NeuroDiversity: Autism and ADHD - SPECTRUM

Reference of the Group:

GIUV2025-631

 
Description of research activity:

This research group focuses on studying and analyzing cognitive, social, and adaptive processes, as well as communication and learning skills in neurodevelopmental disorders that are prevalent among school-aged children, such as Level 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The group is involved in several research lines, including the development of an online psychosocial intervention program for parents of children with ASD and ADHD, and the study of parenting experiences with children affected by these disorders in collaboration with LUMSA University in Rome. In addition, the group is designing an internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program enhanced with artificial intelligence to improve sleep problems in adolescents with Level 1 ASD, in collaboration with Stockholm University. It also investigates the processes involved in reading comprehension and written composition in children and adolescents with ASD and ADHD.

 
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Scientific-technical goals:
  • To explore the social, adaptive, and cognitive processing of children and adolescents with autism and/or ADHD compared to typically developing subjects
  • Longitudinal analyses of the cognitive, learning, and social processes of children with ASD and/or ADHD
  • Analyzing the reading comprehension and written composition of children and adolescents with ASD and ADHD
  • Designing psychoeducational interventions for families of children with ASD and ADHD
  • Designing interventions to improve the adaptive functioning of children and adolescents with ASD and ADHD
 
Research lines:
  • NeuroDiversity: Autism and ADHD.Study of neurodevelopmental disorders, with special emphasis on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) without intellectual disability and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
 
Group members:
Name Nature of participation Entity Description
CARMEN BERENGUER FORNERDirectorUniversitat de València
Research team
MAITE MONTAGUT ASUNCIONMemberUniversitat de València
GEMMA PASTOR CEREZUELACollaboratorUniversitat de València
ANA BELÉN PARDO SALAMANCACollaboratorUniversitat de València - Estudi GeneralUVEG PhD student
SOLEDAD GÓMEZ GARCÍACollaboratorUniversidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente MártirProfessor
GUADALUPE DELFINA MENDOZA MÉNDEZCollaboratorUniversitat de València - Estudi GeneralUVEG PhD student
 
CNAE:
  • -
 
Associated structure:
  • ERI Reading Research
 
Keywords:
  • CHILDREN
  • ADOLESCENCE
  • AUTISM
  • ADHD