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  1. Scoping review: Facilitators, barriers, and cultural adaptations in the caregiver skills training program for children with developmental concerns

    Article • Autism, December 2025, SAGE Publications

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  2. Training and pilot implementation of the World Health Organization’s caregiver skills training program in Egypt

    Article • Research in Autism, September 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  3. Outcomes of the World Health Organization’s Caregiver Skills Training Program for Eritrean and Ethiopian parents of autistic children in the United States

    Article • Autism, June 2025, SAGE Publications

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  4. Sex Trafficking Prevention for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Service Provider Perspectives

    Article • May 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  5. The development and utilization of a diversity advisory board in an intervention to support social skill development for autistic transition-aged youth

    Article • Autism, April 2025, SAGE Publications

    Professor Sarah Dababnah, Dr. Matthew James Smith

  6. Sex Trafficking Prevention for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Service Provider Perspectives

    Article • Journal of Human Trafficking, November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  7. Adaptation of the Caregiver Skills Training program for Ethiopian and Eritrean immigrant families of autistic children in the US

    Article • International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, October 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  8. Collaborative Program to Support Parents of Black Children Awaiting a Developmental Evaluation

    Article • PEDIATRICS, January 2024, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  9. Lessons learned from a statewide needs assessment of Asian American families of children with developmental disabilities

    Article • International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, December 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  10. Identifying Needs of Ethiopian and Eritrean American Parents of Autistic Children

    Article • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  11. Enhancing pre-employment transition services: A type 1 hybrid randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating WorkChat: A Virtual Workday among autistic transition-age youth

    Article • Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, August 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Sarah Dababnah, Dr. Matthew James Smith

  12. Pilot Trial of a Peer-to-Peer Psychoeducational Intervention for Parents of Black Children Awaiting a Developmental Evaluation

    Article • Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, April 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  13. Family support IDD interventions in culturally diverse and underserved communities

    Article • Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, March 2023, Wiley

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  14. Qualitative inquiry from multiple perspectives of barriers and facilitators of oral health care for adults with disabilities

    Article • Special Care in Dentistry, May 2022, Wiley

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  15. Parents taking action adapted to parents of Black autistic children: Pilot results

    Article • Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, April 2022, Wiley

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  16. The creator did not give me more than I can handle: Exploring coping in parents of Black autistic children

    Article • Autism, April 2022, SAGE Publications

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  17. Diagnostic Process and Barriers Among Chinese-American and Korean-American Parents of Children with Autism

    Article • Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, March 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  18. Transition to Adulthood: Perspectives of Korean Immigrant Parents of Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

    Article • Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, September 2021, SAGE Publications

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  19. Brief Report: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Asian American Families with Children with Developmental Disabilities

    Article • Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  20. Parents Taking Action: Adapting a Peer-to-Peer Program for Parents Raising Black Children With Autism

    Article • Inclusion, August 2021, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  21. Black Caregivers’ Perspectives on Racism in ASD Services: Toward Culturally Responsive ABA Practice

    Article • Behavior Analysis in Practice, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  22. The Effects of Caregiver Social Support and Depressive Symptoms on Child Medication Adherence and Asthma Control

    Article • Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  23. A model of internalized stigma in parents of individuals with disabilities

    Article • International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, May 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  24. Black Caregivers’ Perspectives on Racism in ASD Services: Towards Culturally Responsive ABA Practice

    Article • January 2021, Center for Open Science

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  25. ‘I am so fearful for him’: a mixed-methods exploration of stress among caregivers of Black children with autism

    Article • International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  26. Can You Hear Me Now? Effects of Patient-Centered Communication With Young Adults Aged 26 to 39

    Article • Journal of Patient Experience, January 2021, SAGE Publications

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  27. Cultural adaptations of a parent training program for families of children with ASD/IDD: Parents taking action

    Article • January 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  28. Psychometric evaluation of the medication adherence report scale in caregivers of low-income, urban, African American children with poorly controlled asthma

    Article • Journal of Asthma, October 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  29. East Asian American Parents of Children with Autism: a Scoping Review

    Article • Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  30. The Intersection of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities with Child Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence: Implications for Research and Practice

    Article • Journal of Family Violence, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  31. Racial Disparities in a Sample of Inpatient Youth with ASD

    Article • Autism Research, January 2020, Wiley

    Professor Sarah Dababnah, Bruce Troen

  32. Parental experiences raising children with autism spectrum disorder in Eastern Europe: a scoping review

    Article • International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  33. The Influence of Race and Ethnicity on the Relationship between Family Resilience and Parenting Stress in Caregivers of Children with Autism

    Article • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  34. Cultural Experiences of Arab American Caregivers Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Article • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  35. Appreciation of the ‘Subtle Changes’: Perspectives of Korean American Parents Raising Children with Developmental Disabilities

    Article • Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  36. Considerations in implementing evidence-based early autism spectrum disorder interventions in community settings

    Article • Pediatric Medicine, May 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  37. Brief Report: Participation of Black and African-American Families in Autism Research

    Article • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  38. Feasibility of The Incredible Years Parent Program for Preschool Children on The Autism Spectrum in two U.S. sites

    Article • Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  39. Feasibility of a trauma-informed parent–teacher cooperative training program for Syrian refugee children with autism

    Article • Autism, November 2018, SAGE Publications

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  40. The Relationship Between Children's Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Article • American Journal on Mental Retardation, November 2018, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  41. “We Had to Keep Pushing”: Caregivers' Perspectives on Autism Screening and Referral Practices of Black Children in Primary Care

    Article • Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, October 2018, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  42. Autism spectrum disorder and the science of social work: A grand challenge for social work research

    Article • Social Work in Mental Health, August 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sarah Dababnah, Dr. Matthew James Smith

  43. Autism Interventions in India: a Systematic Review

    Article • Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  44. Providers’ Perspectives on Autism Service Access in the West Bank: an Application of the Three Delays Model

    Article • Global Social Welfare, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  45. Relationship between Disabilities and Adoption Outcomes in African American Children

    Article • Journal of Child and Family Studies, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  46. Measuring Substance Use Among System-Involved IPV Survivors: A Research Note

    Article • Violence Against Women, November 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  47. “On the Sidelines”: Access to Autism-Related Services in the West Bank

    Article • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  48. Research With Children Exposed to Partner Violence: Perspectives of Service-Mandated, CPS- and Court-Involved Survivors on Research With Their Children

    Article • Journal of Interpersonal Violence, July 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  49. A Comprehensive Literature Review of Randomized Controlled Trials for Parents of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Article • Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work, July 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  50. “I never knew which way he would swing…:” Exploring the Roles of Substances in the Lives of System-Involved Intimate Partner Violence Survivors

    Article • Journal of Family Violence, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  51. Feasibility of an empirically based program for parents of preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder

    Article • Autism, February 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  52. Incredible Years Program Tailored to Parents of Preschoolers With Autism

    Article • Research on Social Work Practice, November 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  53. “At a moment, you could collapse”: Raising children with autism in the West Bank

    Article • Children and Youth Services Review, October 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  54. Linking autism measures with the ICF-CY: Functionality beyond the borders of diagnosis and interrater agreement issues

    Article • Developmental Neurorehabilitation, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  55. Family Caregivers' Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators of Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening for Women with Intellectual Disability

    Article • Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, February 2013, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  56. Financial Well-being of Single, Working-age Mothers of Children with Developmental Disabilities

    Article • American Journal on Mental Retardation, September 2012, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  57. Cervical and Breast Cancer–screening Knowledge of Women with Developmental Disabilities

    Article • Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, April 2012, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  58. State-level income inequality and family burden of US families raising children with special health care needs

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, February 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Sarah Dababnah

  59. Early screening for autism spectrum disorders: A primer for social work practice

    Article • Children and Youth Services Review, February 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Sarah Dababnah