Leonard Abbeduto

Leonard Abbeduto
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Occupation(s)Tsakopoulos-Vismara Endowed Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
AwardsEnid and William Rosen Research Award

Kellett Mid-Career Research Award

Emil H. Steiger Distinguished Teaching Award
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Academic work
DisciplinePsychology
InstitutionsMIND Institute, University of California, Davis

Leonard Abbeduto is a psychologist known for his research on individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, including Fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, and Down syndrome, and factors that influence their linguistic development over the lifespan.[1] He is the Tsakopoulos-Vismara Endowed Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at University of California, Davis. He serves as Director of Research at the Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopment Disorders (MIND) Institute,[2][3][4] which was launched in 2001.[3] Prior to his affiliation with the University of California, Davis, Abbeduto was the associate director for Behavioral Sciences at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[5][4]

Abbeduto received various awards during his tenure at the University of Wisconsin-Madison including the Kellett Mid-Career Research Award and the Emil A. Steiger Award for Distinguished Teaching.[6] In 2010, Abbeduto received the Enid and William Rosen Research Award from the National Fragile X Foundation.[6]

Abbeduto has authored several books including Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Educational Psychology[7] and Guide to Human Development for Future Educators.[8] He co-authored Language and Communication in Mental Retardation: Development, Processes and Intervention, with Sheldon Rosenberg.[9] A review, published by the Linguistic Society of America,[10] acknowledges the complexity of research on language development in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders and describes the book as valuable and useful to the field.[10]

  1. ^ "Leonard J. Abbeduto - Associate Director of Psychiatry in Sacramento, California, United States Of America | eMedEvents". www.emedevents.com. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  2. ^ "Autism, Community and Technology". bigideas.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  3. ^ a b Spectrum, Jocelyn Wiener (2016-10-06). "The Parents Who Jump-Started Autism Research in California". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :6 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "AUCD - Dr. Leonard Abbeduto is New Editor of the American Journal on Mental Retardation". www.aucd.org. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  6. ^ a b "LeonardAbbeduto - Association for Behavior Analysis International". www.abainternational.org. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  7. ^ Taking sides : clashing views in educational psychology. Abbeduto, Leonard, 1954-, Symons, Frank James, 1967- (Seventh ed.). [New York]. 2014-04-24. ISBN 978-0078047985. OCLC 837954593.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ^ Abbeduto, Leonard, 1954- (1998). Guide to human development for future educators. Elliott, Stephen N. Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0070075115. OCLC 48154971.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Rosenberg, Sheldon.; Abbeduto, Leonard (1993). Language and communication in mental retardation : development, processes, and intervention. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 0805803025. OCLC 27641508.
  10. ^ a b Weyerts, Helga; Rosenberg, Sheldon; Abbeduto, Leonard (September 1995). "Language and Communication in Mental Retardation: Development, Processes and Intervention". Language. 71 (3): 618. doi:10.2307/416236. ISSN 0097-8507. JSTOR 416236.