34825375
• Strang JF, Chen D, Nelson E, Leibowitz SF, Nahata L, Anthony LG, Song A, Grannis C, Graham E, Henise S, Vilain E, Sadikova E, Freeman A, Pugliese C, Khawaja A, Maisashvili T, Mancilla M, Kenworthy L. Transgender Youth Executive Functioning: Relationships with Anxiety Symptoms, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Gender-Affirming Medical Treatment Status. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2022 Dec;53(6):1252-1265. PubMed PMID: 34146208
• Strang, J.F., Wallace, G.L., Michaelson, J.J., Fischbach, A.L., Thomas, T.R., Jack, A., Shen, J., Chen, D., Freeman, A., Knauss, M., Corbett, B.A., Kenworthy, L., Tishelman, A.C., Willing, L., McQuaid, G.A., Nelson, E.E., Toomey, R.B., McGuire, J.K., Fish, J.N., Leibowitz, S.F., Nahata, L., Anthony, L.G., Slesaransky-Poe, G., D’Angelo, L., Clawson, A., Song, A.D., Grannis, C., Sadikova, E., Pelphrey, K.A., GENDAAR Consortium, Mancilla, M., McClellan, L.S., Csumitta, K.D., Winchenbach, M.R., Jilla, A., Alemi, F., & Yang, J.S. (In press). The Gender Self-Report: A Multidimensional Gender Characterization Tool for Gender-Diverse and Cisgender Youth and Adults. The American Psychologist.
• Ratto, A. B., Bascom, J., daVanport, S., Strang, J. F., Anthony, L.G., Verbalis, A., Pugliese, C., Nadwodny, N., Brown, L.X.Z., Cruz, M., Hector, B.L., Kapp, S.K., Giwa Onaiwu, M., Raymaker, D.M., Robison, J.E., Stewart, C., Stone, R., Whetsell, E., Pelphrey, K., & Kenworthy, L. (2022). Centering the Inner Experience of Autism: Development of the Self-Assessment of Autistic Traits. Autism in Adulthood. http://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2021.0099
• Kennedy, S. M., Wilkie, D., Henry, L., Moe-Hartman, J., President, K., Townson, K., Anthony, L. G., & Hawks, J. L. (In Press). The Unified Protocols for Children and Adolescents in partial hospitalization: Using implementation science frameworks to guide adaptation. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
• Hollocks MJ, McQuaid GA, Yerys BE, Strang JF, Anthony LG, Kenworthy L, Lee NR, Wallace GL. Measuring flexibility in autistic adults: Exploring the factor structure of the flexibility scale self report. Autism Res. 2023 Nov;16(11):2208-2219. PubMed PMID: 37698531
• Christofferson ES, Anthony LG, Hutaff-Lee C, Leopold DR, Smith T, Stiles AA, Tenenbaum R, Whitney N, Glover J. A Psychology Internship Clinical Supervision Rotation: from Discomfort and Doubt to Meaning and Mastery. Acad Psychiatry. 2023 Jun;47(3):277-281. PubMed PMID: 37052779
• Dickson KS, Kenworthy L, Anthony L, Brookman-Frazee L. Mental Health Therapist Perspectives on the Role of Executive Functioning in Children's Mental Health Services. Evid Based Pract Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2023;8(1):39-54. PubMed PMID: 36950479
• Ratto AB, Bascom J, daVanport S, Strang JF, Anthony LG, Verbalis A, Pugliese C, Nadwodny N, Brown LXZ, Cruz M, Hector BL, Kapp SK, Giwa Onaiwu M, Raymaker DM, Robison JE, Stewart C, Stone R, Whetsell E, Pelphrey K, Kenworthy L. Centering the Inner Experience of Autism: Development of the Self-Assessment of Autistic Traits. Autism Adulthood. 2023 Mar 1;5(1):93-105. PubMed PMID: 36941856
• Strang JF, McClellan LS, Li S, Jack AE, Wallace GL, McQuaid GA, Kenworthy L, Anthony LG, Lai MC, Pelphrey KA, Thalberg AE, Nelson EE, Phan JM, Sadikova E, Fischbach AL, Thomas J, Vaidya CJ. The autism spectrum among transgender youth: default mode functional connectivity. Cereb Cortex. 2023 May 24;33(11):6633-6647. PubMed PMID: 36721890
• Strang JF, Wallace GL, Michaelson JJ, Fischbach AL, Thomas TR, Jack A, Shen J, Chen D, Freeman A, Knauss M, Corbett BA, Kenworthy L, Tishelman AC, Willing L, McQuaid GA, Nelson EE, Toomey RB, McGuire JK, Fish JN, Leibowitz SF, Nahata L, Anthony LG, Slesaransky-Poe G, D'Angelo L, Clawson A, Song AD, Grannis C, Sadikova E, Pelphrey KA, Gendaar Consortium, Mancilla M, McClellan LS, Csumitta KD, Winchenbach MR, Jilla A, Alemi F, Yang JS. The Gender Self-Report: A multidimensional gender characterization tool for gender-diverse and cisgender youth and adults. Am Psychol. 2023 Oct;78(7):886-900. PubMed PMID: 36716136
• Kenworthy L, Childress D, Armour AC, Verbalis A, Zhang A, Troxel M, Handsman R, Kocher K, Myrick Y, Werner M, Alexander KC, Cannon L, Anthony LG. Leveraging technology to make parent training more accessible: Randomized trial of in-person versus online executive function training for parents of autistic children. Autism. 2023 Apr;27(3):616-628. PubMed PMID: 35916246
• Strang JF, Anthony LG, Song A, Lai MC, Knauss M, Sadikova E, Graham E, Zaks Z, Wimms H, Willing L, Call D, Mancilla M, Shakin S, Vilain E, Kim DY, Maisashvili T, Khawaja A, Kenworthy L. In Addition to Stigma: Cognitive and Autism-Related Predictors of Mental Health in Transgender Adolescents. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2023 Mar-Apr;52(2):212-229. PubMed PMID: 34121545
• Kennedy, S. M., Wilkie, D., Henry, L., Moe-Hartman, J., President, K., Townson, K., Anthony, L. G., & Hawks, J. L. (2023). The Unified Protocols for Children and Adolescents in partial hospitalization: Using implementation science frameworks to guide adaptation. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 30 (3), 367-383 DOI:10.1016/j.cbpra.2022.04.006 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S107772292200102X
• Holzman, J.B.W., Hawks, J.L., Kennedy, S.M., Anthony, B.J., & Anthony, L.G. (2023). Parenting during a pandemic: Preliminary support for delivering brief behavioral parent training through telehealth. Behavior Modification, 47(1):128-153. PMID: 35707864 doi: 10.1177/01454455221103226
• Troxel, M., Kraper, C., Verbalis, A., Safer-Lichtenstein, J., Seese, S., Ratto, A., Myrick, Y., Armour, C., Pugliese, C. E., Strang, J. F., Ba, C., Martucci, J., Biel, M., Jackson, V., Hardy, K. K., Mandell, D., Goode, T. D., Anthony, B. J., Kenworthy, L., Anthony, L. G. (In press). Reaching “the Other Half”: Utilizing School Behavior-based Recruitment Methods with Neurodivergent School-Age Children to Reduce Barriers to Inclusion in Intervention Research. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
• Smith, J. V., Dahlman,, T., Holmes, J., Armour, A. C., Verbalis, A., Ratto, A., Hardy, K. K., Gunn, M., Elliott, T., Werner, M. A., Alexander, K. C., Cannon, L., Anthony, B. J., Kenworthy, L., Anthony, L. G. (In press). Supporting families in a pandemic: Executive function videos for caregivers of children with flexibility challenges. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
• Cannon, L., Kenworthy, L., Alexander, KC., Werner, MA., & Anthony, L.G. (2023). Funzioni esecutive: Il programma Unstuck and on Target! per migliorare flessibilità, pianificazione e organizzazione
• Strang, J.F., Kenworthy, L., Cannon, L., Alexander, K., Werner, M., Pugliese, C.E., & Anthony, L.G. (2024). Unstuck and On Target! Ages 11-15: An Executive Function Curriculum to Support Flexibility, Planning, and Organization. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc.

Professional Memberships

• International Society for Autism Research, Member
• Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Member

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

CU Medicine Psychiatry - Executive Functioning Clinic
1890 N Revere Ct
Anschutz Health Sciences Bldg, Suite 5240
Aurora, CO 80045
303-724-3300

Hospital Affiliation

• Children's Hospital Colorado
• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Psychology

Conditions & Treatments

• Mental Health and Behavior